The Dr. Phil Show

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daytime television program television talk show

The Dr. Phil Show is an American daytime talk show hosted by psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, known for its confrontational, advice-driven format addressing personal and family issues.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dr. Phil	2
The Dr. Phil Show canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2106369 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Dr. Phil Show
Context triple: [The Oprah Winfrey Show, influenced, The Dr. Phil Show]

A. The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show was a hugely influential American daytime talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, known for its intimate interviews, cultural impact, and role in shaping modern television and popular discourse.
B. The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is a long-running American daytime talk show known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and dancing host Ellen DeGeneres.
C. The O’Reilly Factor
The O’Reilly Factor was a long-running, highly rated American political talk show hosted by Bill O’Reilly that became one of cable news’ most influential and controversial programs.
D. The View
The View is a long-running American daytime talk show featuring a panel of women discussing current events, politics, and pop culture.
E. The Ron Reagan Show
The Ron Reagan Show was a progressive political talk radio program hosted by Ron Reagan, the son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Dr. Phil Show
Target entity description: The Dr. Phil Show is an American daytime talk show hosted by psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, known for its confrontational, advice-driven format addressing personal and family issues.

A. The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show was a hugely influential American daytime talk show hosted by Oprah Winfrey, known for its intimate interviews, cultural impact, and role in shaping modern television and popular discourse.
B. The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show is a long-running American daytime talk show known for its celebrity interviews, comedy segments, and dancing host Ellen DeGeneres.
C. The O’Reilly Factor
The O’Reilly Factor was a long-running, highly rated American political talk show hosted by Bill O’Reilly that became one of cable news’ most influential and controversial programs.
D. The View
The View is a long-running American daytime talk show featuring a panel of women discussing current events, politics, and pop culture.
E. The Ron Reagan Show
The Ron Reagan Show was a progressive political talk radio program hosted by Ron Reagan, the son of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	daytime television program ⓘ television talk show ⓘ
associatedPerson	Jay McGraw ⓘ Robin McGraw ⓘ
awards	Daytime Emmy Award nominations ⓘ
broadcastSchedule	weekday daytime ⓘ
cameraSetup	multi-camera ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Oprah Winfrey ⓘ Phil McGraw ⓘ
debutYear	2002 ⓘ
distributor	CBS Media Ventures ⓘ
endYear	2023 ⓘ
filmingLocation	Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Hollywood, California Paramount Pictures Studios ⓘ surface form: Stage 29, Paramount Pictures
firstAired	2002-09-16 ⓘ
format	advice show ⓘ issue-oriented talk show ⓘ
genre	tabloid talk show ⓘ talk show ⓘ
hasHost	Phil McGraw ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Phil McGraw ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.drphil.com ⓘ
hasSpinOff	The Doctors ⓘ
hostProfession	psychologist ⓘ
lastAired	2023-05-25 ⓘ
notableFeature	advice-driven format ⓘ confrontational style ⓘ studio audience participation ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes	over 3000 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons	21 ⓘ
openingTheme	“Dr. Phil Theme” ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	syndication ⓘ
presenter	Phil McGraw ⓘ
productionCompany	Harpo Studios ⓘ surface form: Harpo Productions Peteski Productions ⓘ
spinOffFrom	The Oprah Winfrey Show ⓘ
subjectFocus	addiction issues ⓘ behavioral problems ⓘ family conflicts ⓘ personal problems ⓘ relationship issues ⓘ
syndicationFormat	first-run syndication ⓘ
targetAudience	daytime television viewers ⓘ
typicalRuntimeMinutes	60 ⓘ
typicalSegmentType	expert panel discussions ⓘ family interventions ⓘ one-on-one interviews ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Oprah Winfrey Show → influenced → The Dr. Phil Show ⓘ

The Oprah Winfrey Show → spinOffHelpedLaunch → The Dr. Phil Show ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dr. Phil

CBS Television Distribution → distributedProgram → The Dr. Phil Show ⓘ