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‘Dr. Phil’ is done: Iconic daytime show pulls the plug after 21 seasons

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With Dr. Phil McGraw’s declare to daytime TV fame, The Oprah Winfrey Show having ended over a decade in the past in 2011, the time has lastly come for his everlastingly standard spin-off present Dr. Phil to return to an finish, in response to reporting from Deadline.

McGraw is pulling the plug on the present as Dr. Phil’s most up-to-date contract with CBS nears the top of its five-year run. Like Judge Judy and lots of different lapsed daytime staples, previous Dr. Phil episodes will proceed being syndicated by the community.

While we received’t be getting any extra of the tried-and-tested format of McGraw strolling his visitors via life’s varied challenges, it reportedly isn’t the top of Dr. Phil’s involvement with tv.

His works will return to our tv screens in some kind by early 2024, which is about to make the leap to a major time slot. McGraw commented on the aim of the mission and the reasoning behind the shift to prime time, per Deadline:

“I am compelled to engage with a broader audience because I have grave concerns for the American family, and I am determined to help restore a clarity of purpose as well as our core values.”

Dr. Phil first debuted on CBS on Sep. 16, 2002, and ran for 21 seasons earlier than the present’s host Dr. Phil McGraw and the community lastly known as it a day. It joins The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Maury, and Dr. Oz, together with different daytime speak exhibits which were axed within the final 12 months. 

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