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From creator Jennie Snyder Urman, Emily Owens, M.D. is a new medical drama that takes Mean Girls to the hospital.

Fresh out of med school, Emily Owens (Mamie Gummer) is a first-year surgical intern at Denver Memorial Hospital. She thinks she’s left the petty rivalries of high school behind, but she quickly finds out how wrong she is: Her med-school crush, Will Rider (Justin Hartley), is also an intern — as well as her high school nemesis, the gorgeous, popular Cassandra Kopelson (Aja Naomi King).

Premiere date: Tuesday, October 16 at 9/8c

Watch the preview.