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    From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 19:35:46 2025
    https://deadline.com/2025/07/abigail-spencer-cast-fox-best-medicine-1236451192/

    Abigail Spencer Joins Cast Of Fox Medical Comedy ‘Best Medicine’

    By Rosy Cordero
    July 7, 2025 1:00pm

    Abigail Spencer (Suits, How I Met Your Mother) is joining Josh Charles as
    leads of the new Fox medical comedy Best Medicine, based on the popular
    British series Doc Martin. Production will take place this summer in
    upstate New York.

    Best Medicine is a one-hour comedy series that centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career
    in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt
    and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong
    way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer); however, tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people
    who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

    Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he’s really just desperate to be left the hell alone. Instead, he keeps getting dragged right smack into the middle of their
    personal chaos, feuds and fantasies. What the locals don’t know is that Martin’s terse demeanor masks a debilitating new phobia and deep-seated psychological issues that prevent him from experiencing true intimacy with anyone. But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and
    the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

    Spencer’s character, Louisa, is also described as a warm, charming teacher who immediately gets off on the wrong foot with Martin, yet she’s intrigued by him.

    Best Medicine is produced by Fox Entertainment Studios and
    executive-produced by Ben Silverman (The Office, U.S.), Rodney Ferrell
    (Stick), Howard T. Owens (Stick), Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City), Mark
    Crowdy (Doc Martin) and Philippa Braithwaite (Doc Martin). The series is distributed worldwide by Fox Entertainment Global. All3Media
    International’s Doc Martin was produced in the UK by Buffalo Pictures in association with Homerun Film Productions, and brought to American
    audiences by Propagate Content.

    Spencer is repped by UTA, Untitled, and Hansen Jacobsen.


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  • From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 9 21:54:48 2025
    On 7/9/25 7:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    https://deadline.com/2025/07/abigail-spencer-cast-fox-best-medicine-1236451192/

    Abigail Spencer Joins Cast Of Fox Medical Comedy ‘Best Medicine’

    By Rosy Cordero
    July 7, 2025 1:00pm

    Abigail Spencer (Suits, How I Met Your Mother) is joining Josh Charles as leads of the new Fox medical comedy Best Medicine, based on the popular British series Doc Martin. Production will take place this summer in
    upstate New York.

    The irony is, I barely remember her on AMC (she was on c. 2000, so that
    was 25 years ago!).

    But what did she do on Lifetime?! I seriously don't remember her doing
    anything on Lifetime.

    Best Medicine is a one-hour comedy series that centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career
    in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer); however, tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people
    who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

    [snip]

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Wed Jul 9 22:43:44 2025
    Ian J. Ball <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On 7/9/25 7:35 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

    https://deadline.com/2025/07/abigail-spencer-cast-fox-best-medicine-1236451192/

    Abigail Spencer Joins Cast Of Fox Medical Comedy ‘Best Medicine’

    By Rosy Cordero
    July 7, 2025 1:00pm

    Abigail Spencer (Suits, How I Met Your Mother) is joining Josh Charles as
    leads of the new Fox medical comedy Best Medicine, based on the popular
    British series Doc Martin. Production will take place this summer in
    upstate New York.

    The irony is, I barely remember her on AMC (she was on c. 2000, so that
    was 25 years ago!).

    But what did she do on Lifetime?! I seriously don't remember her doing anything on Lifetime.

    I didn’t recognize her photo when Robin posted this article so I asked Siri who she was and got the reply that she was known for her work in soap
    operas and Lifetime movies. So I thought of you.

    Checking back she hasn’t been in many movies mostly episodic television,
    but I see no way to know if a movie is a lifetime movie.

    What I should have remembered her from is both TIMELESS (hard to believe
    that was almost 10 years ago) and COWBOYS AND ALIENS which I watched just
    the other night.

    OK, I finally got this out of Google AI:

    Abigail Spencer has starred in several movies for Lifetime, including "Introducing Lennie Rose" (2006) and "Grace" (2011). Additionally, she
    appeared in the TV movie "Backyards & Bullets" (2007).

    Here's a more detailed list:

    Introducing Lennie Rose (2006):
    A dramedy where she plays the titular character, a struggling singer-songwriter.

    Grace (2011):
    A drama about a dysfunctional family in the professional dance world.

    Backyards & Bullets (2007):
    A TV movie where she plays a character in a suburban neighborhood watch
    group.

    Angela's Eyes (2006):
    A short-lived crime drama series for Lifetime, where she played the lead
    role.


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