The Dr. Oz Show

The Dr. Oz Show
Genre	Talk show
Created by	Oprah Winfrey
Directed by	Scot Titelbaum
Presented by	Mehmet Oz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	13
No. of episodes	1,681
Production
Executive producers	Amy Chiaro Stacy Rader[a]
Producer	Mehmet Oz[b]
Camera setup	Multiple
Running time	42-44 minutes
Production companies	Sony Pictures Television (entire run) ZoCo Productions (2009–2010) (season 1) Harpo Productions (2009–2010) (season 1) Harpo Studios (2010–2017) (seasons 2-8) OzWorks LLC (2009–2017) (seasons 1-8) Oz Media (2017–2022) (season 9-13)
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	Syndication
Picture format	1080i (HDTV)
Original release	September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) – January 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)
External links
Website

The Dr. Oz Show (or simply Oz) is an American syndicated daytime television talk show that originally aired between September 14, 2009 and January 14, 2022. The series was hosted by Dr. Mehmet Oz. Each episode featured segments on health, wellness and medical information, sometimes including true crime stories and celebrity interviews.^[1] It was co-produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions/Harpo Studios and OzWorks LLC/Oz Media in association with Sony Pictures Television.^[2]

The Dr. Oz Show received nine Daytime Emmy Awards during its run, five for Outstanding Informative Talk Show and four for Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host, as well as criticism for some of its subject matter.^[3]

After Oz's November 2021 announcement that he would run as a Republican for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, the show ceased production and aired its final episode on Friday, January 14, 2022. It would be replaced on most stations by a food-themed spin-off talk show, The Good Dish, on January 17.^[4]

Overview[]

Each episode segments into A, B, C, and D blocks.

History[]

Michelle Obama and Mehmet Oz dance routine from a 2013 episode of The Dr. Oz Show

In 2009, Winfrey offered to produce a syndicated series featuring Mehmet Oz through her company, Harpo Productions.^[5] The Dr. Oz Show debuted September 14, 2009. It received Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Talk Show Informative and Outstanding Talk Show Informative Host in 2010, winning the latter.^[6]

For the first four seasons, shows were recorded in Studio 6A at NBC Studios in New York,^[7] but vacated Rockefeller Center after NBC reclaimed the space for its Late Night franchise.^[8] Beginning with season five, The Dr. Oz Show was recorded in the ABC Television Center East on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.^[9] The show now uses Studio 42 at the CBS Broadcast Center.^[10]

In April 2018, Sony Pictures Television renewed The Dr. Oz Show for seasons 11 and 12, taking it through 2020–21.^[11]

In March 2020, in-studio production was shut down after a staffer experienced "subtle" symptoms and tested positive for COVID-19. Episodes began filming at Oz's home afterward. The show announced that it would return to studio tapings for its season premiere on September 14, 2020 with limited crew members and without a live audience.^[12]

In September 2020, The Dr. Oz Show was renewed for seasons 13 and 14, through 2022–23.^[13]

Ending[]

Oz declared his candidacy on November 30, 2021 for the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania; this forced television stations in Pennsylvania and surrounding states and markets as far west as Cleveland, Ohio, to immediately drop the show from their schedule in order to remain in compliance with the equal-time rule.^[14][15] The show's website was also relocated to drozshow.com, as Oz personally owns the doctoroz.com domain, which was repurposed for his campaign website.

On December 13, 2021, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) confirmed that The Dr. Oz Show would air its final episode on Friday, January 14, 2022.^[4] The final program, which featured a discussion about shrinkflation and an interview with Maria Shriver, did not directly reference the show's end until the last segment, which was filmed in a different studio, in which Oz confirmed he was stepping aside due to his run for office, but expressed pride in how the series had, in his view, benefited viewers over its thirteen seasons.^[16]

On Monday, January 17, 2022, most stations that aired Dr. Oz would begin filling its timeslot with a new SPT-distributed series titled The Good Dish, a food-themed talk show based on Oz's cooking segments. The new show is hosted by Mehmet Oz's daughter Daphne Oz, as well as Gail Simmons and Jamika Pessoa.^[4]

Reception[]

According to The New Yorker, the series is "among the most highly rated daily television programs" in the United States.^[5] It consistently scores ratings with daytime television's primary demographic of women from ages 25–54.^[11] During the 2016 season, The Dr. Oz Show averaged a 1.4 Nielsen household rating in live-plus-same day numbers.^[17] It had a 1.2 Nielsen household rating in 2017 and a 1.1 rating during the 2018 season.^[11]

Over the course of its run, The Dr. Oz Show and other similar medical talk shows have been criticized for featuring subject matter that is not supported by published studies. The British Medical Journal found that more than half of the recommendations on these shows contradicted medical research.^[18] Producers for the show have stated that the series gives viewers "the most information and the greatest number of tools they can use to make their own choices."^[5]

Awards and nominations[]

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External links[]

• The Dr. Oz Show at IMDb