Royal Pains

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Royal Pains
Royal Pains Title.JPG
Genre
Created by
  • Andrew Lenchewski
  • John P. Rogers
Starring
Opening theme"Independence" performed by The Blue Van
Composer James S. Levine
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes104 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locations Long Island, New York
Camera setup Film; single-camera
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network USA Network
ReleaseJune 4, 2009 (2009-06-04) 
July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)

Royal Pains is an American comedy-drama television series that ran on the USA Network from 2009 to 2016. The series is based in part on contemporary concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies and follows Hank Lawson, an unfairly discredited but brilliant diagnostic surgeon, who moves to the Hamptons with his brother Evan as he works as a concierge doctor to the uber rich and ultra elite. The cast of the show includes Mark Feuerstein, Paulo Costanzo, Reshma Shetty, Brooke D'Orsay, Ben Shenkman, Jill Flint, and Campbell Scott.

Contents

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 12June 4, 2009 (2009-06-04)August 27, 2009 (2009-08-27)
2 18June 3, 2010 (2010-06-03)February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24)
3 16June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29)February 22, 2012 (2012-02-22)
4 16June 6, 2012 (2012-06-06)December 16, 2012 (2012-12-16)
5 13June 12, 2013 (2013-06-12)September 11, 2013 (2013-09-11)
6 13June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)September 2, 2014 (2014-09-02)
7 8June 2, 2015 (2015-06-02)July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21)
8 8May 18, 2016 (2016-05-18)July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)

Location

Principal production of the show's pilot occurred in the Hamptons. However, other locations throughout Long Island were used, with Oheka Castle being the most prominent. Although actually located 60 miles to the west, in Huntington, Oheka served as the Hamptons home of Boris, the German nobleman who offers his guest house to Hank and Evan. In later episodes, exterior and aerial shots of Oheka are used to introduce scenes in the guest house.

In one episode, a Long Beach drive-through convenience store, Dairy Barn, was used as a fictional hot dog stand;[ citation needed ] a sign can be seen in the opening of that scene. Also, several scenes were shot on the bay side of Point Lookout. Other places used as fictional Hamptons locations include Northport Village in the Town of Huntington, Old Westbury Gardens, Freeport's Nautical Mile, which served as the exterior and parking lot of Hampton Heritage Hospital (in one scene, Freeport's charter coat can be seen across the bay) Caumsett State Historic Park [ citation needed ] and Oyster Bay Town Hall, which was transformed into the entrance of the Hamptons Heritage Hospital emergency room. Catalina Beach Club in Atlantic Beach, New York was transformed for the pilot episode into the fictional Hampt Inn, the hotel Hank and Evan stayed in upon their arrival in the Hamptons. Downtown Locust Valley, another haunt of the wealthy on Long Island's Gold Coast, plays downtown East Hampton in at least one episode (where Evan and Paige go shopping), with interior shots in a store as well as street scenes. Other areas of filming include Roslyn, New York and Manhasset, New York, where the North Hempstead, New York Town Hall was used as a police station.

For several beach scenes, West Neck Beach (Huntington) was used and a food shopping scene was filmed in Southdown Market in Huntington. Huntington Hospital was used for Hamptons Heritage Hospital.

Two episodes of the second season take place in Cuba, but were filmed in Puerto Rico. [2] The third episode (Lawson Translation) of the fifth season is set and was also shot in Budapest, Hungary. [3]

Both Lawson and his girlfriend Casey drive identical Saab 900 convertibles. [4]

Development and production

The pilot was filmed on location on Long Island, New York in the spring and fall of 2008. [5] The pilot was directed by Jace Alexander, who also filmed the pilot of Burn Notice , another USA Network show, which aired in the hour before Royal Pains. Andrew Lenchewski wrote the pilot and Rich and Paul Frank executive-produced the project, with Lenchewski co-executive producing and John P. Rogers producing. The series was then picked up for a 12-episode season. [6]

Awards and nominations

Awards and nominations for Royal Pains
YearAwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2012 Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series—Guest Starring Young Actress 14–16 Sami Gayle Nominated
2012 People's Choice Awards Favorite Cable TV ComedyRoyal PainsNominated
2013 ASCAP Awards Top Television SeriesRoyal PainsWon
2016 GLAAD Awards Outstanding Individual EpisodeRoyal PainsWon

Reception

Royal Pains has become one of the highest-rated shows on cable. [7] The series premiere was watched by 5.57 million viewers, the highest series premiere for the USA Network since Psych in 2006. [8] [9] With episodes two and three watched by 5.59 million and 6.5 million viewers, respectively, it was the first show in five years to have viewership increase from week two to week three. [7] [10]

Ratings

SeasonTimeslot (ET)# Ep.PremieredEndedTV SeasonViewers
(in millions)
DatePremiere
Viewers
(in millions)
DateFinale
Viewers
(in millions)
1 Thursday 10:00 p.m. (June 4 – August 27, 2009)12
June 4, 2009
5.57 [11]
August 27, 2009
5.90 [12] 2009 7.47 [13]
2 Thursday 10:00 p.m. (June 3 – August 26, 2010)
Thursday 9:00 p.m. (January 20 – February 24, 2011)
18
June 3, 2010
5.84 [14]
February 24, 2011
4.05 [15] 20102011 7.33 [16]
3 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (June 29 – August 31, 2011)
Wednesday 10:00 p.m. (January 18 – February 22, 2012)
16
June 29, 2011
5.00 [17]
February 22, 2012
3.16 [18] 20112012 6.56 [19]
4 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (June 6 – September 19, 2012)
Sunday 9:00 p.m. (December 16, 2012)
16
June 6, 2012
3.95 [20]
December 16, 2012
3.25 [21] 2012 5.67 [22]
5 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (June 12 – September 11, 2013)13
June 12, 2013
3.68 [23]
September 11, 2013
3.75 [24] 2013 TBA
6 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. (June 10 – September 2, 2014)13
June 10, 2014
2.38 [25]
September 2, 2014
1.78 [26] 2014 TBA
7 Tuesday 9:00 p.m. (June 2 – July 21, 2015)8
June 2, 2015
1.67 [27]
July 21, 2015
1.57 [28] 2015 TBA
8 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. (May 18 – July 6, 2016)8
May 18, 2016
TBA
July 6, 2016
TBA 2016 TBA

Home media

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released the first season of Royal Pains in Region 1 on May 25, 2010, and released it in Region 4 on August 25, 2010. Season 2 was released in Region 1 on May 17, 2011. [29] A DVD released on January 3, 2012, contained the first 10 episodes of the third season. [30] The complete series is also available on iTunes.

The complete series was released on DVD by Mill Creek Entertainment on September 22, 2020. [31]

Title Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 Bonus Features
Season 1May 25, 2010 [32] July 26, 2010 [33] August 25, 2010 [34] Deleted Scenes; Gag Reel; Commentary; Paulo's Video Blogs; Dr. Irv Danesh: The Real Doctor of Royal Pains; "High Top Fade Out" ( Psych , episode 4.07) [35]
Season 2May 17, 2011 [29] August 12, 2013 [36] March 28, 2012 [37] Deleted Scenes; Gag Reel; Commentary; Guest Starring; Location, Location, Location
Season 3January 3, 2012 [30] (Vol 1)
May 29, 2012 [38] (Vol 2)
August 5, 2013 [39] Deleted Scenes; Gag Reel; Commentary (Region 1 Only)
Season 4May 7, 2014 [40] July 6, 2015 [41]
Season 5September 23, 2014 [42] July 6, 2015 [43]
Season 6April 28, 2015 [44]
Season 7April 26, 2016 [45]
Season 8July 19, 2016 [46]

Books

From 2011 to 2012, D.P. Lyle published two novels based on the television series, under Signet Books' Obsidian imprint. [47]

TitleAuthorISBNPublication date
First, Do No HarmD.P. Lyle, M.D. 0451234146 June 7, 2011 [47]
Sick Rich 0451235533 January 3, 2012 [48]

On July 6, 2010, actor Hayden Christensen and his older brother Tove Christensen filed a lawsuit against USA Network in a Manhattan Federal Court. In the suit, the brothers claimed to have pitched USA Network an idea for a new television series, called Housecall, which involved a concierge doctor who made house calls to the rich and famous. The two brothers also claimed that a USA Network executive told them, "prior to learning about Housecall, he was unaware of concierge doctors and that he thought it was a fascinating idea." A USA Network spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit. [49] On May 10, 2011, a Manhattan judge ruled not enough evidence was available to justify a breach-of-contract claim because the claim concerns "materials that are not copyrightable, such as ideas." The decision was reversed on appeal in June 2012, the court holding that Christensens' claims were not pre-empted by copyright law. The opinion stated, "There are several qualitative differences between such a contract claim and a copyright violation claim," and added that sister appellate circuits recently had come to this same conclusion. [50] The case was settled in May 2013, with no details made public. [51]

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