''Cutter to Houston'' is an American

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starring

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, Jim Metzler, and

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that aired on

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on Saturday night from October 1 to December 31, 1983 at 8 p.m Eastern time. The series was created by

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Synopsis

''Cutter to Houston'' is set at Cutter Community Hospital in the small town of Cutter, Texas, sixty miles from

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. The series stars

as surgeon Dr. Beth Gilbert, Jim Metzler as Dr. Andy Fenton, and

as Dr. Hal Wexler, a GP under probation for writing illegal prescriptions. ''Cutter to Houston'' aired on Saturdays at 8:00 PM Eastern. Due to low ratings, it was canceled after seven episodes and was replaced by '' Whiz Kids''.

Cast

* Jim Metzler as Dr. Andy Fenton *

as Dr. Beth Gilbert *

as Dr. Hal Wexler * K Callan as Connie Buford * Noble Willingham as Mayor Warren Jarvis * Susan Styles as Nurse Patty Alvarez

Notable guest appearance

In a 1983 episode, Chad Allen, then 9 years of age, "played a kid who got hurt and had to be given mouth-to-mouth and carried to the waiting chopper by Dr. Hal Wexler." Years later, Chad reminisced that "I thought it was the greatest job I had ever gotten," because Alec Baldwin was Dr. Wexler.''When I Knew'' (2005),

US television ratings

Episodes

References

External links

* * 1983 American television series debuts 1983 American television series endings 1980s American medical drama television series American English-language television shows Television series by MGM Television Television shows set in Houston CBS television dramas {{US-drama-tv-prog-stub