You see, for all its positive elements and production values, St. Or, more specifically, television audiences, period. And it is one which should be in the fore front of the mind of executive producer Bruce Paltrow. Yet, with all this fine acting and heavy drama on display, St. And although David Birney and Ed Flanders had little to do this week, they each have crystallized their own characters’ warmth and needs, and deliver touching, human portrayals that are testimony to their individual talents. marvelously characterizes the nervous resident still learning his craft and facing his first operating room encounter William Daniels is perfect as the know-it-all surgeon who takes credit for everyone’s work, including his own, and Christina Pickles brings all the necessary strength and efficiency to her role as head nurse. As the work day progresses we’re treated to bits and pieces of personalities David Morse, in a finely etched portrayal, is repeatedly torn by duty and personal ethics Ed Begly Jr. The moral here is clear from the start, yet, as written in the screenplay by Brand and Falsey, it is worked and reworked to excess. Elsewhere and handing the staff the task of caring for a man who has killed at least two people. In the hour episode televised last Tuesday, the main action centered on a terrorist who has been injured when a bomb he’s planted goes off in a bank, landing him in a guarded room at St. Add to that the assortment of patients in each week’s show and it’s a buffet of faces, beards, temperaments and talents. Other doctors on call include Ed Begley Jr., Howie Mandel, Kavi Raz and Terence Knox. Phillip Chandler and William Daniels as Dr. Annie Cavenero, Christina Pickles as Nurse Helen Rosenthal, G.W. And if that sounds like a lot of chefs in the kitchen, it’s nothing compared to the size of the cast. The show was created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, who also serve as producers along with Mark Tinker and John Masius. 'Four Weddings and a Funeral': THR's 1994 Sundance Film Festival Review Tensions run high, nerves are as often frayed as not, and sleep seems to be a thing that is caught on the run, if at all. It’s the kind of place where doctors learn their trade and life-and-death emergencies are the order of the day - day-in and day-out. Elsewhere is set in an old, established hospital in Boston. While Hill Street gets its story lines and plots from police life, St. Both come from MTM Enterprises, and both have a similar type of stark realism base which at once repels and attracts - like much of reality. They’ve compared it to that other prized hour of TV drama, Hill Street Blues. Elsewhere, the new hour-long slice-of-life medical drama on NBC, is topnotch television. “Touching.” “Gritty.” And a variety of other words and phrases all meant to tell us that St. Elsewhere (NBC, Tuesday, 10-11 p.m.) The critics are having a field day. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review, as included in a TeleVisions column, is below: The ensemble medical drama went on to run for six seasons on the network. But of course, Hunter was replaced by William Shatner for the second pilot, and history unfolded thusly.On Oct. Had NBC accepted Gene Roddenberry's first Star Trek pilot "The Cage," Pike would have been the iconic captain of the Enterprise instead of Kirk. In addition, he will appear soon in the Bob Dylan biopic "I'm Not There." He recently lent his voice to the Disney animated feature "Bolt" due out next year, and lately has been filming a Canadian miniseries with Christopher Plummer called "The Summit."Ĭaptain Pike was originally played by the late Jeffrey Hunter (he died in 1969 of a stroke at age 42). Kennedy in the historical drama "Thirteen Days" (playing opposite Steven Culp) and this December he will again portray the President of the United States in the Nicolas Cage action sequel "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." The role of authority figure seems to suit Greenwood well - in 2000 he played John F. One of his other most recognizable roles was that of the husband of Ashley Judd ("Robin Lefler") who faked his own murder in Paramount's "Double Jeopardy."
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