Theresa Corigliano, spokesperson for the Dr. Someone not affiliated with the show put up the remaining 90% of the bail for Nichols, who had been booked at the Polk County, Florida jail. Phil put up 10%, or a total of $3,300 towards the $33,000 bail for 17 year old Mercades Nichols, one of a group of eight teenage girls who beat another girl and videotaped the attack. On April 13, 2008, an unnamed staffer for Dr. McGraw's critics regard advice given by him to be at best simplistic, and at worst, ineffective. McGraw said in a 2001 South Florida newspaper interview that he never liked traditional one-on-one counseling, and that 'I'm not the Hush-Puppies, pipe and 'Let's talk about your mother' kind of psychologist.' In 2004, the National Alliance on Mental Illness called McGraw's conduct in one episode of his television show 'unethical' and 'incredibly irresponsible'. McGraw's advice and methods have drawn criticism from psychotherapists as well as from laypersons. In October 2015, it was reported that Dr. Phil has ranked as the top syndicated talk show, prior to that it was the second highest rated talk show after The Oprah Winfrey Show. Reruns of earlier episodes of the series began broadcasting on the Oprah Winfrey Network in January 2011. Its tenth season premiered on September 12, 2011. Phil has been broadcast in HDTV with a revamped look and a new theme written and performed by McGraw's son, Jordan. Prior to starting the show, McGraw had made regular appearances as a guest expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Phil show premiered on September 16, 2002. Phil had been renewed for four additional seasons, taking the show to May 2023, or the end of its 21st season.

On October 25, 2018, it was announced that Dr. It is recorded from August through to May with a break in December for the holiday season. The program is recorded before a live studio audience in Stage 29 on the Paramount Pictures lot in Hollywood, California. It was originally distributed by King World Productions. Harpo Productions co-produced the series until 2010, with Paramount Domestic Television and its successor, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, serving as secondary co-producers until 2007. It is a production of Peteski Productions and distributed by CBS Media Ventures. The executive producers are Phil McGraw and showrunner Oprah Winfrey. The program has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award every year since 2004.

Occasional prime time specials have aired on CBS. The show is in syndication throughout the United States and a number of other countries.

On both shows McGraw offers advice in the form of 'life strategies' from his life experience as a clinical and forensic psychologist. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil is an American talk show created by Oprah Winfrey and the host Phil McGraw.

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