USA
/ NBC-John Masius Productions /
x60m-e / 1999 Premiere date:
January 8, 1999
Creator:
John Masius / Executive
producers: John Masius, Ann
Hamilton, Michael Fresco /
Co-executive producer: Monica
Wyatt / Producers: Kevin Cremin,
Robert Fresco, Art Rusis /
Co-producers: Elle Triedman,
Carol Barbee
Family
drama series. An altruistic
plastic surgeon abandons her
career specialty and
unfulfilling lifestyle to return
to her colorful family and
hometown in Providence, Rhode
Island. Dr. Sydney Hansen
entered the field of cosmetic
surgery with noble ambitions,
but several years of performing
collagen lip treatments and nose
jobs for celebrities and
over-privileged teenagers in Los
Angeles began to erode her sense
of purpose.
Sydney’s
disenchantment with her career
combined with a relationship
breakup and a family crisis
prompted her to move back to the
safe haven of Providence to find
fulfillment working in a
low-income medical clinic.
Following the death of her
mother, Lynda, Sydney sometimes
feels that the collective weight
of the close-knit Hansen clan
has become her responsibility,
in particular her father Jim who
relates better to the cuddly
animals in his veterinary
practice than he does to his
family. Sydney’s younger
sister Joanie is an unwed mother
who divides her time between her
infant daughter and running a
trendy pet food store. Robbie is
Sydney’s scheming, bad-boy
baby brother.
Cast
Melina Kanakaredes, Mike Farrell, Paula
Cale, Seth Peterson, Concetta
Tomei, Maria Pitillo, Samaria
Graham, Dana Daurey
