Kauffman will serve as executive producer for the TV drama/comedy, which has been enjoying a successful run in Britain since 2004.

The U.K. version stars Martin Clunes as a successful yet abrasive surgeon who abruptly leaves his London practice and moves to a small seaside town to become a general practitioner.

Doc Martin, which begins its seventh season this autumn (15), already airs in more than 200 territories around the world and has been adapted and produced in seven countries, including Germany, France and Spain.