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medical drama
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television series created by
Peter Ocko
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, that aired on
CBS
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from November 14, 2006 to November 7, 2008, replacing the cancelled series ''
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''. The show itself was then canceled three weeks later due to poor ratings.
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The title refers to the fact that the average human brain weighs approximately three pounds. The show follows the medical careers of prominent brain surgeon Doctor Douglas Hanson (played by Stanley Tucci
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) and his protégé
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, Jonathan Seger.
The show was promoted as "the next great medical drama
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." The theme song is "Calling All Angels
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The song was the first track t ...
" by Train
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. Eight episode
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s were made, and the five episodes that did not originally air in the United States are available on Amazon Prime
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.
The program filmed in New York City
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at the request of Tucci, who did not want to be away from home to make the series.
When the pilot was originally filmed Dylan McDermott
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played Dr. Doug Hanson, and Reiko Aylesworth
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played Dr. Adrienne Holland.
Main cast
* Stanley Tucci
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as Dr. Douglas Hanson
* Mark Feuerstein
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as Dr. Jonathan Seger
* Indira Varma
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as Dr. Adrienne Holland
* Armando Riesco
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as Dr. Thomas Flores
* Zabryna Guevara
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as Melania Ortiz
* Griffin Dunne
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as Jeffrey Coles
* Juliette Goglia
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as Erica Lund
* Tamara Taylor
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as Della
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2000s American drama television series
2000s American medical television series
2006 American television series debuts
2007 American television series endings
CBS original programming
English-language television shows
Television series by CBS Studios
Television shows set in New York City
Television shows filmed in New York City