There's life after The L Word  and The Real 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.

This is actually great for Chaiken and CBS, a network that received a poor rating from GLAAD for LGBT visibility - that is until The Good Wife introduced the sexually fluid Kalinda.

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