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ViacomCBS Responds To Report About Toxic Workplace On ‘Dr. Phil’ As Host Denies Allegations
Current and former employees of Phil McGraw’s talk show Dr. Phil made allegations of having experienced toxic work conditions—including verbal abuse, intimidation, and racism—and inappropriate interactions with guests, in a Buzzfeed expose released on Thursday.
None of the dozen employees that spoke to the outlet…
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‘The Doctors’ Syndicated Talk Show Sets New Format & Sole Host Ahead Of Season 13 Premiere
Emmy-winning syndicated talk show The Doctors is getting a major makeover in the coronavirus era. The long-running series will launch with a new format and sole host, Dr. Ian Smith, when it premieres its 13th season on September 21. Production is slated to begin this month.
With the theme "Take Your Power Back," the…
Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, Dr. Drew: TV Talking Heads Trigger Backlash For Coronavirus Comments
Dr. Phil McGraw is the latest celebrity doctor to trigger a backlash over comments made on the coronavirus, when, as a guest on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show, he compared coronavirus deaths to those due to smoking, car crashes and swimming pool accidents.
“The fact of the matter is we have 45,000 people a year die…
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Dr. Phil McGraw Says He “Probably Used Bad Examples” In Comments About Coronavirus “Fallout”
Dr. Phil McGraw said that he “probably used bad examples” when he compared the threat of the coronavirus to the deaths each year in auto accidents, pool drownings and smoking-related illnesses.
His comments as a guest on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show The Ingraham Angle on Thursday triggered an online backlash. He…
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Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Dr. Phil On Maintaining A Talk Show And Mental Health During Shutdown, Urges Politicians To “Shut Up & Let The Scientists Speak”
Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
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Phil McGraw To Host ‘Dr. Phil’ Through 2023 In New Mega Deal Extension With CBS Television Distribution
Phil McGraw, host and executive producer of Dr. Phil, has signed a new deal with CBS Television Distribution to continue the show through 2023.
The extension adds three years onto McGraw’s current deal and will take the daytime talk show through its 21st season. With Dr. Phil, which has been the highest-rated daytime…
Dr. Phil & Jay McGraw Sell Faith-Based Medical & Legal Drama Projects To CBS
Dr. Phil and Jay McGraw have sold two hourlong projects to CBS via their Stage 29 Productions, faith-themed medical drama Chaplain with Nick Weiss (Drunk Wedding), Isaac Laskin and Reign co-creator/executive producer Laurie McCarthy; and legal drama Melanie, with Scott Prendergast (Silicon Valley). Both projects hail…
‘Dr. Phil’ Guests Say Show Enabled Use Of Drugs & Alcohol While They Were Seeking Treatment – Report
UPDATED with response from Dr. Phil spokesperson: Three separate guests of the syndicated Dr. Phil talk show say the show enabled their use of drugs and alcohol before and during taping of segments about their addictions. The guests and their families went on the record in a report published jointly today by the…
Jay & Dr. Phil McGraw’s Stage 29 Inks First-Look Deal With CBS TV Studios, Taps Julia Eisenman As Head Of Scripted
Following the successful start of CBS drama Bull, series executive producers Jay McGraw and Dr. Phil McGraw are ramping up their scripted efforts. The father-and-son duo have signed a first-look deal for their Stage 29 Productions at CBS Television Studios, the studio behind Bull, and have recruited Julia Eisenman…
‘Dr. Phil’ Airs Hour Of Ill & Confused Shelley Duvall For November Sweep Broadcast, Triggering Hollywood Outrage
If you were among those hoping that the appalling public display of a clearly ill Shelley Duvall today for a Dr. Phil November sweep broadcast would at least have ended in his getting her into the treatment facility where, he claimed, the best specialists would treat her physical and mental illnesses, you were…
Freddy Rodriguez To Co-Star In CBS Drama Pilot ‘Bull’
Freddy Rodriguez is segueing from his co-starring role on NBC’s The Night Shift to playing one of the main characters in the CBS drama pilot Bull, from Amblin TV and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio, Bull is based on popular daytime talk show host Dr. Phil's early days as head of one of the…
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Phil McGraw To Host ‘Dr. Phil’ Through 2020 With New CBS TV Distribution Deal
With newer syndicated daytime shows struggling to stick, studios are moving in to lock the talent of the strongest, long-running performers for years to come. On the heels of CBS TV Distribution earlier this year extending the contract of Judy Sheindlin, star of TV’s top-rated syndicated show Judge Judy, through 2020…
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