Talk-show host Dr. Phil McGraw's live appearance on CBS's Late Show With David Letterman brought the show its best ratings since Sept. 17, 2001. (News from Everywhere).(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, February, 2003

Talk-show host DR. PHIL MCGRAW's live appearance on CBS'S Late Show With David Letterman brought the show its best ratings since Sept. 17, 2001, its return following the Sept. 11 tragedy. (Letterman has regularly been mocking McGraw's overheated rhetoric.) The Late Show scored a 6.3 rating/15 share in the 55 Nielsen metered markets, beating The Tonight Show With JayLeno for the first time since Feb.

21, 2000, when Letterman returned to the air after undergoing heart surgery.