Cutter to Houston
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| Genre | Medical drama |
| Created by | Sandor Stern |
| Written by | Rick Edelstein Larry Mollin Sandor Stern |
| Directed by | Richard Michaels |
| Starring | Shelley Hack Jim Metzler Alec Baldwin |
| ComposerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Dennis McCarthy J.A.C. Redford |
| Template:Pluralize from text of origin | United States |
| Original languageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 (2 unaired) |
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| Executive producerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Gerald W. Abrams |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 45–48 minutes |
| Production Template:Pluralize from text | Cypress Point Productions MGM/UA Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
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Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama starring Shelley Hack, Jim Metzler, and Alec Baldwin that aired on CBS on Saturday night from October 1 to December 31, 1983 at 8 p.m Eastern time. The series was created by Sandor Stern.
Synopsis
Cutter to Houston is set at Cutter Community Hospital in the small town of Cutter, Texas, sixty miles from Houston. The series stars Shelley Hack as surgeon Dr. Beth Gilbert, Jim Metzler as Dr. Andy Fenton, and Alec Baldwin as Dr. Hal Wexler, a GP under probation for writing illegal prescriptions.[1]
Cutter to Houston aired on Saturdays at 8:00 PM Eastern. Due to low ratings, it was canceled after seven episodes and was replaced by Whiz Kids.
Cast
- Jim Metzler as Dr. Andy Fenton
- Shelley Hack as Dr. Beth Gilbert
- Alec Baldwin as Dr. Hal Wexler
- K Callan as Connie Buford
- Noble Willingham as Mayor Warren Jarvis
- Susan Styles as Nurse Patty Alvarez
Notable guest appearance
In a 1983 episode, Chad Allen, then 9 years of age, "played a kid who got hurt and had to be given mouth-to-mouth and carried to the waiting chopper by Dr. Hal Wexler." Years later, Chad reminisced that "I thought it was the greatest job I had ever gotten," because Alec Baldwin was Dr. Wexler.[2]
US television ratings
| Season | Episodes | Start date | End date | Nielsen rank | Nielsen rating[3] | Tied with |
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| 1983-84 | 9 (2 Unaired) | October 8, 1983 | December 31, 1983 | 97 | 8.7 | N/A |
Episodes
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paietta, Ann Catherine; Kauppila, Jean L. (1999). Health Professionals On Screen. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 326. ISBN 0-8108-3636-X.
- ^ When I Knew (2005), Template:ISBN
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."1983-84 Ratings History -- The Networks Are Awash in a Bubble Bath of Soaps".
