It starred William Fichtner as Dr. Bruce Kellerman, Jane Lynch as Aileen Poole, and John Hannah as Dr. Robert Dalgety.

With the help of Dr. Quinn Joyner and Dr. Maggie Yang, they buck the system any way they can in pursuit of the care patients need and deserve.

Together with Nurse "Doctor" Poole, they are more concerned with the bottom line than patients' health.

The show was pitched by Gary Tieche to ABC under the working title The Oath.

Twelve episodes were filmed, and they were aired out of order, which some blame for the ratings decline evident during its run.