"However, the ironic thing about this quote is I think back to the format of his show: Inviting "guests" on who have embarassing problems, humiliating them on national TV, debasing them by using their problems as a source of others entertainment, browbeating them into submission with his horrible advice, and then kicking them back out into the real world with the illusion that they recieved real help."

Couldnt agree more with this. Thats why i used to love it when Letterman would make fun of him. Take heart that the only people watching Dr Phil are bored females looking for any drama they can find to spice up their pathetically bored lives. Same crowd reads The National Enquirer and BELIEVES that shit too.