Dr. Phil’s Son To Produce Spinoff Show
October 25, 2007 by Jeanne
Jay McGraw, son of Dr. Phil McGraw, will serve as the executive producer for an upcoming spinoff show.
The new show, set to debut in fall 2008, is called “The Doctors” will be featuring a team of five medical professionals who will discuss a wide range of health-related topics such as obesity and addiction. I’ve read that the docs will include a plastic surgeon, therapist and ob/gyn.
“The Doctors” will be hosted by ER physician Dr. Travis Stork (“The Bachelor”).
Other experts include Dr. Lisa Masterson, an obstetrician/gynecologist; Dr. Andrew Ordon, a plastic surgeon; Dr. Tara Fields, a licensed marriage and family therapist; and Dr. Jim Sears, a pediatrician. To support the show, these doctors will make appearances on “Dr. Phil” throughout the 2007-08 season.
CBS-owned stations set to air the show include WCBS-TV in New York, where it will air at 9 a.m., and KCBS-TV/KCAL-TV in Los Angeles, where it will air at 11 a.m. Other CBS-owned outlets that will carry the show include KYW-TV in Philadelphia, KTVT/KTXA in Dallas and WFOR in Miami.
Gannett stations signed on include WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., KARE-TV in Minneapolis, WKTC-TV in Cleveland and KUSA-TV in Denver. Cox Television stations in San Francisco (KTVU-TV), Atlanta (WSB-TV) and Pittsburgh (WPXI-TV) also have agreed to carry the show.
“This is a show that is completely unique to television; I can’t believe that it’s never been done before,” said Roger King, CEO of CBS Television Distribution. “We are on terrific stations and on strong time periods, and this show will only make lineups stronger. That response we’ve had has been exciting.”
“The Doctors” will be produced by Stage 29 Productions and executive produced by Jay McGraw, Dr. Phil McGraw’s son, who has served as co-executive producer or executive producer of seven “Dr. Phil” prime-time specials on CBS. “The Doctors” is the first series to come out of a production deal he has with the studio.
“We’re really creating a new daytime format here with a medical version of ‘Dr. Phil,’” Jay McGraw said. “Over the past decade I’ve watched my dad perfect the formula for giving advice to America. It seems like a natural extension to apply that ‘gold standard’ formula to medical problems.”
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My husband is an anesthesiologist at a local hospital. He has been on a local television show several times that interviews doctors from his hospital. They discuss many topics that people would be interested in. People don’t get an hour with their doctor to find out information like this! I have always thought the idea was great. I think the show will take off on a national scale. I know from being with my husband for 20 years that he has a lot of very interesting stories and suggestions for people to learn from.
Best of luck with the show, Jay!
I understand that Dr. Andrew P. Ordon will be the “Plastic Surgeon” authority on your upcoming show, “The Doctors”. I emplore you to perform a deeper investigation into his background that includes licensure issues in NYC, lawsuits against Dr. Ordon as well as multiple disciplinary actions posted against him by the Medical Board of California. I would ask Dr. Ordon directly why he no longer has a license in New York. It is both extremely distressing and disappointing to see a new show using a plastic surgeon who is not at all widely respected amongst his own peers, and who has been involved in numerous legal actions prior. I encourage anyone and everyone to review the Medical Board of California’s Website for further documented information regarding disciplinary actions against Dr. Ordon. I would hope that a new show would start off at least with a respectable, “true expert” in this highly-regarded and dignified field of Plastic Surgery. It appears that someone needs to do “more homework” before a ‘George Hamilton wannabe’ gets on stage to represent truly ethical Plastic Surgeons of America- his presence on the panel is very embarassing.
Just wondering if the PLASTIC SURGEON IS BOARD CERTIFIED???? My family was invited to be on that show and “THE DOCTORS” WERE VERY RUDE AND JUDGEMENTAL.!! ONE OF THE DOCTORS JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE ” DR. ORDON” AND IF INDEED HE IS NOT BOARD CERTIFIED THEN HE SHOULD KEEP HIS TRAP SHUT!! MAYBE HE SHOULD RESOLVE HIS OWN ISSUES BEFORE DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLE’S ISSUES! SINCERLY, CINDY BATES
I recently had the very good fortune to have such a highly skilled surgeon as Dr Ordon perform my face lift. He was the lead surgeon with my team of doctors who all held him in high regard as a “physicians surgeon.” My results are not only amazing but very natural. Thank you Dr. Ordon!!
I was very interested in what the doctors had to say about toe nail fungus and I had an emergency and I was hoping they had a home page so I could read what they discussed on the Oct. 21 show because I missed the entire show. Great show keep it going. Thank you very much. Nancy