Scher Tapped To Lead 'The Doctors'

Andrew Scher has been named co-executive producer of CBS’ new daytime syndicated strip, The Doctors. Scher will co-executive produce the show with Jay McGraw, Carla Pennington and Dr. Phil McGraw. George Davilas and Jeff Hudson will be supervising producers.

 Prior to joining The Doctors, Scher was senior producer on CBS’ Dr. Phil. He’s also been senior supervising producer on The John Walsh Show, senior producer on The Ricki Lake Show and The Queen Latifah Show, and a producer on The Montel Williams Show

 Davilas previously was supervising producer on The Montel Williams Show, which went out of original production last month. He’s also been a producer on The Martha Stewart Show, The Jane Pauley Show and The John Walsh Show.

 Hudson has been co-executive producer on Deserving Design, was supervising producer on Soap Talk and coordinating producer on Beyond with James Van Praagh.

The Doctors, produced by Stage 29 Productions and distributed by CBS Television Distribution, premieres this fall.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.