Woody Fraser, the prolific American producer and director best known for launching “The Mike Douglas Show ... producing series like “The Della Reese Show,” “The Bill Russel Show ...

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk ... originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

It's a filthy job getting to the top, but someone's got to do it.

Erni Di Massa was a 24-year-old writer and producer for The Mike Douglas Show at the time. He tells KCRW that it was the most popular series in daytime TV, with about 40 million viewers each week.

Mike Douglas was a big band singer turned daytime ... This interview has been edited for length and clarity. I believe these shows, not Woodstock, was the high-water mark of the counterculture.

Woody Fraser, the prolific American producer and director best known for launching "The Mike Douglas Show ... producing ...

the same year he first met Mike Douglas and created the co-host concept, launching his eponymous show - one of the longest-running and preeminently successful talk shows in TV history. From 1966 ...

the same year he first met Mike Douglas and created the co-host concept, launching his eponymous show — one of the longest-running and preeminently successful talk shows in TV history.