Biography
Phil-has used his blunt, no-nonsense approach to shame guests on his hit syndicated show, "Dr. Phil" (2002- ), into getting real and healing themselves. Never one to promise easy cures by the end of his hour-long program, McGraw has made a point of telling viewers and guests that he's providing a wake-up call to their problems. McGraw has been called a great many things-arrogant, aggressive, controversial, confident, irreproachable, and …
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Career Milestones
2003 | Played Himself on "Fraiser" (NBC) in an episode titled "The Devil & Dr. Phil" | |
2002 | Launched his own nationally syndicated series, "Dr. Phil"; earned two daytime Emmy nominations in 2003 and 2004 | |
1998 | Began making regular appearances on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" | |
1996 | Met Oprah Winfrey when she hired CSI and McGraw to help with her case against the Texas beef industry; made first appeared on the victory episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" | |
1989 | Co-founded Courtroom Sciences, Inc., a full-service trial sciences firm, which helped high-profile trial lawyers to build airtight cases using psychology | |
1985 | Founded Pathways, the popular self-motivation seminars | |
| After graduation McGraw went into private practice with his father | ||
Awards
2012 | Daytime Emmy Award for OUTSTANDING TALK SHOW / INFORMATIVE in The Doctors |