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Getting On

TV·2013–2015·HBO·Comedy, Medical·30m·7.1·Created by Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer

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From creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, the series follows the daily lives of nurses and doctors as they struggle with the darkly comic realities of caring for the elderly in an overwhelmed healthcare system, skewering the petty bureaucracies of modern medical practice in America.

Cast

Alex BorsteinAlex BorsteinDawn ForchetteLaurie MetcalfLaurie MetcalfJenna JamesMel RodriguezMel RodriguezPatsy De La SerdaNiecy NashNiecy NashDiDi Ortley

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