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) (seasons 9–13)
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	September 14, 2009 (2009-09-14) – January 14, 2022 (2022-01-14)

The Dr. Oz Show (or simplyOz) is an American syndicateddaytime television talk show, hosted byMehmet Oz, that aired between September 14, 2009, and January 14, 2022. Each episode features segments on health, wellness, and medical information, sometimes includingtrue crime stories and celebrity interviews.^[1][2] It was co-produced by Oprah Winfrey'sHarpo Productions/Harpo Studios^[3] andOzWorks LLC/Oz Media in association withSony Pictures Television.^{[citation needed]}

The Dr. Oz Show received nineDaytime 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.^[4]

After Oz's November 2021 announcement that he would run as a Republican for theU.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania, the show ceased production and aired its final episode on Friday, January 14, 2022. A food-themed spin-off talk show,The Good Dish, filled the timeslot on most stations from January 17 through the end of the 2021–22 television season, with its final episode airing May 25, 2022.^[5][6]

Mehmet Oz appeared onThe Oprah Winfrey Show 55 times over five years.^[7] In 2009, Winfrey offered to produce a syndicated series featuring Mehmet Oz through her company,Harpo Productions.^[3]The Dr. Oz Show debuted September 14, 2009.^[7] The first episode discussed the erogenous zones, unnecessary surgeries for women, and germs in purses.^[8] In 2010, the show receivedDaytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Talk Show Informative and Outstanding Talk Show Informative Host, winning the latter.^[9]

For the first four seasons, shows were recorded in Studio 6A atNBC Studios in New York,^[10] but vacatedRockefeller Center after NBC reclaimed the space for itsLate Night franchise.^[11] Beginning with season five,The Dr. Oz Show was recorded in the ABC Television Center East on theUpper West Side ofManhattan.^[12] The show moved to Studio 42 at theCBS Broadcast Center in theHell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in 2020.^[13]

In April 2018, Sony Pictures Television renewedThe Dr. Oz Show for seasons 11 and 12, taking it through 2020–21.^[14]

In March 2020, in-studio production was shut down after a staffer experienced "subtle" symptoms and tested positive forCOVID-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.^[13]

In September 2020,The Dr. Oz Show was renewed for a 13th and 14th season, which would have taken the show through 2023.^[15]

Oz declared his candidacy on November 30, 2021, for the Republican primary for theU.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania; this forced television stations inPennsylvania and surrounding states and markets as far west asCleveland, Ohio andWashington, D.C., to immediately drop the show from their schedule to remain in compliance with theequal-time rule.^[16][17] The show's website was also relocated todrozshow.com, as Oz personally owns thedoctoroz.com domain, which was repurposed for his campaign website, along with the show's former logo being adapted for use in that campaign.

On December 13, 2021, Sony Pictures Television (SPT) confirmed thatThe Dr. Oz Show would air its final episode on Friday, January 14, 2022.^[5] The final program, which featured a discussion aboutshrinkflation and an interview withMaria 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.^[18]

On Monday, January 17, 2022, most stations that airedDr. Oz began filling the timeslot with a new SPT-distributed series titledThe Good Dish, a food-themed talk show based onOz's "The Dish" cooking segments, hosted by Mehmet Oz's daughterDaphne Oz,Gail Simmons, andJamika Pessoa. Sony had originally announced the series in 2019 to air alongsideDr. Oz beginning in the fall of 2020; at the time, the show was set to be hosted by Simmons, Pessoa, Daphne Oz, andVanessa Williams.^[19] Unable to sell it into syndication following the initial announcement, Sony revived the concept as a replacement forDr. Oz for at least the remainder of the 2021–22 TV season.^[5] On March 9, less than two months after its launch,Deadline Hollywood reportedThe Good Dish would not be renewed in syndication beyond its initial partial season, with SPT exploring other cable or streaming outlets for the program.^[6]The Good Dish produced 87 episodes, finishing on May 25, 2022.^[20]

Oz has expressed interest in revivingThe Dr. Oz Show after losing Pennsylvania's senate race in November 2022. However, he has been unsuccessful in convincing his former producers to bring it back, citing his highly controversial views after entering politics and a massive ratings drop after Oz announced his run for office.^[21][22]

According to a 2013 article inThe New Yorker, the series was at that time "among the most highly rated daily television programs" in the United States.^[3] It consistently scores ratings with daytime television's primary demographic of women from ages 25–54.^[14] During the 2016 season,The Dr. Oz Show averaged a 1.4 Nielsen household rating in live-plus-same day numbers.^[23] It had a 1.2 Nielsen household rating in 2017 and a 1.1 rating during the 2018 season.^[14]

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. TheBritish Medical Journal found that more than half of the recommendations on these shows contradicted medical research.^[24] 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."^[3]

Country	Title	Network	Hosts	Date aired
Chile	Dr. TV	Mega	Claudio Aldunate	August 1, 2011 – 2012
Colombia[25]	Doctor S.O.S.	RCN	Andrés Mejía (2012) Luis Felipe Mora (2012–2013)	February 6, 2012 – 2013
Indonesia	Dr. Oz Indonesia	Trans TV	Ryan Thamrin†, Reisa Broto Asmoro, Boy Abidin	April 27, 2013 – March 8, 2019
Peru	Dr. TV	América Televisión	Tomás Borda	March 26, 2012 – December 30, 2016
Brazil[26]	E aí, Doutor?	RecordTV	Antônio Sproesser	May 23, 2011 – December 29, 2012
Russia[27]	О самом главном O samom glavnom	Russia 1	Sergey Agapkin, Mikhail Politseymako, Alexander Myasnikov, Tatyana Shapovalenko	April 20, 2010 – March 14, 2022[28]

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