MDs on WCHS-TV8

		Wednesday, Feb 08, 2012 12:10:42 PM

	MDs

	WILLIAM FICHTNER as Dr. Bruce Kellerman

	JOHN HANNAH as Dr. Robert Dalgety

	LESLIE STEFANSON as Shelly Pangborn

	AUNJANUE ELLIS as Dr. Quinn Joyner

	JANE LYNCH as Nurse "Doctor" Poole

	ROBERT JOY as Frank Coones

	MICHAELA CONLIN as Dr. Maggie Yang

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MDs
Wednesdays at 10:00 pm on WCHS-TV8

Premieres Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 10:00 PM

MDs cast

It's the hospital greens vs. the corporate grays when two iconoclastic doctors fight the HMO and hospital brass in "MDs." Set in a fictional San Francisco hospital, Mission General, "MDs" highlights the lives and dedication of a few good doctors who find themselves at war with a sometimes heartless health care system that's increasingly obsessed with the bottom line.

Dr. Robert Dalgety (John Hannah, "Sliding Doors, "Four Weddings and a Funeral") and Dr. Bruce Kellerman (William Fichtner, "Black Hawk Down," "A Perfect Storm") are two renegade surgeons -- subversive, witty and irrepressible -- working together in a mega-sized, mega-frugal, aging HMO. They buck the system any way they can, even admitting an uninsured woman as a corpse so they can do her surgery under the guise of performing an autopsy.

Fichtner's character, Dr. Bruce Kellerman, is head of cardio thoracic surgery; a definite rebel, he knows the system and isn't afraid to play it in any way that will benefit his patients. Dr. Kellerman is recently divorced and in a custody dispute with his wife over their young son.

As Dalgety, Hannah is a dedicated and brilliant general surgeon who's also a charming rogue. A war-trained trauma specialist, he becomes as willing as Kellerman to buck the system in pursuit of the care patients need and deserve.

Leslie Stefanson ("The General's Daughter") portrays the new hospital administrator, Shelly Pangborn. She's confident and enthusiastic, but the fact that she comes to her new position from the world of theme park management -- and gets sick at the sight of the sickly -- makes her struggle for respect an uphill battle.

Aunjanue Ellis ("Undercover Brother") portrays Dr. Quinn Joyner, an attending physician at the hospital. She's brilliant, gorgeous and by-the-book, but her penchant for following the rules doesn't discourage Kellerman from admiring and secretly lusting after her.

Jane Lynch is Nurse "Doctor" Poole, an anal retentive nurse with a Ph. D. in management who cares more about profit than the patients she's supposed to serve.

Robert Joy portrays assistant administrator Frank Coones, a nemesis of Dalgety, Kellerman et al. He simultaneously sucks up to his new boss, Ms. Pangborn, while secretly distributing topless photos of her throughout the hospital.

Michaela Conlin portrays a new and naive intern, Dr. Maggie Yang. Sensitive and caring, she becomes a natural ally -- albeit a nervous one -- of the HMO rebels, Kellerman and Dalgety.

"MDs" stars William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman, John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety, Leslie Stefanson as Shelly Pangborn, Aunjanue Ellis as Dr. Quinn Joyner, Jane Lynch as Nurse "Doctor" Poole, Robert Joy as Frank Coones and Michaela Conlin as Dr. Maggie Yang.

Created and written by Gary Tieche, who executive-produces along with Marc Platt ("Legally Blonde," "Josie and the Pussycats," former studio president of Universal, TriStar and Orion Pictures) and René Echevarria ("Dark Angel," "Now and Again"), "MDs" is a production of Touchstone Television.

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