During the pilot episode of the new FOX drama Mental, Annabella Sciorra's Dr. Nora Skoff tells Chris Vance's Dr. Jack Gallagher that his recent decision to strip down butt-naked to help a patient deserves some of her Harvard business school advice - ask for royalties because the video of it is sure to be more popular than Paris Hilton's sex tape. To that, I offer some insight from a Syracuse University TV production graduate - there's a reason FOX held off on premiering Mental until the summer. It's not very good.
Dr. Phil is giving advice to people who
are trying to find a mate on the internet. He's signed on to dish out pearls of wisdom to potential couples on
Match.com. Subscribers who pay $13/month for premium service will have access to McGraw's tips. Of course, they won't
be in written form. Dr. Phil's written words just don't deliver without his incredulous looks and his Texas accent. His
tips to daters will be in the form of 50 video clips, covering topics from communication, first impressions, and
meaningful conversations. One of Dr. Phil's tidbits: "If you want to be a winner in love, you want to be a winner
in relationships, then do what it takes." People have to pay $13/month for that crap?
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