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Necessary Roughness

TV·2011–2013·USA Network·Drama, Comedy·1h·7.1

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Necessary Roughness focuses on tough sexy Long Island divorcee Dani who re-energizes her life and career when she becomes a therapist for a professional football team. Underestimated at every turn, she succeeds beyond all expectations and soon finds herself the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, musicians, politicians and others living in the spotlight - all in a moment of crisis - clamor for her unique brand of tough love therapy. As a newly single mom raising two teenagers, her start-up practice wreaks havoc on her life. But recognizing that she's changing people's lives for the better, she is determined to make her new career work by striking a balance between her personal and professional worlds.

Cast

Callie ThorneCallie ThorneDanielle SantinoMarc BlucasMarc BlucasMatthew DonnallyScott CohenScott CohenNico CarelesMehcad BrooksMehcad BrooksTerrence "T.K." KingHannah MarksHannah MarksLindsay SantinoJohn StamosJohn StamosConnor McClanePatrick JohnsonPatrick JohnsonRay Santino Jr.Karissa Lee StaplesKarissa Lee StaplesPaloma

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