TNT Greenlights Medical Drama Pilot From David E. Kelley And Sanjay Gupta

EXCLUSIVE: In David E. Kelley’s first foray into cable, TNT has given an plane pilot order to another medical drama within the Practice creator and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Kelley written the script for your project, tentatively titled Chelsea General, based on Gupta’s approaching novel Monday Morning. Kelley and Gupta, who's a practicing neurosurgeon, are executive creating. Chelsea General promises to become smart, witty and incredibly effective medical drama, the kind of series David E. Kelley is well known to create, mentioned Michael Wright, EVP and mind of programming for TNT, The very best spinner's and Turner Classic Movies. We anticipate coping with David and Sanjay to get the doctors fascinating tales and figures to television. Set being launched in March 2012, Guptas Monday Morning is positioned at Chelsea General and follows the lives of 5 surgeons simply because they push the limits from the abilities and confront their personal and professional mistakes. It uses becasue it is backdrop the hospitals Monday Morbidity and Mortality conference, considered nearly all secretive meeting in many of medication, where doctors gather for just about any private summary of complications and errors in patient care. It evaluates how surgeons be ready for mistakes and continue to grow from their store. Chelsea General is Kelley’s first project just like a free agent. The Emmy-winning author-producer chosen not to renew his overall deal at Warner Bros. TV in May so they can pursue passion projects in a variety of areas, including cable. This marks Kelley’s return to the medical genre 17 years after he created CBS’ Chicago Hope. Kelley, repped by WME and attorney Michael Gendler, is constantly executive produce his NBC/WBTV sophomore legal dramedy Harry’s Law, which recently received an entire-season order. Chelsea General joins two other recent pilot orders from TNT, Western Gateway from Warner Horizon and appearance-and-save procedural Scent in the Missing from CBS TV Art galleries.