Sally was nominated for a Daytime Emmy at the Daytime Emmy awards in the category of Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host for Sally Jessy Rapheal in the years 1988, 1990, 1991 and 1992. She won in 1989.
Sally(in 1985): There is very little that is unbiased about me. I am very proud of my biases. This is not anything but a difference in style. ... I'm much more biased than Phil Donahue is.