The Dr. Phil Show
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dr. Phil | 2 |
| Dr. Phil (TV program) | 2 |
| Dr. Phil (TV series) | 2 |
| The Dr. Phil Show canonical | 2 |
| Dr. Phil show | 1 |
| Dr. Phil show opening sequence | 1 |
| The Phil McGraw Show (Dr. Phil) | 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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
Oprah Winfrey
ⓘ
Phil McGraw ⓘ |
| debutYear | 2002 ⓘ |
| distributor | CBS Media Ventures ⓘ |
| endYear | 2023 ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Hollywood, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Hollywood, California, United States
Stage 29, Paramount Pictures ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Pictures Studios
|
| firstAired | 2002-09-16 ⓘ |
| format |
advice show
ⓘ
issue-oriented talk show ⓘ |
| genre |
tabloid talk show
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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
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confrontational style ⓘ studio audience participation ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | over 3000 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 21 ⓘ |
| openingTheme | “Dr. Phil Theme” ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | syndication ⓘ |
| presenter | Phil McGraw ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Harpo Productions
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linked to:
Harpo Studios
Peteski Productions ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | The Oprah Winfrey Show ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
addiction issues
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behavioral problems ⓘ family conflicts ⓘ personal problems ⓘ relationship issues ⓘ |
| syndicationFormat | first-run syndication ⓘ |
| targetAudience | daytime television viewers ⓘ |
| typicalRuntimeMinutes | 60 ⓘ |
| typicalSegmentType |
expert panel discussions
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family interventions ⓘ one-on-one interviews ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Dr. Phil Show Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
“Dr. Phil Theme”
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subject linked to:
“Dr. Phil Theme”
linked to: The Dr. Phil Show
linked to: The Dr. Phil Show
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subject linked to:
catchphrase "Cash Me Ousside, How Bout Dat"
linked to: The Dr. Phil Show