Necessary Roughness (2011– )

A Long Island psychotherapist whose personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after ... See full summary »

Creators:

Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro

Stars:

Hannah Marks, Marc Blucas, Scott Cohen

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Hannah Marks	...	Lindsay Santino (29 episodes, 2011-2013)
Marc Blucas	...	Matthew Donnally (28 episodes, 2011-2013)
Scott Cohen	...	Nico Careles (28 episodes, 2011-2013)
Callie Thorne	...	Dani Santino (28 episodes, 2011-2013)
Patrick Johnson	...	Ray Santino Jr. (28 episodes, 2011-2013)
Mehcad Brooks	...	Terrence King (28 episodes, 2011-2013)
Gregory Alan Williams	...	Coach Pat Purnell (24 episodes, 2011-2013)

Storyline

A Long Island psychotherapist whose personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, entertainers, politicians and others living in the spotlight clamor for her unique brand of tough love therapy during their moments of crisis. Although her career is reenergized, it wreaks havoc on her life as a newly minted single mom of two teenagers.

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Plot Keywords:

therapy | athlete | therapist | football player | single parent | 

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Taglines:

Jock therapy.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doktor D

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Still Married Productions, Universal Cable Productions, Sony Pictures Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the opening credits of each episode, the object under Dani's foot represents the focus of the episode. If she is working with the football team it will show a football, a car for the race car driver, and poker chips for the professional poker player.

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Connections

Featured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.107 (2012)

User Reviews

Show combines psychiatry and football

Necessary Roughness is a show about an experienced psychiatrist played by Callie Thorne(from Homicide: LOTS and Rescue Me fame) who gets hired to help out the fictional New York Hawks football team to help out with their star wide receiver Terrence "TK" King. Along the way she is also seen helping out other people with their own neurosis. The story of the show also involves the lives of Thorne's characters life especially about her kids. It's actually a quite well thought out show with a lot more depth then you'd expect from a show you'd expect about football. Also the show gives you a lot of behind the scenes perspective of what it's like to run a football team.