Pennington: Dr. Phil is a shoo in

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Dr. Phil, the syndicated talker produced by Paramount Domestic Television and
distributed by King World, should have a leg up on the competition because star
Dr. Phillip McGraw's style already is popular due to four years of appearances
on Oprah, said executive producer Carla Pennington at the Critics' Tour
in Pasadena.

McGraw also has a best-seller, Self Matters, on the shelves.

McGraw said the show's distributors plan to make sure he is never competing
directly with Oprah.

The hour premieres in syndication on Sept. 16.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.