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American television talk show

Sally (originally titled The Sally Jessy Raphael Show) is an American syndicatedtabloid talk show that was hosted by radio talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael.

It originally was a half-hour local St. Louis television program, debuting October 17, 1983, on KSDK (channel 5), and ran in syndication until May 22, 2002, with repeats running until September 6.

Format

Sally Jessy Raphael was one of the first audience-participation, issue-driven talk shows to have a female host, predating The Oprah Winfrey Show by three years.

The program was a part of the tabloid talk show genre that pervaded daytime television throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s.^[1]

Production

Conception and development

In the early years of the nationally syndicated run, Sally Jessy Raphael remained a half-hour show, but in 1986, Raphael expanded production of each episode to an hour's length.

However, broadcast markets were allowed