New Lesbian Project for L Words Chaiken

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New Lesbian Project for 's Chaiken
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          Nov 24, 2010
          
        
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There's life after The L Word -- Ilene Chaiken, the creator of the fictional series and its reality spin-off, is developing a scripted hour-long show for CBS about a lesbian doctor.
Chaiken's show is called Rhodes to Recovery, and it centers around a gay female trauma surgeon and her colleague, a straight male neurosurgeon. One of the doctors begins dating the other's ex-wife, complicating the surgeons' relationship. 
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