Dr. Phil and Maury

In 2008 over 30 million people in the get together States admitted to watching day time TV sing shows, and that number is more than and more climbing. These conversation shows range from cooking secrets, to bizarre life story situations, to more in effect(p) national news stories such as interviews with the p atomic number 18nts of Treyvon Martin. Two of these TV chat shows include the serious psychologist, Dr. Phil McGraw and the syndicated tabloid pour forth show host, Maury Povich. Although, Dr. Phil and Maury are both national TV talk shows, they differ in content, targeted audience, and national news.The virtu each(prenominal)y noticeable difference among Maury and Dr. Phil is the content of each talk show. Maury is a bizarre, outrageous talk show that includes topics such as paternity test, untruth detector test, shocking sex secrets, c at one timealling and abusive men, out of control teenage girls, transsexuals, and transformations. The most famous topic is pater nity testing for instance, a mother appears on air in an attempt to prove or disprove that a man is the biological father of her child or children. Usually the man is certain that the child is not his, acts with hostility, and accuses the mother of organism a lair.On the other hand, Dr. Phil covers a wide variety of topics, including weight loss, financial planning, errant children, mental health issues, drug abuse, depression, suicide, child abuse, domestic violence, face-to-face and social issues however, the list continues on and on. For example, Dr. Phil has taken on the task of interviewing the family of Treyvon Martin and the best(p) friend of the accused killer. Since there is a huge content difference, naturally there is also a difference in the viewing audience. amend now, Maury has the youngest audience of any talk show out there.His targeted audience is between the ages of 18 and 35 the younger audience is drawn to the real life comical drama the show brings. While n ot as habitual and not in as many markets today as it once was, Maury maintains a solid audience base thus, has led to its contract switch through 2014. Dr. Phil is a clinical psychologist who would often appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show, so those who viewed Oprah also tune in to Dr. Phil. Dr. Phil often tops the TV talk show viewer ratings, and has been nominated for multiple Daytime Emmys because of his dynamic and potent hitting topics therefore leading him to the 1 Day Time talk show in the ation. Dr. Phils topics range from bullied children to war veterans suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder consequently his viewers are ageless. Another difference between the talk shows is the National News stories. While Maury in his early days rivet on National News stories such as, interviewing one of the jurors of the OJ Simpson trail he no longer tackles those issues and focuses on his amusing drama. Dr. Phil on the other hand, has created more than 1,500 hours of national tel evision devoted to helping people create advance lives and families.Because of his broad education, training and experience in the field of psychology, and his unique cleverness to effectively communicate in common sense language. Dr. Phil is repeatedly called upon for his technological opinion on current events by major national and supranational news outlets, including theTodayshow,Good Morning America,The Early ShowandAnderson cooper 360. (Dr. Phil Biography) Some examples of Dr. Phils tackled national news stories are football adept Terrell Owens, the mother of Lindsay Lohan, Olympic swimmer and model, Amanda Beard and many more.Many people from all walks of life enjoy Daytime TV Talk shows and its the differences that withstand them entertaining. Some whitethorn enjoy the serious, informative content of The Dr. Phil Show man others find the wacky situations and outcomes of Maury humorous. Although, both shows deal with real life situations they are obviously not the sam e because of the content, target audience, and national news stories. Maury may have the younger viewing audience focusing on gag and the shock effect, but I would much rather broaden and enrich my mind with compelling stories from Dr. Phil. How about you?