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

Easy come, easy go

Pleasant if fundamentally flawed show. The basic problem with this show is that tries to combine the blue sky appeal of other USA network shows while combining sometimes serious psychotherapy. As a result, the show has serious tonal issues and ends up not being very good at either. However, the show manages to still be moderately enjoyable because of one reason: casting. I feel that in television (not so much in movies unless it's a romantic comedy), casting talented actors and having sympathetic characters can go a long way and can forgive a multitude of sins. Army Wives in particular is a great example of this (and has a more talented cast than this show), but this show really works well at the top because of Callie Thorne's magnetic star quality and excellent counterbalancing from supporting players Mehcad Brooks and Scott Cohen. They help make this show more than the sum of it's parts, if not quite enough to make this a "good" show. Even so, it's not have bad as escapist entertainment.