St. Elsewhere (1982)

Genre

comedy drama, medical drama

Country

United States

Length

6 seasons, 137 episodes

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The series follows teaching doctors and their interns at an aging, rundown Boston hospital as they wrestle with tough medical decisions and personal dilemmas. The show uses an ensemble cast and overlapping storylines to depict the grittiness of hospital life.

grittyrealisticweightysombertensemelancholicclinicalserious

What happens

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series stars Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, and William Daniels as teaching doctors at an aging, run-down Boston hospital who give interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises, which had success with a similar NBC series, the police drama Hill Street Blues, during that same time. The series were often compared to each other for their use of ensemble casts and overlapping serialized storylines (an original ad for St. Elsewhere quoted a critic that called the series "Hill Street Blues in a hospital"). Recognized for its gritty, realistic drama, St. Elsewhere gained a small yet loyal following (the series never ranked higher than 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings) over its six-season, 137-episode run; however, the series also found a strong audience in Nielsen's 18–49 age demographic, a demo later known as a young, affluent audience that TV advertisers were eager to reach. The series also earned critical acclaim during its run, earning 13 Emmy Awards for its writing, acting, and directing, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest television shows of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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