Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

"The Doctors" debuts on WKYC this Monday, September 8th at 3 PM. It's the hot new fall show coming to daytime tv that everyone will be talking about. Meet "The Doctors," four renowned physicians with different medical specialties - ER physician (and former ABC "Bachelor") Dr. Travis Stork; OB/GYN Lisa Masterson; cosmetic surgeon Dr. Andrew Ordon and pediatrician Dr. Jim Sears. This groundbreaking new talk show does for health care what Dr. Phil has done for psychology - provides frank discussions in a fascinating, off-the-cuff manner. Expect these medical experts to weigh in on compelling guest issues and dispense valuable information about health topics du jour. Debating everything from the benefits of plastic surgery to the controversy surrounding autism and vaccines, this medical dream team is the go-to source for information on the latest scientific breakthroughs. Never visited an OB/GYN before? Or is the idea of a face lift frightening to you? Con...

LOS ANGELES -- Dr. Phil has been criticized for visiting Britney Spears when she was in the hospital over the weekend and his plans to talk about issues surrounding that visit on his show Tuesday. Bending to public pressure over his proposed Spears intervention show, Dr. Phil has now canceled the program scheduled for tomorrow, according to managing editor Harry Levin at TMZ.com. In a statement on the Dr. Phil site, he said, "As was widely reported this weekend, at the request of concerned family members, I visited Britney Spears in the hospital. The details of that visit will, of course, remain private. We had planned to tape a Dr. Phil Now show today, focusing not on the tabloid side of Britney's latest problems, but instead on the very serious issues surrounding this case." The statement goes on, "Clearly, it is not just Britney's family struggling to find a way to protect adult children who cannot be ordered or compelled to seek help. Because the Spears situ...

As I first told you Thursday, Romona made an appearance via satellite on the "Dr. Phil Show" today to discuss the Cleveland shootings on Wednesday at SuccessTech Academy - just across the street from WKYC. ( CLICK HERE for original article ). Here are a couple of pictures from that segment: