The Mob Doctor
| The Mob Doctor | |
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| Genre |
Crime drama Medical drama |
| Created by |
Josh Berman Rob Wright |
| Based on |
Il Dottore: The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor by Ron Felber |
| Starring |
Jordana Spiro William Forsythe James Carpinello Zach Gilford Željko Ivanek Floriana Lima Jaime Lee Kirchner Wendy Makkena Jesse Lee Soffer |
| Composer(s) | Scott Starrett Danny Lux |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Josh Berman Rob Wright Michael Dinner |
| Running time | 43 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Sony Pictures Television Osprey Productions Rooney McP Productions |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | September 17, 2012 – January 7, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
The Mob Doctor is an American television drama that aired on Fox from September 17, 2012 to January 7, 2013 as a part of the 2012–13 network television season. The series was created by Josh Berman and Rob Wright and is based on the book Il Dottore: The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor by Ron Felber. Berman, Wright, Michael Dinner, and Carla Kettner serve as executive producers.
On November 28, 2012, Fox announced the show's cancellation.
The series follows Grace Devlin, a surgical resident, who juggles her hospital duties with protecting her brother from the Mob. Grace works off her brother's debt by helping anyone they demand.
On May 9, 2012, Fox placed a series order for the drama for the 2012–13 television season.
In production, a working title for the show was Dirty Medicine.
The show has been met with "mixed or average" reviews, with a collective score of 42/100 from Metacritic. Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times gave the show a neutral rating, observing that 'Despite the frantic and at times clunky initial execution, there are times when The Mob Doctor shows signs of transcending the typical doc-with-something-extra medical procedural'. Linda Stasi of the New York Post gave the show one and a half stars, saying, "They tried for the tried and true, hoping they'd get The Sopranos meets Grey's Anatomy while filling the hole House left in the schedule. And, like a camel, they ended up with an animal made by committee." David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the show a 0 rating, saying, "The two-taste-treats-in-one thing worked for Hostess Ding-Dongs, so maybe Fox figured it would work for this ding-dong of a dud for the masochists in the crowd".
A few critics, however, had favorable reviews. Glenn Garvin of the Miami Herald praised the concept of the show, saying, "Devlin's complex relationship with the gangsters is what elevates The Mob Doctor into something a cut or two above a Grey's Anatomy rip-off". Diane Werts of Newsday noted that "No, it's not exactly House. But it isn't like any other show, either, with its mad mix of moral dilemmas, medical crises, family ties, double-life-living and, y'know, rubouts 'n' stuff"
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