Daphne Oz on Launching Her Own Show as Her Dad Leaves Daytime TV
variety.comElizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentThis week, Daphne Oz launched a new nationally-syndicated daytime show, “The Good Dish.”The television host, writer and chef has been ready for this moment all her life — but when the opportunity came, Oz had to pull it off in record time.Oz, who became a best-selling author as a college student with her first book “The Dorm Room Diet,” is known to daytime audiences as one of the original hosts of ABC’s beloved foodie show, “The Chew,” which she departed one year before its final season.
More recently, the mother of four has led a weekly cooking segment on her father’s daytime show, “The Dr. Oz Show,” called “The Dish.”With the news that talkshow host and cardiothoracic surgeon would be pursuing a political career to run as a Republican for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, his longtime show came to an abrupt end during its season.
The timeslot was filled with “The Good Dish,” an expanded version of his daughter’s weekly cooking segment, which had already been airing on his show. “We’ve been incubating this show for a number of years — and so, we had hoped,” Oz tells Variety in a phone interview, conducted moments after the first episode of “The Good Dish” was taped.
Oz was giddy as she walked off set, and expressed gratitude to be able to get the show off the ground so quickly, which resulted in little-to-no holiday break for the crew and production staffers, many of whom came from “The Dr.
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