City of Angels (TV series)

infobox television
show_name = City of Angels


caption =
format = Drama
runtime = 60 min.
creator = Steven Bochco
Paris Barclay
Nicholas Wootton
starring = Blair Underwood
Vivica A. Fox
Michael Warren
Hill Harper
Gabrielle Union
Maya Rudolph
Kyle Secor
country = USA
executive_producer = Kevin Hooks
Steven Bochco
network = CBS
opentheme = Performed by:
Amy Keys (Season 1)
Brian McKnight (Season 2)
camera =
first_aired = January 16 2000
last_aired = December 21 2000
num_episodes = 24 (1 unaired)
num_seasons = 2
tv_com_id = 243
imdb_id = 0204765
website =

City Of Angels, a television show which ran for two seasons during the year 2000, was network television's first predominantly African American medical drama. The show centered around the professional and personal lives of the doctors and nurses at Angels of Mercy Hospital in Los Angeles, California. While the show brought about familiar faces (Vivica A. Fox, Blair Underwood, and Michael Warren) it was a launching point for actors Hill Harper (who in a controversial episode, was on screen with his buttocks exposed), Gabrielle Union, and "Saturday Night Live" 's Maya Rudolph. During the second season, Les Moonves, president of CBS, wanted to cancel the show, and many members of the African-American community began a letter-writing campaign (a la "Living Single") but to no avail. The show was canceled in December 2000.

Cast

* Blair Underwood as Dr. Ben Turner
* Vivica A. Fox as Dr. Lillian Price (Season 1)
* Michael Warren as Ron Harris
* Hill Harper as Dr. Wesley Williams
* Phil Buckman as Dr. Geoffrey Weiss
* T.E. Russell as Dr. Arthur Jackson
* Viola Davis as Nurse Lynette Peeler
* Maya Rudolph as Nurse Grace Patterson (Season 1, recurring thereafter)
* Robert Morse as Edwin "Ed" O'Malley (Season 1, recurring thereafter)
* Gabrielle Union as Dr. Courtney Ellis (Season 2)
* Kyle Secor as Dr. Raleigh Stewart (Season 2)
* Tamara Taylor as Dr. Ana Syphax (recurring)
* Harold Sylvester as Wendell Loman (recurring)