The Doctors (alternatively
The Drs as seen on
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syndicated talk show airing daily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by
Phil McGraw and his son
Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by
CBS Television Distribution. The series is a spin-off of
Dr. Phil and is the first talk show to be a third generation talk show spin-off, as
Dr. Phil itself spun off of
The Oprah Winfrey Show.