Dr. Phil

Dr. Phil

Talk show in which Dr. Phil McGraw invites guests to confront their problems.

Genre: Talk-Show

Cast:Phil McGrawMadison GraberRobin McGrawT.D. JakesSara GallaherTravis StorkTodd HerzogTroy DunnNancy GraceNathaniel BestDavid FosterKate RiggNadya SulemanKhalood BojanowskiSteve KovalcikJerry BojanowskiDebbie KnaussBrandon Knauss


1Season 16

S16.E1 ∙ Singer Sinead O'Connor Speaks Out After Hotel Breakdown: The Exclusive Interview

Tue, Sep 12, 2017

Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor asks Dr. Phil for help placing her in a long-term facility and for a platform to tell her story to destigmatize mental illness.

2Season 16

S16.E2 ∙ A Daughter's Suicide; Parents Grieving, Her Law Student Boyfriend Falsely Accused?

Wed, Sep 13, 2017

A college student's father and stepmother accuse her boyfriend of emotionally and verbally abusing her and blame him for her suicide.

3Season 16

S16.E3 ∙ Our Know-It-All High School Dropout Daughter Wants to Be a YouTube Star!

Thu, Sep 14, 2017

Sixteen-year-old dropout Brittney spends her days hanging out, drinking and smoking marijuana, while working on her career as a YouTube star.

4Season 16

S16.E4 ∙ Three DUIs and Multiple Arrests: Our Sweet Little Granny Has Become a Pill-Popping, Vodka-Drinking Menace to Society!

Fri, Sep 15, 2017

Family members say "raging alcoholic" Lisa terrorizes her elderly parents; stealing her 90-year-old father's cancer medication, and assaulting him.

5Season 16

S16.E5 ∙ I've Given My Drug Addict Son Over 3 Million Dollars, But I've Done It to Keep Him Alive

Mon, Sep 18, 2017

Jerry says he has spent more than $3,000,000 to save his son's life from an extreme addiction to heroin and crack; Dr. Phil shows Jerry's wife and daughter video footage of him buying drugs for his son and allowing him to use in front of him.

6Season 16

S16.E6 ∙ My Sister Is Over $50,000 in Debt, Sold Her Car, Lost Her Savings and Has Sold Her Home, All Because She's in Love with a Guy in Egypt!

Tue, Sep 19, 2017

Linda believes that her sister, a retiree, is being catfished by a guy who claims he is in Cairo, Egypt, and instantly started asking her for money.

7Season 16

S16.E7 ∙ Stalking, Hiding in the Bushes, and a Restraing Order: A Teen Girl's Obsession with Her Ex-Boyfriend

Wed, Sep 20, 2017

Teen Corryn has become so obsessed with her on-again, off-again boyfriend that she calls him hundreds of times a day, breaks into his house and hides behind the bushes to watch his every move; the teens' parents want an end to the relationship.

8Season 16

S16.E8 ∙ I Lost 300 Pounds, & Men Think I'm Hot, but My Fiance Says I'm Not

Thu, Sep 21, 2017

Debbie, who lost 300 pounds in two years, has low self-esteem and a controlling, jealous fiancé.

9Season 16

S16.E9 ∙ From PTA Mom to Addicted and Homeless in Her Luxury SUV

Fri, Sep 22, 2017

Drug-addicted mom Carrie admits that she drives her daughter while under the influence and has used heroin in her daughter's school bathroom.

10Season 16

S16.E10 ∙ We Are Being Terrorized by Our Violent, Car-Stealing, Drug-Using Teen Daughters

Mon, Sep 25, 2017

Bill and Jen say their 16- and 18-year-old daughters make their lives a living hell with violent outbursts, joyriding, taking drugs, drinking, shoplifting and calling police to make false accusations of domestic abuse.

11Season 16

S16.E11 ∙ Partners in Crime: Two Teen Sisters Are Confronted!

Tue, Sep 26, 2017

Emotions and tempers run high, as Bill and Jen have to make a difficult decision about their violent teen daughters' futures.

12Season 16

S16.E12 ∙ My Daughter and Son-in-Law Won't Let Me See My Grandchildren Until I Get a Psych Evaluation; I Want It From You, Dr. Phil!

Wed, Sep 27, 2017

Bekah says she removed her mother from her children's lives because she is mentally unstable, sinful, and she even discharged a firearm in her own home.

13Season 16

S16.E13 ∙ How Did My Daughter Go From Working as a Successful School Counselor with a Master's Degree to Neglecting Her Family and Living in an RV!?

Thu, Sep 28, 2017

Shaela's parents say she has exhibited some very strange behavior, after eating a hamburger and getting a mysterious illness, and she has lost her job, house and family.

14Season 16

S16.E14 ∙ Our Soccer Mom Had an Affair, Abandoned Our Family and Now Wants Forgiveness!

Fri, Sep 29, 2017

Three brothers say their mother abandoned them as children, leaving them to float from home to home for most of their young lives, while she moved away and started a new family.

15Season 16

S16.E15 ∙ My Brother Changed His Name to Sexy Vegan, Wears Speedos in Public, and Is Spending My Mom's 11 Million Dollar Inheritance

Mon, Oct 2, 2017

Susan says her son has been arrested 15 times and that she spent over $100,000 bailing him out; Raquel becomes fed up with her brother and mother's behavior.

16Season 16

S16.E16 ∙ A 5-Year-Old Found Murdered by Dad, After Trip to Amusement Park: His Mother Speaks Out

Tue, Oct 3, 2017

Ana Estevez talks about the death of her son, Piqui, and shares her thoughts about his father, who confessed to murdering him.

17Season 16

S16.E17 ∙ My Son Is Living in a Tent Because My Husband Won't Allow Him to Come Home; I Fear My Son Is Losing His Mind

Wed, Oct 4, 2017

Margaret's husband demands that she choose between him and her afflicted 22-old-year son, Tommy; Tommy's biological father says his son is disturbed and unhappy.

18Season 16

S16.E18 ∙ Abducted Twice, Brainwashed and Molested: Actress Jan Broberg's Story

Thu, Oct 5, 2017

Actress Jan Broberg claims that she was abducted twice, when she was 12 and 14 years old, by close family friend, Robert Berchtold.

19Season 16

S16.E19 ∙ Aftermath of an American Tragedy: Healing After the Horror in Vegas

Fri, Oct 6, 2017

Dr. Phil speaks to survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

20Season 16

S16.E20 ∙ My Wife Enables Our Mooching, Violent, Lazy Son Who Lives in Our Back Yard

Mon, Oct 9, 2017

Susan claims her son is a lazy, unemployed, violent moocher who refuses to support himself or his 4-month-old son.

21Season 16

S16.E21 ∙ Foster Care, an Ankle Bracelet, and House Arrest; I Blame My Parents for My Messed Up Life

Tue, Oct 10, 2017

Dakota claims to be a rebel who has no respect for authority; her mother, Cydney, claims she cannot control Dakota and has given up disciplining her.

22Season 16

S16.E22 ∙ Our Pregnant, Rageaholic, 18-Year-Old Daughter Is Abusing Our Entire Family!

Wed, Oct 11, 2017

Stacey and Dan claim their 18-year-old daughter, Taylor, verbally, mentally and physically abuses their entire family; Taylor says it's actually her parents who are abusive.

23Season 16

S16.E23 ∙ My Sister and Brother-in-Law Are Allowing Their 15-Year-Old Son to Drop Out of School and Run the Household

Thu, Oct 12, 2017

Angie and Hunter say they have given up on forcing their son to go to school; the teen only wants to play music and video games, and he won't follow any rules, according to his family.

24Season 16

S16.E24 ∙ My Ex Blames Me For Our Dog Napping, Car Stealing, Credit Card Opening, 8-Year-Old Son!

Fri, Oct 13, 2017

Sherry claims she is absolutely terrified of her 8-year-old "genius" son and his violent outbursts; she blames her son's behavior on his father, Todd.

25Season 16

S16.E25 ∙ Our 21-Year-Old Daughter Is Gorgeous, Wild and Violent

Mon, Oct 16, 2017

David says his young-adult daughter has violent rages, refuses to take her medication, uses illegal drugs and regularly drives drunk.

26Season 16

S16.E26 ∙ Drinking, Drugs, and a Shocking Revelation: Can Danielle Be Saved?

Tue, Oct 17, 2017

A 21-year-old woman's family may be to blame for her violent, drunken behavior, and something deeper may be going on with her.

27Season 16

S16.E27 ∙ My Meddling Monster-in-Law, Who Lives Next Door, Doesn't Want Me to Remarry My Ex-Husband

Wed, Oct 18, 2017

Amanda says her ex-husband's mother is a vindictive, manipulative liar; the mother-in-law says Amanda has anger problems, has threatened to set the house on fire and punched her in the head five times.

28Season 16

S16.E28 ∙ Our Runaway Teen Daughter Thinks She's in Love with an Older Man, Who Police Alleged Raped and Threatened Her

Thu, Oct 19, 2017

When Malia was 15, she became involved with a 35-year-old man, who is now in danger of going to prison; her parents say they fear that if they can't get through to her, she will end up dead.

29Season 16

S16.E29 ∙ I Think My Husband's Narcissistic's Ex Is Faking Cancer and Making Our Stepsons Sick

Fri, Oct 20, 2017

Amber says her husband's sons' mother has Munchausen syndrome and Munchausen syndrome by proxy, over-medicating the children and faking cancer; the boys' mother says she is looking for a way to end the drama with Amber and co-parent in peace.

30Season 16

S16.E30 ∙ I Want My Controlling, Hoarding Stepmother Who Collects and Abuses Animals to Move Out!

Mon, Oct 23, 2017

Jessie says that her stepmother attacked her and her baby, and that her father fears her.

31Season 16

S16.E31 ∙ My Dad's Fiancee Is a Scheming Gold Digger Who Is 29 Years Younger... And Just 4 Years Older Than I Am!

Tue, Oct 24, 2017

Bree says a young mother dating her father manipulates him and schemes to get her hands on his millions.

32Season 16

S16.E32 ∙ Life Inside the Manson Family: The Youngest Member Speaks Out

Wed, Oct 25, 2017

Author Dianne Lake tells of joining the Manson family at age 14, why she remained loyal to the leader who abused her, and what she knew about the murders; a woman tells of her baby brother being snatched from his crib in 1986 and her family's search.

33Season 16

S16.E33 ∙ I Need to Help My Fiancee, Who Is Stranded in Amsterdam and Has Been Scammed by Corrupt Officials, Costing Me $200,000

Thu, Oct 26, 2017

Dennis says a woman, he met on a dating website, told him a tale of woe and convinced him to spend more than $200,000 to help her.

34Season 16

S16.E34 ∙ My YouTube Addicted Wife and Her Online "Haters" Are Ruining Our Marriage

Fri, Oct 27, 2017

YouTube star Trisha deals with her family's disapproval and her "haters", who she says seek to ruin her life by stalking and assaulting her.

35Season 16

S16.E35 ∙ YouTube Obsessed Trisha Confronts Her Online "Haters" Plus Her Dramatic Collapse on Stage

Mon, Oct 30, 2017

Wife and mother Trisha livestreams her entire life; detractors say she live-streams others' personal information, makes negative comments about their appearance and even claims they are convicts; Trisha storms off and collapses.

36Season 16

S16.E36 ∙ Three Sisters Finally Confront Their Stepfather: Who Is Telling the Truth?

Tue, Oct 31, 2017

Jessica and Amber say their ex-stepfather sexually abused them, when they were young girls, and he was convicted and made to register as a sex offender; he maintains his innocence and says their mother brainwashed them into lying.

37Season 16

S16.E37 ∙ Three Sisters Confront Their Stepfather: Did He Do It? The Polygraph Results Revealed

Wed, Nov 1, 2017

Steve denies molesting his three stepdaughters and agrees to take a polygraph test; his biological daughter reveals a secret she claims she has been carrying for years.

38Season 16

S16.E38 ∙ Help! My 14-Year-Old Daughter Is Being Brainwashed to Be a Party Girl By Her Mother!

Thu, Nov 2, 2017

A dominatrix allows her 14-year-old daughter to skip school, smoke marijuana, drink, and be involved in a polygamous relationship, and they want the girl's straight-laced father to open his mind and accept their lifestyle.

39Season 16

S16.E39 ∙ Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Face Off: Is Kaylie a Negligent Mom Who Should Go to Jail?

Fri, Nov 3, 2017

Teen Gabrielle's grandmother says she has spiraled out of control, due to her dominatrix mother's negative influence.

40Season 16

S16.E40 ∙ Accused of Faking Multiple Pregnancies and Baby Deaths: Is She Scamming Men or a Victim?

Mon, Nov 6, 2017

Courtney says her former friend, Amie, has lied about being pregnant three times and losing five babies in total; Amie says she is disgusted by Courtney's false and hateful accusations.

41Season 16

S16.E41 ∙ Accused of Faking Multiple Pregnancies and Baby Deaths/Amie's Explosive Reaction

Tue, Nov 7, 2017

Courtney and Amie come face to face, for the first time in two years, and Amie tries to prove she is telling the truth about losing five babies.

42Season 16

S16.E42 ∙ My Son Thinks He's Engaged to Rihanna, Walks Around Town Naked and Believes He's Worth $700 Billion

Wed, Nov 8, 2017

Twenty-eight-year-old DJ's parents and sister Moniece Slaughter (Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood (2014)) say they are concerned for his mental health and fear he poses a serious danger to himself and others.

43Season 16

S16.E43 ∙ Our 14-Year-Old Habitual Runaway Daughter Is Being Repeatedly Harbored by Her 18-Year-Old Boyfriend!

Thu, Nov 9, 2017

Michelle, 14, has run away from home numerous times because her parents do not trust her like an adult; her 18-year-old boyfriend says her parents should get used to having him around.

44Season 16

S16.E44 ∙ Explosive 14-Year-Old Runaway Teen and Her Backstage Drama

Fri, Nov 10, 2017

Young teen Michelle's father and boyfriend discuss an altercation that got so heated, her father says he was ready to end her boyfriend's life; the explosive drama continues backstage.

45Season 16

S16.E45 ∙ My Ex-Husband Is Jealous, Controlling, and Poisoning My Family Against Me, but I Still Want Him Back!

Mon, Nov 13, 2017

Brandi has not seen her ex-husband or her 11-year-old son, since she was arrested for assault and child endangerment, and her ex says she is an out-of-control alcoholic.

46Season 16

S16.E46 ∙ Raging, Drunk and Out-of-Control: Will Brandi Ever Tell the Truth?

Tue, Nov 14, 2017

Dr. Phil continues his conversation with Brandi and Victor regarding their wild relationship and Brandi's drinking problem, and her mother joins the fray.

47Season 16

S16.E47 ∙ My Wife of 18 Years and Mother of Our Four Children Is Divorcing Me for a 26-Year-Old Kenyan Man She's Never Met!

Wed, Nov 15, 2017

Sarah says she is madly in love with a man she has never met, and she plans to abandon her husband and children and move to Africa to be with him; Dr. Phil sends a team to Kenya to investigate and reveals what the team discovers.

48Season 16

S16.E48 ∙ My Narcissistic Ex Allows My Daughter to Work As a Webcam Model and Married a Girl the Same Age!

Thu, Nov 16, 2017

Christina, who walked away from her family when her daughter was 13, says her ex let the girl get away with anything and has turned her into a raging, angry monster with low self-esteem.

49Season 16

S16.E49 ∙ Ex-Wife, New Wife, and Daughter Caught in the Middle

Fri, Nov 17, 2017

Dr. Phil continues his conversation with Christina, who left her family, when her daughter was 13 years old, but now says she's worried that the young woman is in a toxic situation with the ex-husband she calls narcissistic and his pregnant new wife.

50Season 16

S16.E50 ∙ My 12-Year-Old Son Is Being Spanked By His Father, Who Thinks He Is Possessed by Demons and Wants Him Exorcised

Mon, Nov 20, 2017

John claims that evil forces possess his 12-year-old son, Jack, which instruct the boy to kill his family; John's ex-wife, Jen, refuses to allow their son to go through an exorcism;