Dr. Phil talk show comes to an end after 21 seasons !

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Dr Phil, the daytime television show offering life advice to US households for more than two decades, will go off air.

Phil McGraw, the show's host, will be exiting the programme for "new ventures", CBS Media Ventures announced on Tuesday.

The talk show, on air since 2002, is known for interviewing guests with unconventional stories.

New episodes will still air through the end of the current 2022-2023 cycle.

Mr McGraw, once a licensed psychologist. started his television career as a life coach on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the 1990s, where he rose to prominence in US households.

Ms Winfrey then helped him launch his own programme. Since then, Dr Phil has been offering advice on an array of topics from mental wellness to parenting to family relationships.