Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry: Living or Dead?

About Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry is an American reality television series that premiered on the E! cable network on January 24, 2016. Announced in July 2015 as Hollywood Teen Medium, the show follows 19-year-old Tyler Henry, who claims to be a clairvoyant medium, as "he brings messages from the beyond to Hollywood celebrities". The network later ordered two additional episodes of the show, bringing the first season to a total of 10 episodes.

In March 2016, the show was renewed for a second season, which premiered on August 7, 2016.

Critics Susan Gerbic, Hemant Mehta, Steven Novella, Sharon Hill, David Gorski, Mark Edward, Ryan Houlihan, and Bobby Finger maintain that Henry's readings are performed using deceptive cold and hot reading techniques, and not "psychic" powers. They also criticize his TV show for targeting people who are grieving and vulnerable, and exploiting them for entertainment.

In 2015, the Independent Investigations Group awarded the show the Truly Terrible Television Award "in acknowledgment of the extraordinary ongoing deceit of the American public represented in this television program". In 2016, Nicki Swift released a video, "Proof That Hollywood Medium Is Totally Fake", where she provides details of how Henry's "psychic readings" are actually accomplished.