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A Gifted Man - Being retooled to be more medical, Julie Benz demoted to recurring

29 Jul 2011

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The family part of Michael's life was substantial in the pilot, written by Susannah Grant, but the project has since been retooled by showrunner Neal Baer, an ER veteran, with the focus shifted predominantly to Michael's medical world, a change underscored by the recent casting of Rachelle Lefevre as a new doctor. With the series becoming essentially a medical drama and the family element taking a back seat, Benz, repped by ICM and Vincent Cirrincione Associates, renegotiated her deal and will now be recurring on the show, allowing her to tackle other projects.


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14 comments:

  1. klutzy_girl29 July 2011 at 11:33

    I was going to say poor Julie, but if she's able to do more projects, than yay!

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  2. Michael29 July 2011 at 11:35

    why? I mean why aren't they looking for originality? viewers can be discouraged by watching, yet, another medical drama. I'd rather they stick with the 'drama' aspect. But I'm not crossing the title out. 

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  3. Freddy29 July 2011 at 11:46

    after all it's a CBS show

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  4. Lucie Dimbala29 July 2011 at 12:04

    It is a CBS Show that's all 

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  5. pinkphoenix198529 July 2011 at 12:24

    yet another medical drama...

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  6. niamh1729 July 2011 at 13:17

    Not so interested now!

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  7. Jonathan Francesco29 July 2011 at 16:00

    I would think that would just be the natural way for the show to survive as more than a TV mini-series.

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  8. Wilson Crawford29 July 2011 at 16:18

    Well that gives me more incentive to just ignore this show.

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  9. darq29 July 2011 at 19:31

    Before I wrote off the series for personal reasons, but now... it's for legitimate reasons. Medical series are either bad to start with or get old after a season or two regardless of how good they are.

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  10. Dan Kempner29 July 2011 at 20:02

    A very bad decision. The initial premise sounded great, but really, ANOTHER medical drama? Such a shame.

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  11. Jessica Desrocher29 July 2011 at 20:15

    Well, I WAS planning to give this a chance because of the family dynamic but if they focus everything on the medical aspect, then that just means that my TV schedule is a little less cluttered. Thanks for giving me a reason to not tune!

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  12. Bruce_F29 July 2011 at 21:25

    Let's not forget that CBS has the absolute worst track record with medical shows among the four major networks.

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  13. smallville94429 July 2011 at 22:13

    well she has TNT Movie project coming up so that might be why

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  14. prpleight7 September 2011 at 11:30

    Well, network television only seems to want originality when it's already been a success for someone else.

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