Steve Harvey is joining Dr. Phil McGraw’s Merit Street Media with Harvey taking an equity stake in the new network. As part of the deal, Merit Street acquired 300-plus episodes of Harvey’s NBC-produced daytime talker, Steve, which originally aired on TV stations from 2017-19. Harvey also hosts syndicated game show Family Feud as well as a celebrity version on ABC primetime. He’s also hosted his nationally syndicated morning radio show, The Steve Harvey Morning Show, since 2000.
Chris Harrison is getting back into the TV dating game. The former Bachelor host will co-create and host a new dating show for Merit Street Media, the new cable and streaming network led by Dr. Phil McGraw. The network is set to launch on April 2, with Harrison also making regular contributions to the nightly talk show Dr. Phil Primetime.
Merit Street Media will be anchored by Dr. Phil Primetime, premiering Feb. 26, 2024.
Another daytime fixture, Dr. Phil McGraw, is leaving after more than two decades as one of television’s most popular talk show hosts. His syndicated daytime show, Dr. Phil, will end its run of original episodes with the current 2022-2023 television season, the show’s 21st. McGraw’s decision comes as his most recent contract is coming to an end. Dr. Phil received a five-season renewal in 2018 as part of a mega-deal extension with CBS Media Ventures, taking it through its current season.
Phil McGraw, host and executive producer of Dr. Phil, has signed a new deal with CBS Television Distribution to continue the show through 2023. The extension adds three years onto McGraw’s current deal and will take the daytime talk show through its 21st season.
Combined, the world’s 10 highest-paid TV show hosts earned $462.5 million between June 1, 2016, and June 1, 2017, before management fees and taxes. Dr. Phil McGraw, Ellen DeGeneres And Ryan Seacrest lead the pack.
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Sources say Sinclair and Tribune have agreed to carry the show from Dr. Phil McGraw and his son Jay, first announced in June 2015, giving it the clearances it needs to get off the ground this fall.
A multi-million dollar paycheck — that’s just what the doctor ordered. Daytime TV’s straight-talking Southerner is this year’s highest-paid host, banking $88 million pretax in Forbes’ 12-month scoring period, ahead of second-ranked Ellen DeGeneres ($75 million) and American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest (No. 3, $55 million).
Life Reimagined, a nonprofit subsidiary of AARP, today announced a new collaboration with Dr. Phil McGraw, marking the first time Dr. Phil’s approach to helping people reflect, evaluate priorities and […]
Dr. Phil’s Rx: Less Sensation, More Advice
With ratings in a slump, Dr. Phil and his producers decided to focus more on topical subjects that women can use to deal with real-life issues. It was a good move. His show has taken over the top talker spot that was occupied by Oprah before she left syndication for cable. But things could change when some formidable new competition takes to the airwaves this fall.
