A Gifted Man, which moves to its new 9 p.m. time slot on Friday, February 17, could use a bit of divine intervention. CBS still sees potential in the medical drama, which stars Patrick Wilson as a doctor haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife, but the show remains firmly on the bubble. Executive producer Neal Baer is no stranger to medical drama, both on screen and in real life. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Baer used to practice medicine between seasons as a writer on ER. Later, he made the transition to Law & Order: SVU, which he ran for 11 seasons. Now, as the creator of A Gifted Man, Baer has made several tweaks to the show in recent months, putting the focus on the show's medical setting (where Wilson's character is assisted by critics' fave Margo Martindale) and bringing in both Rachelle Lefevre as a love interest and ER alum Eriq La Salle as an old colleague. Baer answered our showrunner survey in the hopes that Man will be gifted with more viewers.
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The future of CBS' A Gifted Man may still be up in the air, but executive producer Neal Baer hopes the show has packed its remaining episodes with enough punch to earn a second season.
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For starters, Friday's episode (8/7c, CBS) finds Dr. Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson) in the center of a hostage situation after he testifies that a young man charged with manslaughter and arson only committed the crimes because he was suffering from a brain tumor...
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When CBS' A Gifted Man returns in January, Patrick Wilson's Dr. Michael Holt will place his family jewels in the delicate gloved hands of the very sexy — and very married — Dr. Kate Sykora (Rachelle Lefevre). While not a sex scene, it...
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Off the Map's Rachelle Lefevre is still playing doctor: The actress has joined the upcoming CBS drama A Gifted Man, a show rep confirms.
The series stars Patrick Wilson as Dr. Michael Holt, a surgeon who starts to communicate with his dead ex-wife (Jennifer Ehle). Lefevre will play Kate, a doctor at a ...
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Rachelle Lefevre has landed the female lead in the NBC pilot, The Crossing, a network rep confirms.
The drama, written by St. Elsewhere co-creator Josh Brand, is set in post-Civil War Missouri and centers on...
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