FILE - Phil Donahue attends a screening of HBO's "The Wizard of Lies" on, May 11, 2017, in New York. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Vice President Al Gore, left, fields questions about his recommendations to reduce government waste while appearing with host Phil Donahue during taping of "Donahue," in New York on Sept. 8, 1993.Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Kevin Larkin, File)

FILE - Talk show host Phil Donahue appears with former first lady Nancy Reagan during taping of his show to promote her book "My Turn" on Nov. 6, 1989, in Burbank, Calif. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith, File)

FILE - Democratic presidential hopeful Gov. Bill Clinton, gestures as he speaks to Phil Donahue during taping of the "Donahue" program in New York on April 1, 1992. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88.. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

FILE - Iran-contra figure Oliver North appears with host Phil Donahue in New York to promote his new book "Under Fire: An American Story" on Oct. 24, 1991. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

FILE - Judith Exner, one-time mistress of the late President John F. Kennedy, talks with television talk show host Phil Donahue during the show in Burbank, Calif., Feb. 26, 1988. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88.(AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

FILE - Television host Phil Donahue, left, and actress Marlo Thomas attend The Paley Honors: Celebrating Women in Television on May 17, 2017, in New York.Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Phil Donahue blows a kiss to Oprah Winfrey as she presents him with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 23rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in New York Wednesday, May 22, 1996. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88.(AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)

FILE - Phil Donahue attends the 2019 American Icon Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on May 19, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Talk show host Phil Donahue, left, joins hands and sings with civil rights leaders Coretta Scott King, from second left, Martin Luther King III, and Rosa Parks on the set of the "Donahue" show, April 1, 1988. Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

FILE - Phil Donahue hosts his television show in New York on Jan. 27, 1993. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)