Dr. Phil McGraw Announces His Daytime Talk Show Will End After 21 Seasons: ‘This Has Been an Incredible Chapter’

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All good things must come to an end. Dr. Phil McGraw announced that his daytime talk show will come to a close in spring 2023 after 21 seasons. “I have been blessed with over 25 wonderful years in daytime television,” McGraw, 72, said in a statement to Variety on Tuesday, January 31. “With this show, we have helped thousands of guests and millions of viewers through everything from addiction and marriage to mental wellness and raising children.

This has been an incredible chapter of my life and career, but while I’m moving on from daytime, there is so much more I wish to do.”The CBS series, which began airing in September 2002, will stop producing new episodes at the end of the 2022-2023 season, per Variety.

However, the network hopes to keep repeats airing through at least the following year. In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesDespite it’s over two-decade run, Dr.

Phil is still the highest-rated daytime talk show behind Live With Kelly and Ryan and averages around two million viewers per episode Monday through Friday. “Phil is a valued partner and member of the CBS/King World family, and while his show may be ending after 21 years, I’m happy to say our relationship is not,” Steve LoCascio, president of CBS Media Ventures, told Variety on Tuesday. “Phil changed the daytime landscape as the force behind one of the most popular talk shows ever on daytime TV.