But as soon as I created the two main characters and began examining the issues exploding in women's medicine today, it became very clear to me that this was something that I had never seen before on television. I went back to Whoopi and we talked about the characters and the world I'd created. We both realized we had something special.
Medical technology is the breakthrough story of the century.
Still, there's been a real renaissance in women's medicine, after being ignored for so long. This is discussed in the pilot episode and it's an absolute fact that, until recently, all medical research was based on the 70-kilogram man. There was no consideration for women's hormones or lifestyle. Now that we can combine all of this incredible medical knowledge with the ability to treat women's bodies, there are so many things to discover. When I sit down to develop a show, it's important to me to create characters that people want to have in their living room every week.