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8. Chance

Chance Hugh Laurie
Hulu

Air Date: October 19

Hugh Laurie as a doctor? There's a good chance this'll work.

Hulu are yet to really make a big splash with their original programming, despite a few fair efforts, and this represents their latest attempt. Created by Kem Nunn (Deadwood) and Alexandra Cunningham (Rome), and based on Nunn's book of the same name, it'll star Laurie as a San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist.

After House, Laurie was understandably reluctant to play another doctor, but was drawn to the character's sense of melancholy. The series will focus on his character, Dr Eldon Chance, who is drawn by one of his patients (Gretchen Mol's Jaclyn Blackstone) into a world of mistaken identity, mental illness, and police corruption.

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