Paul Muniz of PMI Management, New York, will handle sales on the East Coast for Imaginary Forces, Hollywood….The Directors Network, Encino, Calif., has signed New York-based humor director Wayne Gibson and Los Angeles-based director/cameraman Stephen Vidano. Additionally, longform helmer Lorraine Senna has returned to The Directors Network for spot representation….Independent rep Yvette Lubinsky, Playa del Rey, Calif., is handling West Coast sales for bicoastal Washington Square Films….Mirella Films, Hollywood, has signed Stuart Sternbach of Pangea, New York, for East Coast representation. Additionally, Chesley Helmsfield has joined Pangea as director of marketing/PR….Daria Zeliger has joined rhinofx, New York, as sales rep. She was formerly director of sales & marketing at Salamandra Images, New York….Blueyed Pictures, which maintains offices in Los Angeles, London and Tokyo, has secured independent reps Lynda Woodward and Janet Gilson to handle the West Coast and the Midwest, respectively. The company has also added London-based Caroline Brodrick for representation in the U.K. She succeeds Chris Ellis, who remains in England, but is now handling France for Blueyed….Cinematographer John Choi has joined The Skouras Agency, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation….Production designer Robb Buono has signed with Innovative Artists, Santa Monica, for exclusive representation in features, commercials and music videos….
House Calls Via TV and Streamers: A Rundown of The Season’s Doctor Dramas
No matter your ailment, there are plenty of TV doctors waiting to treat you right now on a selection of channels and streamers.
Whether it's Noah Wyle putting on his stethoscope for the first time since "ER," Morris Chestnut graduating to head doctor, Molly Parker making her debut in scrubs or Joshua Jackson trading death for life on a luxury cruise, new American hospital dramas have something for everyone.
There's also an outsider trying to make a difference in "Berlin ER," as Haley Louise Jones plays the new boss of a struggling German hospital's emergency department. The show's doors slide open to patients Wednesday on Apple TV+.
These shows all contain the DNA of classic hospital dramas — and this guide will help you get the TV treatment you need.
"Berlin ER"
Dr. Suzanna "Zanna" Parker has been sent to run the Krank, which is only just being held together by hardened — and authority-resistant — medical staff and supplies from a sex shop. The result is an unflinching drama set in an underfunded, underappreciated and understaffed emergency department, where the staff is as traumatized as the patients, but hide it much better.
From former real-life ER doc Samuel Jefferson and also starring Slavko Popadić, Şafak Şengül, Aram Tafreshian and Samirah Breuer, the German-language show is not for the faint of heart.
Jones says she eventually got used to the blood and gore on the set.
"It's gruesome in the beginning, highly unnerving. And then at some point, it's just the most normal thing in the world," she explains. "That's flesh. That's the rest of someone's leg, you know, let's just move on and have coffee or whatever."
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