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MDs

MDs

20027.51 Season11 EpisodesCanceledTV-14

Overview

Medicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the motto of the mega-sized, mega-frugal HMO that runs Mission General Hospital in San Francisco, where two renegade doctors bend the rules and find the loopholes in a constant quest to treat their patients. Together, they practice medicine with a take-no-prisoners attitude and don't-take-no-for-an-answer tactics.

NetworksABC

Top Cast

William Fichtner

William Fichtner

Dr. Bruce Kellerman

Robert Joy

Robert Joy

Frank Coones

Leslie Stefanson

Leslie Stefanson

Shelly Pangborn

Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch

Aileen Poole

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Quinn Joyner

Michaela Conlin

Michaela Conlin

Dr. Maggie Yang

John Hannah

John Hannah

Dr. Robert Dalgety

Themes & Keywords

hospitaldoctormedical drama

About MDs

MDs is a drama series that first aired in 2002 exploring themes of hospital, doctor, medical drama. it stars William Fichtner, Robert Joy, Leslie Stefanson. Medicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the motto of the mega-sized, mega-frugal HMO that runs Mission General Hospital in San Francisco, where two renegade doctors bend the rules and find the loopholes in a constant quest to treat their patients. Together, they practice medicine with a take-no-prisoners attitude and don't-take-no-for-an-answer tactics.

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