Dr Phil, the long-running talk show hosted by Dr Phil McGraw, is to end after 21 seasons, it has been announced.
Entertainment trade publication Deadline reports that the programme - still at number two in US daytime talk show ratings - will end its original episodes at the end of its current season on the network CBS. Dr Phil airs on RTÉ One and the RTÉ Player.
"I have been blessed with over 25 wonderful years in daytime television," McGraw said.
"With this show, we have helped thousands of guests and millions of viewers through everything from addiction and marriage to mental wellness and raising children. This has been an incredible chapter of my life and career, but while I'm moving on from daytime, there is so much more I wish to do."
McGraw's TV career began as a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show in the 1990s. His popularity with viewers saw the clinical psychologist and Winfrey create his own starring vehicle, produced by Winfrey's Harpo Studios.
Deadline reports that repeats of Dr Phil episodes will continue beyond 2023 with "new content such as wrap-arounds and intros by McGraw, as well as guest updates".
