The best daytime talk shows all rank among the most popular shows ever broadcast, with many daytime talk show hosts becoming celebrities with a level of fame that exceeds their guests. Daytime talk shows have a long history, with the first appearing in the 1950s. They are in many ways the natural evolution of the phone-in radio shows that preceded TV, adding a visual element as evidenced by the fact that radio personality Joe Franklin is widely credited with creating the first daytime talk show, Joe Franklin’s Memory Lane.