Dr Oz’s daughter Daphne’s show The Good Dish canceled as she ‘struggled’ to book A-list guests on ‘doomed’ series
DR MEHMET Oz’s daughter Daphne’s new show has been canceled after she struggled to book A-list guests and failed to bring in high ratings, The Sun can report. Sources exclusively told The Sun that Daphne’s cooking and talk show, The Good Dish, will not be returning for another season. The chef and TV host, 36, […]
DR MEHMET Oz’s daughter Daphne’s new show has been canceled after she struggled to book A-list guests and failed to bring in high ratings, The Sun can report.
Sources exclusively told The Sun that Daphne’s cooking and talk show, The Good Dish, will not be returning for another season.
The chef and TV host, 36, had just launched her new series in January.
“The show was struggling to book any decent guests and had a recent dip in ratings from its start earlier this year,” one source claimed of The Good Dish’s troubled beginnings.
The source said her famous father’s political leanings may have been partly to blame for the lackluster guest roster.
“Big stars don’t want to be associated with Daphne or her father.
“Things would be different if Dr. Oz was running as a Democrat.
“If that were the case, people in Hollywood would have been lining up to be on her show.”
“Dr. Oz’s first guest ever was Oprah, while Daphne’s biggest star guest power was Andy Cohen.”
Other guests included singer Marie Osmond, as well as Kim Kardashian’s best friend Foodgod.
“The show was doomed to fail from the outset,” the insider added.
The show is expected to finish out its current season, according to the insider.
Back in November of 2021 Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that he was running for US Senate, and that his daughter was taking his place with her new talk show.
The Good Dish premiered on January 17, 2022, just three days after her father’s show ended.
DR OZ CONTROVERSIES
Dr Oz faced backlash from the medical community for using his platform to release questionable information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was among the medical experts to tout the benefits of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug pushed by former President Donald Trump as a treatment for COVID-19, despite insufficient evidence.
Oz eventually dialed back his endorsement, saying people should wait for more substantial evidence from trials.
He was also met with criticism about his stance on sending children back into schools at the height of the pandemic.
In a 2020 interview, Dr Oz said schools should reopen because doing so “may only cost us 2% to 3% in terms of total mortality” of the population- a statement he would later apologize for on Twitter, while claiming he misspoke.
THE GOOD DISH
The Good Dish is a talk show but also a cooking show as the name vaguely hints, and is hosted by Daphne along with Gail Simmons and Jamika Pessoa as well.
Zack Hernandez, SVP and General Sales Manager, U.S. Syndication Sales at Sony Pictures Television commented on the new show earlier this year.
“Audiences have been loving what Daphne, Gail and Jamika have been serving up during their weekly segments on The Dr Oz Show for years.”
“We have long believed The Good Dish would make an excellent stand-alone series and are delighted to be able to deliver this fresh take on the cooking genre to our station partners and their viewers across the country,” Hernandez said.
Simmons is known for her appearances on Bravo’s Top Chef where she serves as a judge.
Pessoa is a chef who competed on Food Network’s Next Food Network Star in 2009.
The trio is not new to television as they regularly did a cooking segment on the Dr Oz Show.
As Dr Mehmet Oz runs for public office, he follows other TV personalities to run for roles in government.
Others that have gone from TV to running for public office include Sex and The City’s Cynthia Nixon, Donald Trump, and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
When reached by The Sun, Sony stated they have “no comment” at this time.
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