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Necessary Roughness

  • TV Series
  • 2011–20132011–2013
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h
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John Stamos and Callie Thorne in Necessary Roughness (2011)
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A Long Island psychotherapist's personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist... Read allA Long Island psychotherapist's personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others living in the s... Read allA Long Island psychotherapist's personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others living in the spotlight clamor for her unique brand of tough-love therapy during their moments of crisis.... Read all

IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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  • Creators
    • Elizabeth Kruger
    • Craig Shapiro
  • Stars
    • Callie Thorne
    • Scott Cohen
    • Mehcad Brooks
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  • Creators
    • Elizabeth Kruger
    • Craig Shapiro
  • Stars
    • Callie Thorne
    • Scott Cohen
    • Mehcad Brooks
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    • 9User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 4 nominations

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    Callie Thorne
    Callie Thorne
    • Dani Santinoas Dani Santino
    38 episodes38 eps • 2011–2013
    Scott Cohen
    Scott Cohen
    • Nico Carelesas Nico Careles
    38 episodes38 eps • 2011–2013
    Mehcad Brooks
    Mehcad Brooks
    • Terrence Kingas Terrence King
    38 episodes38 eps • 2011–2013
    Marc Blucas
    Marc Blucas
    • Matthew Donnallyas Matthew Donnally
    29 episodes29 eps • 2011–2013
    Hannah Marks
    Hannah Marks
    • Lindsay Santinoas Lindsay Santino
    29 episodes29 eps • 2011–2013
    Patrick Johnson
    Patrick Johnson
    • Ray Santino Jr.as Ray Santino Jr.
    28 episodes28 eps • 2011–2013
    Gregory Alan Williams
    Gregory Alan Williams
    • Coach Pat Purnellas Coach Pat Purnell
    28 episodes28 eps • 2011–2013
    Brandon S.K. Porter
    • Demetrius Cooksas Demetrius Cooks
    23 episodes23 eps • 2011–2013
    Jaye Tyroff
    Jaye Tyroff
    • Football Playeras Football Player
    12 episodes12 eps • 2011
    Amanda Detmer
    Amanda Detmer
    • Jeanette Fieroas Jeanette Fiero
    11 episodes11 eps • 2011–2013
    Karissa Lee Staples
    Karissa Lee Staples
    • Palomaas Paloma
    10 episodes10 eps • 2013
    John Stamos
    John Stamos
    • Connor McClaneas Connor McClane
    10 episodes10 eps • 2013
    Marcus Lewis
    Marcus Lewis
    • Reggie Clarkas Reggie Clark…
    10 episodes10 eps • 2012–2013
    Holly Lynch
    Holly Lynch
    • Jasmineas Jasmine
    10 episodes10 eps • 2013
    Carlito Arias
    Carlito Arias
    • Football Playeras Football Player
    10 episodes10 eps • 2011
    DuRa Brown10 episodes10 eps • 2012–2013
    Greg Clarkson
    Greg Clarkson
    • Reporter #1as Reporter #1…
    9 episodes9 eps • 2011–2013
    Karen Henning
    • V3 Agentas V3 Agent
    9 episodes9 eps • 2013
    • Creators
      • Elizabeth Kruger
      • Craig Shapiro
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    Storyline

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    A Long Island psychotherapist's personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work, Dr. Dani Santino soon finds herself as the most sought-after therapist for high-profile clients. Athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others living in the spotlight clamor for her unique brand of tough-love therapy during their moments of crisis. Her career is re-energized, but it wreaks havoc on her life as a newly-minted single mom of two teenagers. —USA Network Publicity
    • therapy
    • therapist client relationship
    • psychotherapy
    • sports coach
    • football player
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Romance
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      • TV-PG
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    • Trivia
      During the opening credits of each episode, the object under Dani's foot represents the focus of the episode. If she is working with the football team it will show a football, a car for the race car driver, and poker chips for the professional poker player.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012)

    User reviews9

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    7/10
    I like the characters
    Dani Santino (Callie Thorne) is a suburban mom who is picking up the pieces of her life. She's divorcing her cheating husband. Her teenage kids (Hannah Marks, Patrick Johnson) are becoming a handful. A professional football team is having trouble with their wide receiver TK (Mehcad Brooks) and they call in the suburban psychotherapist to help. There's the hot trainer Matthew Donnally (Marc Blucas) and the mysterious fixer Nico Careles (Scott Cohen) on the team.

    I like most of the characters even the standard annoying teenage kids. I like the love triangle they set up. I really like TK. The first two seasons is basically a serial where Dani works on TK and everything else as well as a procedural where Dani treats a new client every week. There are a lot of changes in the third season. The football team is sidelines when she's fired from the team. The family is gone when the kids leave. The love triangle is gone. Only TK and Nico remain while they add John Stamos as the sports agent guru Connor McClane. It's an understandable Hail Mary to revitalize a borderline show but it's ultimately a failure. The last season is cut to only 10 episodes. It was a nice show before the change. It wasn't a bad show after the change either. It just lost too many characters that the fans care about.
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    • Release date
      • June 29, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Terapia de choque
    • Filming locations
      • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Still Married Productions
      • Universal Cable Productions
      • Sony Pictures Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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