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.

Talk show guru and ICE champion Dr. Phil has become embroiled in a legal battle so dramatic that it might have made for a compelling episode of his eponymous old talk show. On Tuesday, the world’s largest Christian TV network accused Dr.

The popular TV show host is involved in an ongoing lawsuit filed in Texas federal court by one of his former partners.

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.

Merit Street Media wants its bankruptcy dismissed after it couldn’t pay the legal fees needed to remain in bankruptcy.

The bankruptcy woes of Dr. Phil’s company just keep piling up. A new lawsuit filed today in Texas federal court from Trinity Broadcasting Network alleges that Dr. Phil McGraw and his company, Merit Street Media,

The accusations are not letting up in the bankruptcy dispute between Dr. Phil McGraw’s Fort Worth-based Merit Street Media and its creditors.

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.

Dr. Phil McGraw says two creditors of his bankrupt company Merit Street Media -- Christian broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Network and Professional Bull Riders -- are trying to smear him in 'incendiary' legal filings and trying to drive down Merit Street's value.