The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host was an award given every year at the

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ceremony from 1974 to 2014 until the award was divided into two categories:

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and

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. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees.

1970s

*1974:

Dinah Shore Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore; February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994) was an American singer, actress, and television personality, and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s. She rose to prominence as a recording artist during ...

, '' Dinah's Place'' *1975:

Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including ...

, ''

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'' *1976: Dinah Shore, ''

Dinah! ''Dinah!'' is a daytime variety talk show that was hosted by singer and actress Dinah Shore. The series was distributed by 20th Century Fox Television and premiered on October 21, 1974, in syndication. In 1979, the show became known as ''Di ...

'' *1977:

Phil Donahue Phillip John Donahue (born December 21, 1935) is an American media personality, writer, film producer and the creator and host of ''The Phil Donahue Show''. The television program, later known simply as ''Donahue'', was the first talk show forma ...

, ''

The Phil Donahue Show ''The Phil Donahue Show'', also known as ''Donahue'', is an American television talk show hosted by Phil Donahue that ran for 26 years on national television. Its run was preceded by three years of local broadcast on WLWD in Dayton, Ohio, and i ...

'' *1978: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1979: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show''

1980s

*1980: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1981:

Hugh Downs Hugh Malcolm Downs (February 14, 1921July 1, 2020) was an American radio and television broadcaster, announcer and programmer; television host; news anchor; TV producer; author; game show host; talk show sidekick; and music composer. A regular t ...

, ''

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'' *1982: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1983: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1984: Gary Collins, '' Hour Magazine'' *1985: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1986: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1987:

Oprah Winfrey Oprah Gail Winfrey (; born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), or simply Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', b ...

, ''

The Oprah Winfrey Show ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', often referred to as ''The Oprah Show'' or simply ''Oprah'', is an American daytime syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. Produced ...

'' *1988: Phil Donahue, ''The Phil Donahue Show'' *1989:

Sally Jessy Raphael Sally Lowenthal (born February 25, 1935), better known as Sally Jessy Raphael, is an American former tabloid talk show host known for her program '' Sally'' (originally called ''The Sally Jessy Raphael Show''). Early life and education Lowent ...

, ''

1990s

*1990:

Joan Rivers Joan Alexandra Molinsky (June 8, 1933 – September 4, 2014), known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controversial comedic persona—heavi ...

, '' The Joan Rivers Show'' *1991: Oprah Winfrey, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' *1992: Oprah Winfrey, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' *1993: Oprah Winfrey, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' *1994: Oprah Winfrey, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' *1995: Oprah Winfrey, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' *1996: Montel Williams, '' The Montel Williams Show'' *1997:

Rosie O'Donnell Roseann O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality. She began her comedy career as a teenager and received her breakthrough on the television series '' Star Search'' ...

, ''

The Rosie O'Donnell Show ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' is an American daytime variety television talk show created, hosted, and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It premiered on June 10, 1996, and concluded after six seasons on May 22, 2002. This talk ...

'' *1998: Rosie O'Donnell, ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' and Oprah Winfrey, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' (tie) *1999: Rosie O'Donnell, ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show''

2000s

*2000: Rosie O'Donnell, ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' *2001:

Regis Philbin Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (; August 25, 1931 – July 25, 2020)Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine was an American television presenter, talk show host, game show host, comedian, actor, and singer. Once called "the hardest working ma ...

, '' Live with Regis'' and Rosie O'Donnell, ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' (tie) *2002: Rosie O'Donnell, ''The Rosie O'Donnell Show'' *2003:

Wayne Brady Wayne Alphonso Brady (born June 2, 1972) is an American television personality, comedian, actor, and singer. He is a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' He was the host of ...

, '' The Wayne Brady Show'' *2004: Wayne Brady, ''The Wayne Brady Show'' *2005:

Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in the sitcom ''Ellen'' from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for " The Puppy Episode". Sh ...

, ''

The Ellen DeGeneres Show ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' (often shortened to ''Ellen'' or ''The Ellen Show'') is an American daytime television variety comedy talk show that was created and hosted by its namesake Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it was pro ...

'' *2006: Ellen DeGeneres, ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' *2007: Ellen DeGeneres, ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' *2008: Ellen DeGeneres, ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' *2009:

Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.Kuchwara, Michael (AP Drama Writer)"Whoopi Goldberg: A One-Woman Character Parade". ' ...

Joy Behar Josephine Victoria "Joy" Behar (; née Occhiuto) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She co-hosts the ABC daytime talk show '' The View'', where she is the only original panelist still regularly appearing. She hosted ...

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Elisabeth DelPadre Hasselbeck (; born May 28, 1977) is an American retired television personality and talk show host. Hasselbeck rose to prominence in 2001 as a contestant on the second season of the American version of '' Survivor'', where sh ...

Sherri Shepherd Sherri Shepherd (born April 22, 1967) is an American actress, comedian, author, broadcaster, and television personality. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show, '' Sherri''. From 2007 to 2014, Shepherd was a co-host of the da ...

, '' The View''

2010s

References

*"The Emmy Awards." ''The 2003 People Almanac''. New York: Cader Books, 2002. {{Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Talk Show Host Daytime Emmy Awards