Royal Pains
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Royal Pains |
| Original title | Royal Pains |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2009-2016 |
| Production company |
Universal Cable Productions , 34 Films Prospect Park Entertainment |
| length | 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 104 in 8 seasons ( List ) |
| genre |
Dramedy , Doctors / Hospital Series |
| Theme music | "Independence" - The Blue Van |
| music | James S. Levine |
| First broadcast | June 4, 2009 (USA) on USA Network |
| German-language first broadcast |
May 17, 2011 on RTL |
| occupation | |
Royal Pains is an American drama series starring Mark Feuerstein in the role of the young doctor Henry "Hank" Lawson, who loses his job in a clinic due to a controversial decision and moves to the Hamptons with his younger brother Evan Lawson . It is there that Hank becomes a general practitioner for the rich and famous after he saves the life of a woman at a party.
In early November 2014, the production of a seventh and eighth season with eight episodes each was announced. In March 2016, the USA Network decided to end the series after the eighth season. The series finale ran on July 6, 2016.
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At the beginning of the series, Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson is a practicing physician at a Brooklyn hospital. However, he is released in the first episode. This is because he prefers treating an unstable patient to the hospital's main sponsor, which he has already stabilized. However, due to a chain of unfortunate circumstances, this main sponsor loses his life and Hank is fired.
By spreading this incident through the hospital management, Hank is also unable to find a new job, although he is a very talented doctor. Hit by this fate, Hank sinks into melancholy. His fiancée cancels the planned wedding and separates from him, he goes into debt and spends most of his time drinking beer in front of the television.
That changes the day his brother Evan takes him to a party in the Hamptons. This is organized by a German living there who only calls himself "Boris". Boris is very careful about discretion and attaches great importance to privacy. When one of the female guests at the party collapses and Boris' private doctor only diagnoses substance abuse, Hank steps in, seeing that the young woman has been poisoned. He treats her and thus saves her from drug abuse therapy.
Since this treatment, Hank has been pushed into the role of the private doctor of the "rich and beautiful". With the help of his somewhat pushy brother and the medical-technical assistant Divya Katdare, after initial indecision, he decided to open the company HankMed (a mobile medical service), which is primarily available to the rich, but also to the less well-off residents of the Hamptons. He was persuaded to stay by the director of the local hospital, Jill Casey, whom he met at the party and with whom he has a somewhat complicated relationship during the series.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization occurs under the dialogue director Marius Clarén, Benedict Rabanus and Peter Woratz by the synchronous company Scala Media GmbH in Berlin .
Leading roles
| role | extra information | Actress | Voice actor | Main role (season) |
Supporting role (season) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Henry "Hank" Lawson | Specialist in emergency medicine | Mark Feuerstein | Frank Schaff | 1-8 | |
| Evan R. Lawson | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of HankMed and Hank's younger brother | Paulo Costanzo | Marcel Collé | 1-8 | |
| Divya Katdare | Medical technical assistant | Reshma Shetty | Giuliana Jakobeit | 1-8 | |
| Jill Casey | Clinic Director of the Hampton Heritage | Jill Flint | Sonja Spuhl | 1-4 | 8th |
| Boris Kuester from Jurgens-Ratenicz | Campbell Scott | Bernd Vollbrecht | 4-8 | 1-3 | |
| Paige Collins | Friend (and future wife) of Evan R. Lawson | Brooke D'Orsay | Manja Doering | 4-8 | 2-3 |
| Dr. Jeremiah Sacani | Helping hand at HankMed | Ben Shenkman | Rainer Fritzsche | 5-8 | 4th |
Minor characters
| role | extra information | Actress | Voice actor | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms. "New Parts" Newberg | Friend of Edward R. Lawson since season 2 | Christine Ebersole | Philine Peters-Arnolds | 1-8 |
| Tucker Bryant | Ezra Miller | Filipe Pirl | 1-8 | |
| Libby | Tucker's girlfriend | Meredith Hagner | Luisa Wietzorek | 1-8 |
| Marshall David Bryant IV | Tucker's father | Andrew McCarthy | Erich Rauker | 1-8 |
| Dr. Charlie Casey | Jill's (ex) husband and doctor at Hampton Heritage | Bruno Campos | Peter Flechtner | 1 |
| Dr. Emily Peck | doctor | Anastasia Griffith | Tatiana Pokorny | 2 |
| Dr. Elizabeth Blair | Specialist in surgery | Marcia Gay Harden | Ulrike Möckel | 2 |
| Edward "Eddie" R. Lawson | Hank and Evans father | Henry Winkler | Bodo Wolf | 2-8 |
| Dr. Marisa Casseras | doctor | Paola Turbay | Zoraya López | 2-8 |
| Adam | Patrick Heusinger | Kim Hasper | 2-8 |
Charisma
United States
The series premieres on the USA Network . The first season with a pilot film and eleven other episodes ran from May 4 to August 27, 2009. From June 3, 2010 to February 24, 2011, the second season, comprising 18 episodes, was broadcast. A third season, also comprising 18 episodes, was ordered in September 2010 and was broadcast between June 29, 2011 and February 22, 2012 by USA Network. In September 2011, the station announced the production of a 16 episode fourth season, which was later reduced to 14 episodes.
In September 2012, USA Network announced a Christmas television film for the series, titled Off-Season Greetings , that featured the wedding of Evan and Paige. The film was broadcast on December 16, 2012. In late September 2012, USA Network extended the series by a fifth and sixth season, each with 13 episodes. The fifth season aired from June 12 to September 11, 2013. The sixth season ran from June 10 to September 2, 2014. In March 2016, USA Network announced the end of the series after the eighth season; the series finale ran on July 6, 2016.
Germany
The broadcast in Germany and thus the German-language first broadcast is on RTL . The first season ran from May 17 to August 2, 2011. On average, the series had 2.79 million viewers and thus 13.0 percent of the total audience. Also with 17.6 percent of 1.64 million viewers of the advertising-relevant target group , Royal Pains was on RTL channel average.
The first five episodes of the second season were broadcast immediately after the first season, and they achieved market shares between 16.4 and 12.5 percent. The other episodes of the second season were shown between January 31 and April 24, 2012. Overall, the ratings for the second season fell during the broadcast on RTL. On average, only 2.28 million viewers or 10.1 percent of the total audience watched, so Royal Pains came to 1.35 million viewers or 14.1 percent of the advertising-relevant target group. The third season has been broadcast on SuperRTL since May 27, 2015, and SuperRTL has been broadcasting the fourth season since July 2015.
Switzerland
The first season of the series was broadcast from June 6, 2011 in Switzerland on SRF two . The second season of the series aired December 5, 2011 through March 19, 2012. The third season was broadcast from April 8 to June 24, 2013 on SRF Zwei. The fourth season aired from April 28 to August 25, 2014. SRF Zwei will broadcast the Christmas TV film for the series on September 15 and 22, 2014.
Austria
In Austria, the station Puls 4 began broadcasting the first season on December 9, 2011 and ended on March 9, 2012. The second season of the series was broadcast from March 16 to July 13, 2012.
DVD release
- Germany
- Season 1 was released on August 18, 2011
- Season 2 was released on June 7, 2012
- Season 3 was released on November 14, 2013
- Season 4 was released on March 12, 2015
- Season 5 was released on November 17, 2016
- United States
- Season 1 was released on May 25, 2010
- Season 2 was released on May 17, 2011
- Season 3.1 was released on January 3, 2012
- Season 3.2 was released on May 29, 2012
- Season 4 was released on May 7, 2013
- Season 5 was released on September 23, 2014
- Great Britain
- Season 1 was released on July 26, 2010
- Season 2 was released on August 12, 2013
- Season 3 was released on August 5, 2013
Web links
- Royal Pains in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- USA Network Official Website
- Royal Pains at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Ausiello: Scoop: Royal Pains Renewed at USA for Seasons 7 and 8 . In: TVLine.com . November 5, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
- ^ Dylan Kickham: Royal Pains upcoming season to be its last , EW , (March 10, 2016, accessed October 27, 2016)
- ↑ a b c Royal Pains. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous file , accessed on May 23, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Royal Pains actor and voice actor at Serienjunkies.de
- ^ Robert Seidman: Royal Pains, '' White Collar, '&' Psych ' All Renewed . TV by the Numbers . September 27, 2010. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ↑ Bill Gorman: 'Covert Affairs,' 'Royal Pains,' 'Necessary Roughness' Renewed By USA . TV by the Numbers . September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- ^ Rainer Idesheim: Royal Pains: USA Network decrees festival film . In: Serienjunkies.de . September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
- ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: 'Royal Pains', 'White Collar' and 'Covert Affairs' Renewed by USA For New Seasons . In: TV by the Numbers . September 25, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
- ↑ Manuel Nunez Sanchez: Quota check: "Royal Pains" . Oddsmeter.de . August 4, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
- ↑ Manuel Weis: “White Collar” starts weaker than “Royal Pains” . Oddsmeter.de . September 14, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
- ↑ Alexander Krei: "Royal Pains": RTL has slots for new episodes . DWDL.de . December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.
- ↑ Daniel Sallhoff: Quote Check: "Royal Pains" . Oddsmeter.de . April 25, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.