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Dr. Phil

★ 3.7 5K votes 2002–2024 21 seasons · 3735 episodes Ended Syndication
Talk & panelTalk, panel and interview formats.This show: 10/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Sara Gallaher
Starring
Sara Gallaher

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About

"Folksy tough love as daily television spectacle"

A daytime talk show where Dr. Phil McGraw dispenses blunt advice to guests wrestling with family conflict, addiction, relationships, and personal crises. Each episode plays out as a mix of confessional interview and tough-love intervention, often building to a confrontation or reveal. The tone is heavy on melodrama and moral judgment, pitched for viewers who like real-people drama with a folksy, no-nonsense host at the center. It moves fast, episode to episode, with little continuity, and leans hard on emotional spectacle rather than nuance or resolution.

Watch it for

the spectacle of real people's messiest problems dissected in blunt, folksy soundbites.

Maybe skip if

you dislike exploitative-feeling talk shows or want nuanced, non-judgmental treatment of personal struggles.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Showing the latest 500 of 3,735 episodes.

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Season 182019
—01812h 36m
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Season 192020
—0169118h 18m
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Season 202021
8.253158110h 36m
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Season 212022
—0155108h 30m

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Phil McGraw Self - Host, Self, Phil
Madison Graber Self
Robin McGraw Self, Co-Hostess, Self - domestic violence advocate
T.D. Jakes Self
Sara Gallaher Background, Audience Member, Self
Jay McGraw Self, Self - Correspondent, Self - Host
Travis Stork Self, Self - Emergency Room Physician, Self - Guest
Todd Herzog Self - Guest, Self
Troy Dunn Self, Self - Motivational Speaker
Nancy Grace Self, Self - Guest

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