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

Partner Trinity Broadcasting and Phil McGraw's Merit Street are suing each other in bankruptcy court over a purported 10-year deal under which Dr. Phil would make 160 new 90-minute episodes of his show.

In Trinity’s version of events, McGraw duped the network into a partnership by claiming he had the rights to Dr. Phil and would produce new episodes of it, but only if Trinity partnered with his production company Peteski and paid him $20 million.