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

Royal Pains is a USA cable network television series starring Mark Feuerstein. The pilot was filmed in the Hamptons, Long Island, New York in fall 2008.^[1] The Hollywood Reporter reported on January 5 that the series was picked up for a 12-episode season.^[2] This show premiered on Thursday, June 4, 2009.^[3] 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 Frank and Paul Frank executive produce the project, with Lenchewski co-executive producing and John Rogers producing.

[edit] Premise

The show is about a New York City doctor, Hank Lawson, who loses it all after a principled decision in the emergency room in which he saves the life of a complete stranger at the cost of life of an elderly billion dollar hospital trustee. His brother, Evan Lawson, convinced him to go partying in the Hamptons for a weekend. When they crash a party and Hank saves an ailing woman's life, he haphazardly becomes a concierge doctor for the rich and famous in the Hamptons.

Physician assistant, Divya, insists on becoming Hank's employee, even though he has no intention of becoming a concierge doctor.

[edit] Cast & Characters

Hank Lawson - Main character that Royal Pains focuses on. He lost his job in New York as a doctor due to the fact he went to go save a random person before a billionaire hospital beneficiary. His brother convinces him to go to a party in the Hamptons where Hank saves a rather rich person at a party. Despite Hank's disliking of the higher class, a love interest in Jill Casey convinces him to become a concierge doctor.

Evan Lawson - Hank Lawson's brother. He's an accountant and hires himself as Hank's accountant after he establishes "Hank Med." He's a rather materialistic person, especially in comparison to his brother and when promised money and fun, he's up to do anything.

[edit] Reception

Royal Pains premiere episode was watched by 5.6 million viewers, the highest series premiere for the USA Network since Psych in 2006. ^{[4] [5]}

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Royal Pains at the Internet Movie Database

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