This is going to be a changing day in Dr. Phil‘s life: The syndicated therapy talk show is ending its daytime run this year after 21 seasons, according to our sister site Variety.
The decision to end the show reportedly came directly from star Dr. Phil McGraw, with the final new episodes set to air this spring at the close of the 2022-23 broadcast season. The show’s distributor CBS Media Ventures, though, hopes to keep Dr. Phil on the air in daytime via repeats through at least the 2023-24 season, per Variety.
“I have been blessed with over 25 wonderful years in daytime television,” McGraw said in a statement. “With this show, we have helped thousands of guests and millions of viewers through everything from addiction and marriage to mental wellness and raising children. This has been an incredible chapter of my life and career, but while I’m moving on from daytime, there is so much more I wish to do.”
Dr. Phil featured McGraw offering tough but fair therapeutic guidance to families and people in crisis, from drug addicts to warring spouses to scam victims. McGraw made his TV debut in 1998 as a regular guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show after serving as a legal consultant to Winfrey during her much-publicized Texas beef defamation trial. His appearances there became so popular, he got his own self-titled talk show in 2002 with Winfrey on board as a producer.
Since its 2002 debut, Dr. Phil has been a staple in the daytime lineup, regularly ranking at or near the top of the daytime ratings. (It currently ranks second behind Live With Kelly and Ryan.) In addition to Dr. Phil, McGraw also served as a co-creator and executive producer on Bull, which was based on McGraw’s legal consulting firm and ran for six seasons on CBS.
Thank goodness. He is not a good person, he has no business lecturing anyone. When his marriage is on the rocks, and has been for a long time and his son is married to an ex stripper. Good riddance
I hat does his son have to do with anything. Who cares who he married. Who cares if she was a stripper. Some people are so judge mental about things that have nothing to do with them
His son wrote a “self-help” book for teens and was a co-producer with daddy McGraw on Phil’s projects. Doesn’t matter if he is married to an ex-stripper, McGraw Jr worked alongside his father for many years.
Their marriage is NOT in the rocks!! Lol.. such a lie. He’s awesome and is usually dead on with his advice.
I thought his ridiculousness had been cancelled a long time ago.
I’d rather have won the lottery, but I haven’t seen his show around for years.
That quack should’ve ended his show after the first episode!
I have never disliked someone on tv more in my life. Sorry for his fans but I am for one excited that no one has to endure his manipulation for his ratings and his paycheck
Thought something was up when it took so long to get a renewal notice. If there’s one thing daytime tv doesn’t need is yet another talk show that exist as a rerun zombie. Looking at you Maury, Jerry, Judge Judy, Judge Jerry, Paternity Court, Personal Injury Court, and Couples Court. Note to Viacom: just put something new on. Anything
I don’t mind the Judge Judy reruns as her show was on for decades and there were many years here and there that I didn’t watch but I agree with you about the others you listed.
This is exactly my thoughts! Really lazy programming.
Good. Wish it had happened long ago so he wouldn’t have had the opportunity to destroy so many lives.
I’m so sorry to read this. I appreciate Dr Phil’s knowledge and kindness in how he works with each person in need. Hoping he lands somewhere else so those of us who want to continue tuning in can do so.
Agreed!
Not soon enough for me
He is also executive producer the shows “So Help Me Todd” and “ The Doctors”
And he was involved in Bull which I never liked either. Although I do like SHMT….
🐤🐤 Quack quack. Buh bye.
As Craig Ferguson used to say (and will most certainly say again soon), “NOT A REAL DOCTOR!!!”
Actually he holds a PhD in clinical psychology so he is a doctor, just not the medical kind. He has not been licensed to practice for years.. Gave up helping others for exploiting others. It’s much more lucrative. I won’t even watch promos for his show let alone the show itself. But to each his own.
As someone who was raised by an MD and has a sister with a PhD and spent time in a Phd program, calling someone a doctor because of their PhD especially in the way phil used it is disingenuous and provides a sheen or ‘exepertise’ he just doesn’t have…
What is with all the hate in the comments.
Not from me. It took me at least a decade to give this educated man a chance. He brought national attention to many issues most people just talk into the ground without any solution. Someone doesn’t like him, fine…pick up that remote.
Please don’t run for president…
Cancel Dr Phil
One less trash-pile show is always a positive thing! Buh bye!
I quit watching a few weeks into this season. He’s good when he’s trying to help people, but he got way off track this season.
Thank God!!! Good riddance!!!
Good riddance. I think he has done more harm than good.
You are WRONG! A lot of people would probably be dead if it weren’t for him.
…Why do I feel like this is a precursor to a political announcement?
omg at all the ignorant hateful comments. Ya’ll act like he destroyed more lives than any of you. his goal was to help people, and if that didn’t happen those people truly didn’t want to be helped but wanted their 15 minutes like that cash me outside girl. and if Ya’ll didn’t like him. change the channel.
You can’t be that far up Phil’s behind, dude. His goal wasn’t to help people, if it was he wouldn’t be doing it on national TV. His goal was to make sure his show got views and ratings by any means necessary so he could make more money.
I don’t watch his show but this will thankfully allow my local station to add yet another hour of news or repeated news or the latest repeated news or the most current repeated news or the top news that we just brought to you last hour.
So many rude comments. If you don’t like him change the channel.He has helped people and their life’s. Im going to miss the show.
There really is a god. He belongs on the same trash heap as Springer and Maury.
Springer knew he had a burning trash heap of show but didn’t care. Dr. Phil try to turn his burning trash heap into a groundbreaking tv and thought provoking insights while fooling the audience.
It’s about time!!! His advice is rubbish, too many commercials, and plugging Robin’s crap at the end of every episode was just ludicrous. He turned into a glorified Jerry Springer.