Cutter to Houston
{{short description|1983 American television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
|image = Cutter to Houston.jpg
|caption = Alec Baldwin, Shelley Hack, and Jim Metzler
|genre = Medical drama
|creator = Sandor Stern
|writer = Rick Edelstein
Larry Mollin
Sandor Stern
|director = Richard Michaels
|starring = Shelley Hack
Jim Metzler
Alec Baldwin
|composer = Dennis McCarthy
J.A.C. Redford
|country = United States
|language = English
|num_seasons = 1
|num_episodes = 9 (2 unaired)
|executive_producer = Gerald W. Abrams
|camera = Single-camera
|runtime = 45–48 minutes
|company = Cypress Point Productions
MGM/UA Television
|channel = CBS
|first_aired = {{Start date|1983|10|01}}
|last_aired = {{End date|1983|12|31}}
}}
Cutter to Houston is an American medical drama starring Shelley Hack, Jim Metzler, and Alec Baldwin that aired on CBS on Saturday night from October 1 to December 31, 1983 at 8 p.m Eastern time. The series was created by Sandor Stern.
Synopsis
Cutter to Houston is set at Cutter Community Hospital in the small town of Cutter, Texas, sixty miles from Houston. The series stars Shelley Hack as surgeon Dr. Beth Gilbert, Jim Metzler as Dr. Andy Fenton, and Alec Baldwin as Dr. Hal Wexler, a GP under probation for writing illegal prescriptions.{{cite book|last=Paietta|first=Ann Catherine |author2=Kauppila, Jean L. |title=Health Professionals On Screen|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=1999|pages=326|isbn=0-8108-3636-X}}
Cutter to Houston aired on Saturdays at 8:00 PM Eastern. Due to low ratings, it was canceled after seven episodes and was replaced by Whiz Kids.
Cast
- Jim Metzler as Dr. Andy Fenton
- Shelley Hack as Dr. Beth Gilbert
- Alec Baldwin as Dr. Hal Wexler
- K Callan as Connie Buford
- Noble Willingham as Mayor Warren Jarvis
- Susan Styles as Nurse Patty Alvarez
=Notable guest appearance=
In a 1983 episode, Chad Allen, then 9 years of age, "played a kid who got hurt and had to be given mouth-to-mouth and carried to the waiting chopper by Dr. Hal Wexler." Years later, Chad reminisced that "I thought it was the greatest job I had ever gotten," because Alec Baldwin was Dr. Wexler.When I Knew (2005), {{ISBN|0-06-057146-2}}
US television ratings
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! Episodes ! Start Date ! End Date ! Nielsen Rank ! Tied With |
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| style="text-align:center" | 1983-84
| style="text-align:center" | 9 (2 Unaired) | style="text-align:center" | October 8, 1983 | style="text-align:center" | December 31, 1983 | style="text-align:center" | 97 | style="text-align:center" | 8.7 | style="text-align:center" | N/A |
Episodes
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| Title = In the Eye of the Hurricane
| DirectedBy = Kevin Hooks
| WrittenBy = Larry Mollin
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| Title = From the Smallest Crystal, From the Smallest Stone
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| Title = It Ain't Braggin' If You Done It
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0085002}}
- {{epguides|id=CuttertoHouston}}
Category:1983 American television series debuts
Category:1983 American television series endings
Category:1980s American medical drama television series
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series by MGM Television
Category:Television shows set in Houston
Category:CBS television dramas
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