Wow, watching a feud about iguanas today. What a mess. First, who cares? Second, my guess is these stories are made up by the writers, or atleast exaggerated by the writers. But I am watching so I guess it works.
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Has Dr Phil jumped the shark?
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That happened when the show debuted.
It'll be around in reruns for a long time.
It is just trash IMO. I thought Oprah and Donahue were bad but Dr Phil is reaching new lows.
I believe his last first run episode will be on or around Wednesday, May 24th.
The reason his final first run episode may be on that date is that May 24th is the last day of both the May "sweeps" and the 2022/23 television season.
The reason his final first run episode may be on that date is that May 24th is the last day of both the May "sweeps" and the 2022/23 television season.
Per this earlier Radio Discussions Thread, CBS hopes to keep running reruns in syndication through the 2023-24 season:
And it's been in re-runs for years already since Oprah debuted the OWN network.
Typical milking the product. Disgraceful but then again understandable.
Dr. Phil has a doctorate in clinical psychology.
Wikipedia, but sourced accurately.
McGraw graduated in 1975 from Midwestern State University with a B.A. in psychology. He went on to earn an M.A. in experimental psychology in 1976, and a Ph.D. degree in clinical psychology in 1979 at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas),[6] where his dissertation was titled "Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Psychological Intervention."[7] He did a year of post-doctoral training in forensic psychology at the Wilmington Institute.[8] McGraw's doctoral advisor was Frank Lawlis, who later became the primary contributing psychologist for the Dr. Phil television show.[9]
Actually he does have a Doctorate in psychology. However, Dateline or one of the other similar news programs did a program about him several years ago. He's supposedly a real POS who took credit for his colleagues' work at times and always tried to be in the limelight. Dr. Phil always had a hunger for attention and fame, and some of his advice and guidance have been questionable at best. He wanted fame and attention, he found Oprah who's well-known for her appreciation for and support of quacks and snake oil remedies, there was $$$ in it for both of them, and the rest, as they say...is history.
This parody of them from Mad TV may not be too far from reality:
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Is this the REAL reason Dr. Phil ended his show?
Maybe if they didn’t want him lumped in with quacks, he shouldn’t have been one. Just a thought.
Never been a fan of Dr. Phil, good riddance to bad rubbish.
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