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   Dr. Phil’s Merit Street Media filed for bankruptcy in July 2025, following   
   clashes with a distributor and a decline in the syndicated TV market.   
      
   A federal judge ordered the network liquidated, finding evidence Phillip   
   McGraw deleted text messages to conceal plans favoring certain creditors   
   over others.   
      
   McGraw has since launched Envoy Media, prompting accusations the   
   bankruptcy was filed in bad faith specifically to escape creditors and   
   fund his new venture, which he denies.   
      
   It was not a good day for Dr. Phil.   
      
   Phillip McGraw, the genial celebrity psychologist who spent a career   
   calling out the behavior of others and doling out zingers, found himself   
   upbraided by a bankruptcy judge.   
      
   Merit Street Media, McGraw’s new network, had filed for bankruptcy   
   protection in July, a little more than a year after he launched the media   
   startup, and then sued its distribution partner, Trinity Broadcasting   
   Network.   
      
   During a nearly three-hour hearing in Dallas last month, U.S. Bankruptcy   
   Judge Scott Everett said that he’d “never seen a case” like the Chapter 11   
   filing McGraw’s company was attempting.   
      
   https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-11-24/dr-   
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