Another afternoon schedule, Dr. Phil McGraw, is stepping down after more than two decades as one of television’s most popular talk show hosts. His daytime shows, Dr. Phil, will end its original run with the current 2022-2023 television season, episode 21.
McGraw’s decision comes as his most recent contract is about to expire. Dr. Phil received a five-season renewal in 2018 as part of a larger expansion deal with CBS Media Ventures, carrying its current season.
It’s been a year of change in the increasingly challenging daytime talk show landscape, including the luminaries. The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Wendy Williams Show, Maury, Dr. Oz too It’s real all ending within the last 12 months.
CBS Media Ventures will produce the channel’s library of shows Dr. Phil for the 2023-24 season and beyond. They will include new content such as recaps and introductions by McGraw, as well as guest updates.
I hear the distributor aims to keep Dr. Phil’s periods of repetition at the same or similar price, which is faced with initial resistance from channels. CBS Media Ventures did this successfully and Judge Judy after the 2021 end of the court show. Reruns are shown at the same time in most major markets, and Judge Judy as the current No. 4 most-watched program, with a slight erosion of ratings.
McGraw, the current doyen of daytime, began his TV career The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s before promoting her own film, produced by Winfrey’s Harpo Studios. Launched in September 2002, Dr. Phil was an instant hit, the second highest rated for Oprah. Following Winfrey’s departure from daytime in 2011, Dr. Phil took the crown as the most-watched daytime talk show, which it held for the past decade, dropping to No. 2 only recently. Live with Kelly & Ryan. Amid the decline across the line ratings, Dr. Phill it still attracts about 2 million viewers.
“I have been blessed with over 25 wonderful years in daytime television,” McGraw said. “With this show, we’ve helped thousands of guests and millions of viewers through everything from addiction and marriage to mental health and parenting. This has been an amazing chapter in my life and my career, but when I go out in the daytime, there’s so much more I wish to do.
Along with two other daytime shows produced by McGraw, Doctors and Daily Mail TV, canceled last year, his decision to finish Dr. Phil marks the final departure from daytime for the popular TV personality who, in addition to his daytime job, has been building a track record in prime time, executive producing the hit CBS drama series. Bull and freshman So Help Me Todd.
In the near future, McGraw plans to focus on primetime programming and new partnerships, expected to launch in early 2024.
“I am compelled to engage with a wider audience because I am deeply concerned for the American family, and I am determined to help restore clarity of purpose and our core values,” he said.
During his flight, Dr. Philfeaturing McGraw covering a different topic on each show and giving advice to his guests, he has received 31 Emmy nominations and won five PRISM Awards for accurate portrayals of drug, alcohol and tobacco abuse, as well as MADD (Mothers Against Drunk). . Drivers) Media Award.
“Phil is a valued partner and member of the CBS/King World family, and while his show may be ending after 21 years, I’m happy to say our relationship is not,” said Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures. “Phil changed the landscape of daytime as the driving force behind one of the most popular talk shows on daytime TV. We plan to be in it.” Dr. Phil businesses and libraries for years to come and welcome opportunities to work together in the future.
