Her original show was a morning show, AM Chicago, then she stole actually, the Jerry Springer concept. Remember she ran that trash for a decade, then decided she was “above all that”, after she made several million dollars of course. Then stole Donahue.
Also, she was insurance for CBS. Just like Jerry Rivers aka Geraldo Rivera (same CBS). They didn’t want to hire more minorities, so they paid her the insane (at that time) sum of 1,000,000 a year. It protected them from discrimination lawsuits. Her negotiator was none other than Jesse Justice Brother Jackson.