Despite young stars like Shelly Hack, Jim Metzler and Alec Baldwin, Cutter to Houston only survived for three short months on CBS. The show was based upon a medical clinic in the town on Cutter, Texas 60 miles from Houston. The three doctors were serving the small Texas town's clinic for very different reasons. Ms. Hack (Dr. Beth Gilbert) was serving an apprenticeship while Alec Baldwin (Dr. Hal Wexler) was busy serving a probation brought on by charges of writing illegal prescriptions. Jim Metzler played the young surgeon Dr. Andy Fenton.moreless