Kay O'Brien
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Kay O'Brien is an American
television
series set at fictional Manhattan General Hospital, that aired for one season on CBS
during the 1986-87 television season.
as Dr. Kay "Kayo" O'Brien in what could be best described as a Grey's Anatomy
for the '80s. CBS had high hopes for this multi-racial medical drama but nevertheless cancelled it after airing just 9 episodes.
Lifetime bought the rights to the entire series and has occasionally aired all 13 episodes.
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series set at fictional Manhattan General Hospital, that aired for one season on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
during the 1986-87 television season.
Overview
The series starred Patricia KalemberPatricia Kalember
Patricia Kathryn Kalember is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig on the NBC drama Sisters , Susannah Hart Shepherd on the popular 1980s television show Thirtysomething and as Judge Karen Taten on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .- Life and...
as Dr. Kay "Kayo" O'Brien in what could be best described as a Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
for the '80s. CBS had high hopes for this multi-racial medical drama but nevertheless cancelled it after airing just 9 episodes.
Lifetime bought the rights to the entire series and has occasionally aired all 13 episodes.
Cast
- Patricia KalemberPatricia KalemberPatricia Kathryn Kalember is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Georgiana "Georgie" Reed Whitsig on the NBC drama Sisters , Susannah Hart Shepherd on the popular 1980s television show Thirtysomething and as Judge Karen Taten on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .- Life and...
as Dr. Kay "Kayo" O'Brien - Brian Benben as Dr. Mark Doyle
- Jan RubesJan RubesJan Ladislav Rubeš CM was a Czech-Canadian bass opera singer and actor.-Life and career:Rubeš was born in Volyně, Czechoslovakia, the son of Ružena and Jan Rubeš. Not too long after World War II, he graduated from the Prague Conservatoire and joined the Prague Opera House as a bass singer...
as Dr. Joseph Wallach - Lane SmithLane SmithWalter Lane Smith III was an American actor. Some of his well known roles included portraying collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,...
as Dr. Robert Moffit - Priscilla LopezPriscilla LopezPriscilla Lopez is an American singer, dancer, and actress.-Early life:Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York to Francisco Lopez, a hotel banquet foreman and Laura , who were moved to New York from their native Puerto Rico...
as Rosa Villanueva, RN - Keone YoungKeone YoungKeone J. Young is an American character actor. His father is Chinese and his mother is Japanese.He has been prolific in his character work and has made numerous guest appearances on such varied television series as Diff'rent Strokes, The Golden Girls, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Family Matters,...
as Dr. Michael Kwan - Tony SoperTony Soper (American actor)Tony Soper is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing rookie Dr. Cliff Margolis on the short-lived multi-ethnic medical drama Kay O'Brien, which aired in the fall of 1986 on CBS. After a decade, Soper quit acting and went to work for Microsoft Corporation.-Filmography:-External...
as Dr. Cliff Margolis
Episodes
| Episode # | Episode description | Episode note |
|---|---|---|
| Episode #1: Kayo on Call | A second-year surgical resident deals with patients and staff at a Manhattan hospital. | Original Air Date — 25 September 1986 |
| Episode #2: Don't Bother Kayo It's Chinatown | A Chinatown merchant is wounded in a shootout and needs a kidney transplant, and his brain-dead assailant may be the only suitable donor; Kayo's parents breeze into town. | Original Air Date — 2 October 1986 |
| Episode #3: Big Vacation | Kayo treats two emergency patients: a young woman who refuses surgery for religious reasons, and a terminally ill photojournalist who wants to get the most out of his remaining days. | Original Air Date — 9 October 1986 |
| Episode #4: Taking the Heat | Rosa spots a potential problem with a doctor's orders and Kayo later supports the doctor. | Original Air Date — 16 October 1986 |
| Episode #5: A Foreign Concept | Wallach's best friend suffers a mild stroke but insists he doesn't need to be hospitalized; misunderstandings abound with a Sri Lankan physician anxious to learn about American surgery techniques. | Original Air Date — 23 October 1986 |
| Episode #6: Lesson Learned | Kayo turns to an old friend for consolation after losing a patient; Cliff becomes the object of ridicule among his peers; Moffitt considers a position with another institution. | Original Air Date — 30 October 1986 |
| Episode #7: Princess of the City | A wealthy suitor brings excitement to Kayo's social life, while a stern pediatrician frustrates her life at the hospital; a psychiatrist takes an unusual interest in Cliff's genes. | Original Air Date — 6 November 1986 |
| Episode #8: Dollars and Sense | A street punk dukes it out with Doyle after the doctor insults his ailing mother; a male nurse learns there are drawbacks to dating Dr. O'Brien | Original Air Date — 13 November 1986 |
| Episode #9: Behind Closed Doors | The ER is quarantined, which prevents Kayo from going to her sister's wedding, detains Doyle's accountant and jeopardizes a sick runaway. | Original Air Date — 20 November 1986 |
| Episode #10: Wreck the Halls | General during the midst of the Christmas season. | Original Air Date — 1986 |
| Episode #11: Little White Lies | Cliff puts a patient's life at risk when, concentrating more on his social life than on work, he fails to prescribe an essential medication, and Kayo takes the blame. | Original Air Date — 1986 |
| Episode #12: Reunion | Kayo faces a dilemma in obstetrics: whether to save the life of her patient or the patient's unborn child. | Original Air Date — 1986 |
| Episode #13: Stop and Smell the Linen | A workaholic clothing designer refuses treatment after collapsing at the hospital; without official sanction, Nat sets up shop in the linen closet to sell imported goods. | Original Air Date — 1986 |