Kathryn VanArendonk

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...

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...

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...

A situation where a black woman comes in and she is experiencing an incredible painful crisis because she's having a sickle cell crisis. And she is instead assumed to be drug seeking. Stop fighting.

A situation where a black woman comes in and she is experiencing an incredible painful crisis because she's having a sickle cell crisis. And she is instead assumed to be drug seeking. Stop fighting.

A situation where a black woman comes in and she is experiencing an incredible painful crisis because she's having a sickle cell crisis. And she is instead assumed to be drug seeking. Stop fighting.

Later in the season, there is a measles case, and this becomes a big and very fraught discussion about vaccines.