Anastasia Griffiths has joined the cast of “Royal Pains”

According to Entertainment Weekly, Anastasia Griffiths has signed up for a recurring role on the USA Network show.

She will reportedly play Dr. Emily Peck & will be introduced on the programme’s upcoming second season when she is hired as a temporary replacement for Hank (Mark Feuerstein).

It has previously been announced that actor Henry Winkler has also joined the show as the father of Hank and Evan (Paulo Costanzo).

The second season of “Royal Pains” is expected to premiere on June 3.

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Royal Pains is a USA cable network television series starring Mark Feuerstein about a young E.R. doctor who, after being wrongly blamed for a patient’s death, moves to the Hamptons and becomes the reluctant “doctor for hire” to the rich and famous. When the administrator of the local hospital asks him to treat the town’s less fortunate, he finds himself walking the line between doing well for himself and doing good for others. The series is based in part on actual concierge medicine practices of independent doctors and companies like Concierge Medicine/LA, Direct Care Group, MDVIP, MD_Squared and others. The pilot was filmed on location on Long Island, New York in spring and fall of 2008. The Hollywood Reporter reported on January 5 that the series was picked up for a 12-episode season. The theme song is “Independence” by the Danish band The Blue Van. On July 28, 2009, it was renewed for a second season consisting of 16 episodes beginning in Summer 2010.  The pilot was directed by Jace Alexander, who also filmed the pilot of Burn Notice, another USA show, which airs in the hour before Royal Pains. Andrew Lenchewski wrote the pilot and Rich and Paul Frank executive produced the project, with Lenchewski co-executive producing and John Rogers producing.