For most physicians, the Hippocratic oath is sacred. But for one Chicago doctor, who is indebted to the mafia, saving lives isn’t her only concern. The Mob Doctor is a fast-paced medical drama focusing on a young female surgeon caught between two worlds as she juggles her promising medical career with her family’s debt to Chicago’s Southside mob.

Dr. Grace Devlin is a top resident at Chicago’s Roosevelt Medical Center. Smart and self-assured, she’s heralded as one of the country’s most promising young surgeons. But family ties keep her glued to her Southside roots. To pay off her brother’s life-threatening gambling debt, she makes a deal with the devil and agrees to work "off book" for the mafia men she once despised.

At the hospital, Grace must deal with emotionally compelling cases — a young woman in need of a heart transplant, a family decimated by a hit-and-run driver, the mass chaos in the wake of an ‘L’ train collision. But in her other vastly different world, she must juggle an onslaught of mob-related demands, including operating in illegal backrooms, treating hit men hiding from the law, performing emergency surgery on a high-end call girl, even saving a juiced-up race horse... 

Josh Berman (Drop Dead Diva, Bones, CSI), Rob Wright (Drop Dead Diva) (creators)

I've had a crush on Jordana Spiro since her days on The Huntress. I don't know if she can carry a show this large, but I'm interested in finding out. There's a solid supporting cast and, surprisingly, the concept actually seems reasonably fresh, especially for broadcast. It's got a shot, no pun intended.