Jay McGraw.(CBS Broadcasting Inc.)

Broadcasting & Cable, June, 2009

Paige Albiniak

Executive Producer, The Doctors

It's true that Jay McGraw got a head start in television because his father is syndication sensation Dr. Phil McGraw. But it's one thing to get a push; it's another to sustain the momentum.

McGraw, 29, created and is the executive producer of CBS Television Distribution's The Doctors , a show that has defied expectations by continuing to grow its ratings all season long. The show features a panel of four doctors--sort of a View with physicians--talking about trends, topics and the medical news of the day.

"The show really created itself," McGraw says. "We received a lot of e-mails at the Dr. Phil show asking these sorts of questions. We started answering them, and that worked so...

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