Dr Fuhrman's G-bombs Diet Plan the Dr Oz Show

The "Dr. Oz Show" is going dark in several major markets after its celebrity surgeon star declared himself a US Senate candidate in Pennsylvania.

Fox television stations in New York City and Philadelphia have pulled the show in light of the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rules for broadcast TV stations, spokeswoman Erica Keane confirmed to The Post Thursday.

The rules give rival candidates the ability to request matching air time.

But although Dr. Mehmet Oz is running for office in the Keystone State, some Fox television stations in New York City have had to drop the show too because parts of northeastern Pennsylvania get New York TV channels.

The "Dr. Oz Show" is also being pulled from Cleveland's WJW-TV since its signal "bleeds a little bit into Pennsylvania," the station announced Wednesday.

Fox 29 Philadelphia will air a rerun of "Good Day, Philadelphia" during the show's previous 2 p.m. timeslot, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

States such as New York and Pennsylvania have pulled Dr. Oz's show after the surgeon announced his run for Senate.

Twitter / @DrOz

Dr. Oz announced his bid for the US Senate on November 30, 2021.

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Fox 5 New York has replaced the show with another syndicated talk program, "The Real," Deadline reported.

There's no legal requirement for Oz, 61, to suspend his show entirely as the FCC's rules only apply where he's running for office — meaning his Pennsylvania opponents can't seek equal time for shows airing in other states, according to the Inquirer.

"I don't know what's going to happen," the general manager of WICU-TV in Erie, Pam Forsyth, told the Inquirer. "This is unusual."

Both states said this was in accordance with the FCC's "equal time" rules for broadcast TV stations.

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Station officials at WBRE-TV in Wilkes-Barre said they haven't finalized how to handle the show's removal as of Tuesday. The program also airs in the Harrisburg, Johnstown and Pittsburgh markets, according to the report.

The show's website currently sends visitors to Oz's campaign page characterizing him as a "world-class surgeon, fighter and health care advocate" who has spent 30 years in medicine.

"Today, America's heartbeat is in a code red in need of defibrillator to shock it back to life," the website reads.

There's no legal requirement for Oz to suspend his show entirely as the FCC's rules only apply where he's running for office.

Twitter / @DrOz

Sony Pictures Television is evaluating options on how to proceed with the show, the Inquirer reported, citing a spokesperson.

Oz's long-running talk show launched in 2009 and has been renewed through the 2022-23 TV season, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday.

But if Oz ends up winning the Republican nomination and spends 2022 campaigning in the general election, Sony has plans to replace the surgeon with his daughter Daphne, a chef and author, in the timeslot with a program called "The Good Dish," the Los Angeles Times reported.

A spokesperson at Sony says that should Oz win the nomination, his show's time slot would be filled by his daughter.

Twitter / @DrOz

The show would replace Oz's program for at least the remainder of the 2021-22 TV season, according to the report citing a person close to the matter. A rep for Sony, meanwhile, had no comment, the Times reported.

Daphne Oz, a 35-year-old Philadelphia native, is currently a judge on Fox's reality series "MasterChef Junior" and previously a co-host on ABC's "The Chew."

Dr Fuhrman's G-bombs Diet Plan the Dr Oz Show

Source: https://nypost.com/2021/12/02/dr-oz-show-yanked-from-pa-tv-stations-after-senate-announcement/

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