Shelley's second foray into series TV was Cutter to Houston. It was about three young doctors recruited to run a small hospital in the fictional rural town of Cutter, Texas. Shelley played Dr. Beth Gilbert, an ambitious surgeon who aspired to practice at a big hospital in Houston. The series was aired in Germany in 1988 as Die Texas-Klinik (The Texas Clinic) and was a huge hit. Many German-language magazines featured covers and writeups about Shelley in 1988, and one of them was Bild + Funk (Image + Radio). Their August 1988 issue had Shelley on the cover and a promo/writeup called "Drei Ärzte für Texas" ("Three Doctors For Texas") inside the mag. Unfortunately, the short run of the series in the US limited the episodes to just nine in total. It left German fans wanting more.
