Royal Pains

Royal Pains
Royal Pains intertitle
Genre	Medical drama Comedy-drama
Created by	Andrew Lenchewski John P. Rogers
Starring	Mark Feuerstein Paulo Costanzo Jill Flint Reshma Shetty
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Paul Frank Rich Frank Jeff Kwatinetz Michael Rauch
Location(s)	Long Island, New York
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 42 minutes
Production company(s)	Universal Cable Productions
Broadcast
Original channel	United States: USA Network Canada: Citytv
Original run	June 4, 2009 – Present
Status	Renewed for second season
External links
Official website

Royal Pains is a USA cable network television series starring Mark Feuerstein about a young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient's death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant "doctor for hire" to the rich and famous. When the administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town's less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others.. The pilot was filmed on location on Long Island, New York in spring and fall of 2008.^[1] The Hollywood Reporter reported on January 5 that the series was picked up for a 12-episode season.^[2] The theme song is "Independence" by the Danish band The Blue Van. On July 28, 2009, it was renewed for a second season consisting of 16 episodes beginning in Summer 2010. ^[3][4] The pilot was directed by Jace Alexander, who also filmed the pilot of Burn Notice, another USA show, which airs in the hour before Royal Pains. Andrew Lenchewski wrote the pilot and Rich and Paul Frank executive produced the project, with Lenchewski co-executive producing and John Rogers producing.

Cast & characters

• Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein): The protagonist. Formerly a successful New York emergency room doctor, he was dismissed in a malpractice suit. When he saves someone's life, he takes up doctoring in the Hamptons. He often serves wealthy clientele, but also those in need of a good doctor.
• Evan R. Lawson (Paulo Costanzo): Hank's younger brother. He is an accountant and CFO of HankMed. He is usually involved in subplots where he does something stupid or embarrassing.
• Jill Casey (Jill Flint): Hank's romantic interest and an administrator at the local hospital. She repeatedly flirts with Hank, though their relationship becomes awkward, especially after her previously-separated husband Charlie returns.
• Divya Katdare (Reshma Shetty): Hank's Physician Assistant. She joins the team early and is invaluable to Hank. However, she initially had to keep her medical practice a secret from her parents.

Episodes

Location

Principal production of the show's pilot occurred in the Hamptons. However, other locations throughout Long Island were used, with Oheka Castle being the most prominent. Although actually located 60 miles to the west, in Huntington, Oheka served as the fictional Hamptons home of Boris, the German nobleman who offers his guest house to Hank and Evan. In later episodes, exterior and aerial shots of Oheka are used to introduce scenes in the guest house.

In one episode, a Long Beach drive-thru convenience store, Dairy Barn, was used as a fictional hot dog stand; a sign can be seen in the opening of that scene. Also, several scenes were shot on the bay side of Point Lookout. Other places used as fictional Hamptons locations include Northport Village in the Town of Huntington, Old Westbury Gardens, Freeport's Nautical Mile, Caumsett State Historic Park^[4] and Oyster Bay Town Hall, which was transformed into the entrance of the Hamptons Heritage Hospital emergency room. Catalina Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, New York was transformed for the pilot episode into the fictional Hampt Inn, the hotel Hank and Evan stayed in upon their arrival in the Hamptons.

Reception

Royal Pains has become one of the highest rated shows on cable. ^[5] The series premiere was watched by 5.57 million viewers, the highest series premiere for the USA Network since Psych in 2006.^[6][7] With episodes two and three watched by 5.59 million viewers and 6.5 million, respectively, it was the first show in five years to have viewership increase from week two to week three. ^{[8] [5]}

References

External links

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