We all need good news in these days of economic chaos and uncertainty, and here it is: not only is Dr. Phil not on the list of favorite TV personalities, ratings for his show are down a lot this season. Yay TV viewers!Nielsen reports that ratings for The Sick Exploitation Cavalcade with Dr. Phil, or whatever the damn show is called, have dropped 27% this season. And the female audience, which was once the "doctor's" biggest fans, has dropped about a third. Anymore news like this and McGraw might have to start to counsel himself. Though I don't even think that he'd go to himself if he had a problem. In other daytime news, ratings for Ellen DeGeneres's show are up. She came in second in that favorite personalities poll.
Of course, Oprah is the one who unleashed this festering cancer on the world. Her ratings are down 8%. But she's still the queen. I don't mind her show, but if we could get some more real talk shows and game shows to take over the spots currently held by Dr. Phil and Maury, I think it would be a better world.
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1-29-2009 @ 3:17PM
landrdecker said...
I AGREE!!
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1-29-2009 @ 5:57PM
landrdecker said...
We need some shows like the Merv Griffin show and the Phil Donahue shows of the past. They were fun with interesting guests with a variety of everything from serious to funny.
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2-27-2009 @ 7:37AM
Karen said...
Once people start seeing him for who he really is,and what he really stands for his rateing will fall.And hopefully that will not take to long.I just want to know why he thinks he right about everything,and why people are so taking in by him.Do these peoples lives mean anything to him,and when they leave his show,are there lives any better of for it.The people who he supposenly helped,there the ones who should be interviewed.All I can say is God help us,take him of the air.This is what we should pray for.
1-29-2009 @ 3:20PM
Jason said...
DOWN! hahahahaha!
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2-05-2009 @ 12:09AM
PN said...
I think that Dr. Phil's show is becoming tired. And the shows aren't as interesting either. I think that some people watched 44 to 56 shows this season, then quit.
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2-07-2009 @ 2:33PM
DENNIS said...
I CAN'T STAND THAT FUCKER, HE IS SO DAMN SMUG AND HE IS SO CONDESCENDING. CANCEL HIS ASS NOW. FAKE ASS WIFE. SON MARRIES A STRIPPER LOL.
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2-26-2009 @ 10:41AM
Karen said...
This is a correction for my last comment...
Once people start seeing him for who he really is and what he really stands for, then his rateings will fall. And hopefully that will not take too long. I just want to know why does he think he is right about everything? And why people are so taking in by him? I hope these peoples lives mean something to him. And when they leave his show, are their lives any better off for it. The people who he supposenly helped, their the ones who should be interveiwed. All I can say is God help us take him off the air, this is what we all should pray for.
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4-27-2009 @ 7:45PM
Dave O said...
You could not be more "on".TV has become a wasteland. From syndicated shows to network to (God forbid) nerwork "news". God bless Barry Ugama, or is it Barracks Obama,or is it Broke Obama?
Dave O
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