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    Tamron Hall wants to keep the tradition of daytime talk alive

    NEW YORK — After veteran TV journalist Tamron Hall made a deal in 2018 to host her own daily daytime talk show, she heard plenty of warnings about the challenges ahead. Tyra Banks told Hall it would be the toughest job she's ever had. Sally Jessie Raphael told her to "watch her back." Oprah Winfrey, who remains the model for all aspiring hosts, said: "I don't know how you do it being a mom, ...
    by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 2023 5 minutes
    Tamron Hall attends Room to Grow 25th Anniversary gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Oct. 25, 2023, in New York.

    NEW YORK — After veteran TV journalist Tamron Hall made a deal in 2018 to host her own daily daytime talk show, she heard plenty of warnings about the challenges ahead.

    Tyra Banks told Hall it would be the toughest job she's ever had. Sally Jessie Raphael told her to "watch her back." Oprah Winfrey, who remains the model for all aspiring hosts, said: "I don't know how you do it being a mom, because it takes every ounce of you."

    When another talk show host Hall met at a party sounded off on the topic, she had a retort ready.

    "I said, 'My grandfather was a sharecropper who was born in 1901, and he couldn't read,'" the Texas native recalled. "I make my living with words. I'll figure it out."

    Hall did figure it out. On Dec. 4, her show "Tamron Hall" hit its 760th episode, making it the second-longest-running syndicated

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