Partner Trinity Broadcasting and Phil McGraw's Merit Street are suing each other in bankruptcy court over a purported ten-year deal under which Dr. Phil would make 160 new 90-minute episodes of his show.

The talk show host’s Merit Street Media is simultaneously suing Trinity Broadcasting while facing off in bankruptcy court

Lawyers for Dr. Phil McGraw’s media venture were denied their request to withdraw as bankruptcy counsel as the company looks to end its Chapter 11 proceeding.