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St. Elsewhere
NEW YORK (AP) ? "St.
Elsewhere" has a new coat of paint
and a new lease on life.
In tonight's first episode of a second
season that nobody thought possible,
Ed Flanders, who plays the chief of
staff at the decrepit hospital, says the
hospital's chairman ordered a new
paint job because "he thinks brighter
walls will let our natients live loneer.
Maybe he's right."
Bruce Paltrow, the show's executive
producer, called that line "our inside
joke to Grant Tinker," NBC's chairman.
In not canceling the highly
regarded but low-rated "St.
Elsewhere," Tinker and other NBC executives
suggested a cheerier atmosphere
to go with the heavy doses of
medical reality.
"Grant said it would be nice if it was
a lighter, brighter place, with the
possibility that more people could
leave well," said Paltrow.
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wanted "more simplified storytelling
and more upbeat stories. Some
episodes last season were hood pieces,
and they were a little weird." Tartikoff
also suggested developing more
romantic interests inside the hospital.
Last spring, just before NBC announced
its 1983-84 prime-time
schedule, Tartikoff had the uncomfortable
chore of playing the doctor who
tells the patient the prognosis is
gloomy. He told Paltrow to expect
cancellation and reluctantly turned
down his request for $100,000 for
future scripts.
So Paltrow went to England to ho
with his wife, actress Blythe Danner,
and he started research for a new comedy
show. In the meantime, the last
episode of "St. Elsewhere," competing
against CBS reruns, attracted
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