Dr Phil

Dr Phil, the daytime television show which offered life advice to US households for more than two decades, will go off air later this year. Photo: Getty Images

Dr Phil daytime television talk show to end after 21 seasons

Dr Phil, the daytime television show which offered life advice to US households for more than two decades, will go off air later this year.

Dr Phil

Dr Phil, the daytime television show which offered life advice to US households for more than two decades, will go off air later this year. Photo: Getty Images

Dr Phil, the daytime television show which offered life advice to US households for more than two decades, will go off air later this year.

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According to the BBC website, Phil McGraw, 72, the show’s host, will be exiting the programme for “new ventures”, CBS Media Ventures announced.

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The talk show, on air since 2002, is known for interviewing guests with unconventional stories.

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McGraw, once a licensed psychologist, started his television career as a life coach on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the 1990s, where he rose to prominence in US households.

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