Dr. Phil’s Nick Gordon Intervention Delivers Season Ratings High
Episode featuring meltdown of Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend performs particularly well in Dayton, Ohio
Tim Kenneally | March 12, 2015 @ 10:52 AM
Last Updated: March 16, 2015 @ 8:07 PM
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The bizarre appearance by Bobbi Kristina Brown’s boyfriend Nick Gordon on Wednesday’s episode of “Dr. Phil” was a ratings blockbuster for the syndicated show, delivering a season high, according to preliminary numbers.
The episode, during which Gordon admitted to alcohol and prescription drug abuse, netted a 3.9 rating/11 share in metered market numbers — a season best, and the strongest performance for “Dr. Phil” since Nov. 6, 2013, when he interviewed a victim of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro.
The episode performed strongest in Dayton, Ohio, where it delivered a 14.0 rating/39 share.
Versus its March 2014 average, Wednesday’s “Dr. Phil” was up 39 percent. The episode also grew 144 percent over its lead-in.
Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of Bobby Brown and deceased singer Whitney Houston, has been fighting for her life since she was found unresponsive and facedown in her bathtub on Jan. 31. The 22-year-old was rushed to the hospital and placed in a medically induced coma, as well as attached to a ventilator.
Gordon has stated that he’s been barred from visiting Brown in the hospital.
Bobbi Kristina Brown: Sweet Moments With Whitney and Bobby (Photos)
A one-year-old Bobbi Kristina is shown with her father Bobby at the Soul Train Music Awards in 1994.
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Bobbi Kristina joins Whitney on stage at the "My Love Is Your Love World Tour" in 1999.
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Bobbi Kristina, Whitney and Bobby attend a movie premiere at Disneyland in 2004.
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Bobbi Kristina with her family in the 2005 Bravo reality series "Being Bobby Brown."
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Bobbi Kristina looks on lovingly at her mother on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2009.
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Bobbi Kristina performs with her mother on ABC's 'Good Morning America' in 2009.
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Bobbi Kristina watches Whitney perform in Italy in 2010.
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Bobbi Kristina is shown with Whitney and Nick Gordon in an undated family photo.
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Mother and daughter attend a pre-Grammy event honoring David Geffen in 2011.
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Bobbi Kristina is shown joking with her father in a photo posted on her Instagram page on June 16, 2014.
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The Houston family posted this photo of Whitney and an infant Bobbi Kristina on Sunday, July 26, 2015, the day that "Krissy" died.
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TheWrap looks back at touching times with her parents
A one-year-old Bobbi Kristina is shown with her father Bobby at the Soul Train Music Awards in 1994.