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Looking for a 1995 Montel Williams Show episode / off-air VHS lead

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TENXT

Hello, I’m trying to track down a specific episode of The Montel Williams Show and thought this might be a good place to ask because I’ve seen people here catalog old off-air VHS/Beta recordings in detail.

The episode is:

The Montel Williams Show
“Boyfriend Thinks He Owns Me”
Season 5, Episode 17
Original air date: September 25, 1995

I believe someone in my family may have appeared on this episode, so I’m trying to locate any surviving recording or even just a lead. I’m not trying to identify, contact, or expose anyone involved — this is a personal/family-history search, and I’m keeping names/private details out of public posts.

So far, I’ve found database listings confirming the episode existed, but I have not found a public upload, transcript, screenshots, guest list, or archive entry with the actual episode.

Since it was syndicated daytime TV, I’m assuming the most likely surviving copy would be an off-air VHS recording from someone who taped daytime shows in the mid-90s. I’m especially interested in whether anyone here has come across Montel Williams episodes in old tape lots, TV recording collections, or station/date-labeled VHS tapes.

Any advice on search terms, collector communities, tape-label conventions, or places where this kind of recording might surface would be appreciated.
 
Try checking YouTube to see if any clips, episodes, or channel uploads are available. Also search Archive.org to see whether any episodes or related materials have been preserved there.

It may also be worth reaching out to Montel Williams on Instagram and asking directly if he has plans to make the Montel Williams Show library available online, and if so, on which platform or service he expects it to be available.
 
You could also try finding episodes of E!’s “Talk Soup” from that week/weekend (the weekend shows were highlights from various talk shows from the week). I know Montel was one of the shows they pulled clips from, because my brother and I loved watching Talk Soup.
 
youngtvguy said:
Try checking YouTube to see if any clips, episodes, or channel uploads are available. Also search Archive.org to see whether any episodes or related materials have been preserved there.

It may also be worth reaching out to Montel Williams on Instagram and asking directly if he has plans to make the Montel Williams Show library available online, and if so, on which platform or service he expects it to be available.
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Thank you. I’ve checked YouTube and Archive.org pretty heavily already and haven’t found this episode or any clips from it so far.

Reaching out to Montel directly is a good idea, though. I may try Instagram or another official contact route to see if there is any information about who currently controls the show library or whether older episodes may ever be made available.

For now, I’m still especially hoping to identify any off-air VHS recording, local station/time information, or collector lead for the Sept. 25, 1995 episode.
 
radiofan2023 said:
You could also try finding episodes of E!’s “Talk Soup” from that week/weekend (the weekend shows were highlights from various talk shows from the week). I know Montel was one of the shows they pulled clips from, because my brother and I loved watching Talk Soup.
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That is a really interesting idea — thank you. I had not thought about Talk Soup as a secondary source.

I’ll look into episodes from the week/weekend after September 25, 1995, since they may have pulled clips from that week’s syndicated talk shows. Even a short Montel clip or mention from that episode would be useful for confirming details and possibly narrowing the search.

Appreciate the suggestion.
 
radiofan2023 said:
You could also try finding episodes of E!’s “Talk Soup” from that week/weekend (the weekend shows were highlights from various talk shows from the week). I know Montel was one of the shows they pulled clips from, because my brother and I loved watching Talk Soup.
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Do you know if Talk Soup episode guides or archives from September 1995 exist anywhere? Most of what I've found online appears to be incomplete.
 
TENXT said:
Do you know if Talk Soup episode guides or archives from September 1995 exist anywhere? Most of what I've found online appears to be incomplete.
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I don’t know. You might try finding out who produced the show or tweet John Henson and ask (he was the host after Greg Kinnear left).
 


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