Emily Rose Lands Lead In USA’s Operating Instructions

TV Guide reports that Emily Rose has landed the lead role in the new USA Network series Operating Instructions, lifting the cast-contingency on the project. Instructions centers on a female trauma surgeon who returns home from two overseas tours of duty to take a post as head of surgery at a military hospital. It’s an “out of the fire, into the frying pan” thing as Rose’s doctor quickly discovers she’ll need more than battlefield experience to prevail over bureaucracy, all the while negotiating an unexpected romance. Last TV season, Rose played Brothers & Sisters’ Lena (who bedded both Tommy and Justin Walker in short order) and also enjoyed a multi-episode run on CBS’ Jericho.