Kathryn VanArendonk

Look, there's a lot of options for people. If you prefer your medical dramas to be not in English, there's also Berlin ER on Apple TV Plus that's quite good. And like The Pit, that's kind of the vibe of Berlin ER. But if you're like not that kind of not in English, there are also several Korean, new Korean medical shows on Netflix, too. So again, you're hurting for choice, really.

Dr. Odyssey is the new Ryan Murphy show on ABC. And in that, Joshua Jackson is a super hot daddy doctor. And he wears pristine white uniforms and yet somehow cares for people's blood and other liquids. And there's threesomes. Like, that's kind of the vibe of that show. Oh!

Dr. Odyssey is the new Ryan Murphy show on ABC. And in that, Joshua Jackson is a super hot daddy doctor. And he wears pristine white uniforms and yet somehow cares for people's blood and other liquids. And there's threesomes. Like, that's kind of the vibe of that show. Oh!

Dr. Odyssey is the new Ryan Murphy show on ABC. And in that, Joshua Jackson is a super hot daddy doctor. And he wears pristine white uniforms and yet somehow cares for people's blood and other liquids. And there's threesomes. Like, that's kind of the vibe of that show. Oh!

Well, fingers crossed.

Well, fingers crossed.

Well, fingers crossed.

So there are, I think, a couple of reasons why we're suddenly seeing all these medical dramas. One is that TV just tends to go through trends, right? And we have been in this period where there are tons and tons of There's been this huge proliferation of the Dick Wolf style shows, but the medical drama has always also been a TV mainstay.

So there are, I think, a couple of reasons why we're suddenly seeing all these medical dramas. One is that TV just tends to go through trends, right? And we have been in this period where there are tons and tons of There's been this huge proliferation of the Dick Wolf style shows, but the medical drama has always also been a TV mainstay.

So there are, I think, a couple of reasons why we're suddenly seeing all these medical dramas. One is that TV just tends to go through trends, right? And we have been in this period where there are tons and tons of There's been this huge proliferation of the Dick Wolf style shows, but the medical drama has always also been a TV mainstay.

But the dial has just been turned a little bit more toward cop drama. I would say, in the last decade or so. I do also think that there is this moment in Hollywood and sort of politically where it's like, hmm, how are we feeling about cop dramas right now? They used to be the great American pastime, watching somebody get murdered and then somebody else be like, you did it.

But the dial has just been turned a little bit more toward cop drama. I would say, in the last decade or so. I do also think that there is this moment in Hollywood and sort of politically where it's like, hmm, how are we feeling about cop dramas right now? They used to be the great American pastime, watching somebody get murdered and then somebody else be like, you did it.

But the dial has just been turned a little bit more toward cop drama. I would say, in the last decade or so. I do also think that there is this moment in Hollywood and sort of politically where it's like, hmm, how are we feeling about cop dramas right now? They used to be the great American pastime, watching somebody get murdered and then somebody else be like, you did it.

But we are currently in this moment where everyone is like, are cop dramas – is this a partisan thing now? How do I feel about this? And network TV wants to be a big bucket. It wants to get everybody in. And the medical drama does not have those same kinds of political associations. Now, a show like The Pit, I would argue, is –

But we are currently in this moment where everyone is like, are cop dramas – is this a partisan thing now? How do I feel about this? And network TV wants to be a big bucket. It wants to get everybody in. And the medical drama does not have those same kinds of political associations. Now, a show like The Pit, I would argue, is –

But we are currently in this moment where everyone is like, are cop dramas – is this a partisan thing now? How do I feel about this? And network TV wants to be a big bucket. It wants to get everybody in. And the medical drama does not have those same kinds of political associations. Now, a show like The Pit, I would argue, is –

radically political but we just sort of as a national discourse have not turned to the medical drama and been like this is where the culture war is happening and so it is this political procedural safe haven for tv right now tell people how the pit is is radically political Yeah.

radically political but we just sort of as a national discourse have not turned to the medical drama and been like this is where the culture war is happening and so it is this political procedural safe haven for tv right now tell people how the pit is is radically political Yeah.

radically political but we just sort of as a national discourse have not turned to the medical drama and been like this is where the culture war is happening and so it is this political procedural safe haven for tv right now tell people how the pit is is radically political Yeah.

So The Pit, because it takes place in the ER hour by hour, and because its co-creators and writers make this really deliberate choice to be focusing on the stories of the patients who come in, not the personal lives of the doctors, the cases that show up on The Pit are things like...