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My Boys star Jordana Spiro makes the leap from cable comedy to prime-time drama with the new Fox series The Mob Doctor, and the actress came to TCA today to talk about the show with her costars and showrunners. Spiro plays Grace Devlin, a doctor forced into doing the dirty work for the Chicago mob in exchange for keeping her family safe, a premise that executive producer Rob Wright describes as being like "E.R. meets The Sopranos." Those are two iconic series to live up to, but here's what the panelists had to say to back up that idea.

• Cocreator Wright supported his comparison to E.R. and The Sopranos by saying that the intersection of the doctors and the mob members gives them "both high brow and regular people," while his fellow creator Josh Berman said that the character of Grace will have her morality compromised. In case you're worried that it will take Grace a whiIe before she gets her hands dirty, Berman assured us that "something will make Grace step over the line" within the first few episodes.
• Even though Spiro is known for her comedy My Boys, it sounds like she's happy to be doing drama. She described her younger self as "kind of emo" who fancied herself a dramatic actress, "but fell into comedy."
• Lots of deaths come with the territory of a mob show, but the other characters who play doctors and nurses aren't safe just because they're not directly tied to the mob. Zach Gilford, who plays a fellow doctor and love interest for Grace, explained, "We're all expendable in a mob world," while Floriana Lima, who plays a nurse, said she wanted to be put in danger: "I'd like to be involved with the mob stuff."
• So, are there mob doctors in the real world? Wright and Berman did research about their very existence when they had the idea for this show and found a book called Il Dottore, about a real-life doctor who worked with the Mafia. The studio bought the rights to the book, which then provided some more inspiration for the series.

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At last week's Winter TCA, I checked out the panel for Shonda Rhimes's latest series Off the Map, about a group of young doctors who try to save lives in the South American rain forest. Afterward, I sat down with Friday Night Lights alum Zach Gilford, who plays one of the eager physicians, Tommy, a role that's a pretty far cry from football star Matt Saracen. We chatted about his new TV series vs. his old one, living in paradise to shoot Off the Map, and naturally, how often he'll be shirtless.

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The trailer for Dare starts out like it's going to be a typical high school flick: three seniors on the verge of graduation (and adulthood) each has his or her identity challenged. The three are nice girl Alexa (Emmy Rossum), Ben (Ashley Springer), and bad boy Johnny (Zach Gilford, somehow looking even more adorable than he did in Post Grad). Of course, their emerging identities — being as complicated as they are — muddle each relationship. Rossum, channeling Rachel from Glee, plays a precocious good girl trying to go bad surprisingly well, and both guys' roles look to hold some depth. Add in supporting players like Alan Cumming, Ana Gasteyer, and Sandra Bernhard, and you have my attention.

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The big elephant in the room while watching Post Grad is that the plot seems like it's totally zeitgeist-y, but it's actually not. A young woman (Alexis Bledel) can't seem to get a job despite her qualifications and languishes in unemployment. Unemployment! Super timely, right? But no, there is no mention of the current recession that's keeping a lot of the brilliantly competent out of work, which solidifies that this movie must have been made quite a while ago. Adding to my suspicion is the fact that Bledel's character Ryden does all her job hunting with a red pen and a newspaper. In 2009. In LA.

Once you're past the faux timeliness, however, the movie becomes surprisingly enjoyable. Is it Alexis Bledel channeling a less-successful Rory Gilmore? Not so much, though she is believable and irritatingly adorable. More than anything, the fun of this movie lies in the strength and comedy chops of the supporting cast. To hear what I thought of it all, just read more