Exclusive: SPT's 'Dr. Oz' Renewed on Fox-Owned TV Stations Through 2017

Fox also picks up show in seven new markets

By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/20/2013 3:00:00 PM

Updated, 3:50 p.m. PT, 5/20/2013

Fox has renewed Sony Pictures Television's Dr. Oz, coproduced by Harpo Productions with SPT, on 13 TV stations in 13 markets—including top markets New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—adding seven more markets to Fox's current mix.

The new markets include Los Angeles, where the show will switch over from ABC's KABC; Dallas; Houston; Phoenix; Minneapolis; Orlando; and Charlotte. The switch will happen in fall 2014 In all markets where the show is changing stations. Dr. Oz, hosted by Oprah Winfrey protégé and cardiologist Dr. Mehmet Oz, will remain on Fox stations in New York; Chicago; Boston; Philadelphia; Washington, D.C.; and Austin, Texas. Fox did not renew the show in Atlanta, where it currently airs.

The deal all but assures that Oz will remain on the air for the next four years, taking the show through eight seasons.

A spokesperson for Sony declined comment.

Oz, which took over more Oprah timeslots than any other talk show when Oprah went off the air in 2011, is the fourth highest-ranked talk show in syndication, averaging a 2.3 live plus same day national household rating in the week ended May 5, according to Nielsen Media Research.