Overall, her show quickly rose to No. 2 behind Oprah Winfrey’s. But now, in its fifth season, “Ricki Lake” (weekdays at 5 p. m. on WWOR/Ch. 9) ranks ninth among daytime talkers.

The 44-year-old Lake struck TV gold in the '90s with her first talk show, "Ricki Lake," which aired for 12 seasons from 1992 until 2004. Lake's latest series isn't the only talk show to get the ...

LOS ANGELES — Ricki Lake was a babe in the talk show woods when her syndicated program launched nearly two decades ago. Looking back at the 24-year-old actress she was then, Lake pronounces the ...

But, "I really loved the electricity that was our show back in New York in the early '90s to mid 2000s," she continues of the Ricki Lake daytime talk show days. "It was a party.

Gail Steinberg, who executive-produced Ricki Lake's '90s show, is being brought in to provide a "fresh perspective" and "added relevancy" ...