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ROYAL PAINS ENDS RUN WITH RECORD BREAKING SEASON E-mail
Friday, 28 August 2009 13:38

After last night's season one finale, USA's new hit series ROYAL PAINS is now the network's most-watched first season of an original series ever, beating prior record-holder THE 4400, with the season averaging 3.3 million P25-54, 2.9 million P18-49 and 7 million total viewers.

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Last Updated on Friday, 28 August 2009 20:47
 
'Royal Pains': TV character is a doctor on demand E-mail
Wednesday, 19 August 2009 23:15

Beautiful people. Pristine beaches. Palatial mansions. Throw in a few outrageous medical situations. Mix well, and out comes "Royal Pains."

If the combination sounds like a refreshing break from reality, that's because it's supposed to be, said Andrew Lenchewski, a creator and co-executive producer of the freshman USA series.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2009 20:21
 
New TV Drama Based On The Real Life Of Concierge Docs E-mail
Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:12

 

USA Today reports that USA Network's medical drama, Royal Pains, the story of a doctor who makes house calls in the Hamptons, isn't far from the truth. "Meet Ronald Primas, a middle-aged concierge doctor in Manhattan, where the rich and famous dwell and where parking is usually impossible unless you happen to be a 'doctor on call' with the official dashboard sign and license plates to prove it.

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Last Updated on Thursday, 20 August 2009 20:18
 
Concierge doctors: Real deal behind hit drama 'Royal Pains' E-mail
Tuesday, 18 August 2009 22:02

The premise of the latest hit medical drama sounds improbable even for television: A doctor who makes house calls. In the Hamptons. Dashing among the hedgerows, dropping in on the rich and sick at one eye-popping estate after another.

But come on. Who makes house calls these days, even on TV? The last such doc who did was Marcus Welby, M.D., and he has been off the air for more than 30 years. So Hank Lawson, the young "concierge doctor" on USA Network's Royal Pains, is just another Hollywood fantasy, right? 

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Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 August 2009 14:01
 
The quirky 'Royal Pains' becomes a summer hit E-mail
Thursday, 13 August 2009 02:08

Beautiful people. Pristine beaches. Palatial mansions. Throw in a few outrageous medical situations. Mix well, and out comes "Royal Pains."

If the combination sounds like a refreshing break from reality, that's because it's supposed to be, says Andrew Lenchewski, a creator and co-executive producer of the freshman USA series.

"I think there's a lot of things to be distressed by outside of your living room," Lenchewski says. "And then when you step into your living room, and you can sit down and plug into these fun, vibrantly realized characters in this really beautiful, heightened world, I think there's an escapism in that that is just inherently appealing."

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Last Updated on Thursday, 13 August 2009 13:55
 
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