Monday Mornings is an American medical drama television series that ran on TNT from February 4 to April 8, 2013 and aired Mondays after Dallas. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Sanjay Gupta. In May 2012, TNT placed a ten-episode order for the series. On May 10, 2013, TNT canceled Monday Mornings after one season, along with Southland.
Plot
The series follows the professional and personal lives of five doctors at the fictional Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, Oregon. The series title refers to the weekly peer-reviewed conferences held on Monday mornings, at which the surgeons receive both praise for their accomplishments and lambasting for their mistakes, usually from the sharp-tongued and often sarcastic Dr. Hooten.
Cast and characters
Main
Alfred Molina as Chief of Staff Dr. Harding Hooten
Ving Rhames as trauma chief Dr. Jorge "El Gato Negro" Villanueva
Bill Irwin as transplant chief Dr. Buck Tierney
Jamie Bamber as attending neurosurgeon Dr. Tyler Wilson
Jennifer Finnigan as attending neurosurgeon Dr. Tina Ridgeway
Keong Sim as attending neurosurgeon Dr. Sung Park
Sarayu Rao as attending cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Sydney Napur
Emily Swallow as neurosurgical resident Dr. Michelle Robidaux
Recurring
Jason Gray-Stanford as hospital attorney Scott Henderson
Anthony Heald as malpractice attorney Mitch Tompkins
Jonathan Silverman as internist Dr. John Lieberman
Valerie Mahaffey as Fran Horowitz from Risk Management
Ewan Chung as anaesthesiologist Dr. Wong
Episodes
Home media
As of 2014, Warner does not plan to release the series physically in the United States. As of November 2014, the only home video release was made in Germany, where Studiocanal acquired the rights and released it on DVD on November 20, 2014.
Reception
Critical response
Metacritic gives the show a score of 55% based on reviews from 22 critics.