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The Good Doctor (2017)

  • Drama
  • 7 seasons
  • 12 age guide
  • ★ 8.5/10 from 12,935 ratings

Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.

Created byDavid Shore

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  1. 01

    House

    Same creator

    2004 · 44 min · Drama

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    Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong shared themes: hospital and medical
    • similar audience response
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  2. 02

    Code Black

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    2015 · 45 min · Drama

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    Inspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confront a challenged system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  3. 03

    Grey's Anatomy

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    2005 · Drama

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    Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle's Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • similar audience response
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  4. 04

    Private Practice

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    2007 · 42 min · Drama

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    Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: ABC Studios
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  5. 05

    Chicago Med

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    2015 · Drama

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    An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    New Amsterdam

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    2018 · Drama

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    The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 07

    Sneaky Pete

    Same creator

    2015 · Crime · Drama

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    A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 08

    Hawthorne

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    2009 · Drama

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    Christina Hawthorne is a compassionate and headstrong Chief Nursing Officer heading up a group of dedicated nurses at Richmond Trinity Hospital on the hospital's front lines. She does everything in her power to help her patients. When necessary, she takes on doctors and administrators who are overworked, distracted or just unable to see the human being behind the hospital chart. But the long days at the hospital and Hawthorne’s intense focus on helping others take a toll on her personal life.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared network: Sony Pictures Television
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  9. 09

    The Night Shift

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    2014 · Drama

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    The stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital. They are an irreverent and special breed, particularly adrenaline junkie T.C. Callahan.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: hospital and medical drama
    • a closely matched era
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  10. 10

    Doc

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    2025 · Drama

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    Dr. Amy Larsen must navigate an unfamiliar world after a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: based on tv series and medical drama
    • shared network: Sony Pictures Television
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