Network: TNT
Episodes: 10 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: February 4, 2013 – April 8, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Jamie Bamber, Jennifer Finnigan, Bill Irwin, Alfred Molina, Sarayu Rao, Ving Rhames, Keong Sim, and Emily Swallow.
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TV show description:
This medical drama follows the staff of Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, Oregon as they push their abilities and confront their personal and professional failings.
Doctors face life-and-death decisions every day as they fight against often-impossible odds to save their patients. When things don’t go as they should, it’s up to their medical colleagues to determine what went wrong and what can be learned.
Every Monday, the doctors of Chelsea General must gather with their peers for a confidential review of complications and errors in patient care.
Leading the hospital staff are Doctor Harding Hooten (Alfred Molina) and Doctor Jorge Villanueva (Ving Rhames).
Hooten is the steely-eyed Chief of Staff, speaks softly but carries a massive stick. He was nicknamed “Hardly Human” long ago for his exacting, punishing ways during the weekly morbidity and mortality meetings.
Villanueva, known as El Gato, is a giant of a man. He is also perhaps the most celebrated trauma chief in the country — clearly the elephant in this circus. El Gato’s seat-of-the-pants diagnoses are the stuff of legend around Chelsea General.
Their cadre of medical talent includes:
Doctor Tyler Wison (Jamie Bamber), a hotshot neurosurgeon who has a well-earned god complex. Doctor Tina Ridgeway (Jennifer Finnigan), a compassionate neurosurgeon who’s willing to fight for cases that may seem like lost causes to others. Her home life is in turmoil so she finds refuge at the hospital.
Doctor Sung Park (Keong Sim) is a Korean-American and is abrupt socially and English-challenged. He’s also ambitious to the core with his searing intensity being palpable. Doctor Sydney Napur (Sarayu Rao) is a cardiothoracic surgeon who’s married to the job. A compulsive multi-tasker, she speaks quickly and takes absolutely no prisoners.
Doctor Buck Tierney (Bill Irwin) is the hospital’s Chief of Transplantation. A man driven to the point of bullish, he is least liked among the Chelsea General staff. Doctor Michelle Robidaux (Emily Swallow) is a twenty-something resident. Inexperienced yet eager, she is finding her footing among experienced giants.
Series Finale
Episode #10 — Family Ties
Hooten and Buck find themselves facing off in court against attorney Mitch Tompkins (guest Anthony Heald) after a grieving son refuses to comply with his mother’s final wishes.
Sydney’s outrage over the health of a morbidly obese 16-year-old boy further strains her relationship with Lieberman (guest Jonathan Silverman). And a seemingly harmless patient (guest Kenneth Mitchell) puts one of Chelsea General’s own in grave danger.
First aired: April 8, 2013.
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Love the show. At least as good as House. Regular viewers. Especially loved Dr. Park. I’ve actually seen doctors this abrupt. At least he has an excuse (language)
I loved it and as a retired ER/ICU RN it is very realistic. Please bring it back. The characters are each so unique.
Monday Mornings was best tv show ever on TNT. My favorite show this year. My husband & I watched together each week. We recorded all episodes. How can we get it back? Any chance at all?
Monday Mornings is one of the best shows that TNT has ever put on the air. It was my favorite show this year. How do we get it back ?
A real shame something like this was cancelled – was enjoying it very much.
Monday Mornings was an excellent show. Has/had a steady following. And yet TNT follows the lineup with CBS, NBC, ABC etc in cancelling good shows in favor of more reality crap!! So disgusted with tv nowadays.
I am super bummed to find out this show has been cancelled. I just don’t get it. Great shows like this get cancelled after one (really good) season, yet stupid reality shows go on and on forever. David E. Kelley makes awesome shows, almost no bad creations that I can remember. If TNT doesn’t want it, I sure hope one of the other networks picks it up. In just a couple of episodes it became one of my favorites!
Great show ! One of the best “doctor” shows ever! Someone should pick it up. Many of our friends love it too
As a nurse of over 24 years, I truly appreciated this show and it’s real life stories. Please consider letting another network pick it up. This is an extremely talented cast who deserves to further prove themselves.
I think Monday Mornings was great. I generally don’t like doctor/hospital shows. However, when I saw the ads for it and saw David Kellys name attached, I had to give it a go. Love the show. As is typical of a David Kelly show, it is over the top at times but that is part of the fun. Kind of like Boston Public and Boston Legal go medical. To bad its leaving. It is soooo much better then a lot of shows being renewed.
One of the best shows on TV. Looked forward to Monday nights. DO NOT CANCEL!!!
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