NationStates Jolt Archive


Medical Shows

Wilgrove
03-09-2008, 12:18
So, while I was waiting to get cable to my apartment, and thereforth no Scrubs, I brought House M.D. Season 4 on DVD. I now have a new favorite Medical Show. So what medical shows do you guys like? So far I like Scrubs and House M.D.

The only problem I have with House is that it's very formulated. I mean I know every TV show follows a formula, but after watching the Season 4 on DVD, it was painfully obvious how formulated House is.

Poll coming
Hurdegaryp
03-09-2008, 12:28
Back in the eighties (yes, I'm old) I used to watch St. Elsewhere quite often. Come to think of it, is Diagnosis Murder actually a medical show?
Cannot think of a name
03-09-2008, 12:29
I hate procedural shows more than I hate reality shows. At least reality shows pay my bills.
Wilgrove
03-09-2008, 12:42
I hate procedural shows more than I hate reality shows. At least reality shows pay my bills.

How do reality shows pay your bills?
Saint Jade IV
03-09-2008, 12:44
I used to like A Country Practice when I was little.
Cannot think of a name
03-09-2008, 12:45
How do reality shows pay your bills?

I'm a set worker for film and television and work a lot of reality shows when they come through town.
Sirmomo1
03-09-2008, 12:48
I'm a set worker for film and television and work a lot of reality shows when they come through town.

I thought you took a share of all the phone calls that come in after the lines close. My bad.
Yootopia
03-09-2008, 14:08
World's Worst Surgical Accidents. *nods*
Damor
03-09-2008, 14:34
M*a*s*h!
Rathanan
03-09-2008, 14:41
House M.D. and Scrubs... I'm not a totally devoted fan (meaning, I'll go weeks or months at a time without watching it), but I find them both enjoyable every now and again.
DrunkenDove
03-09-2008, 17:25
They all suck. The usual mishmash of bad acting, poor writing and hackneyed plots that make whats mistakenly called entertainment these days.

No, wait, I'm being too harsh. I liked Scrubs a lot for the first few seasons. Of course, then I spotted the formula, and now I can't physically watch it anymore.
Neo Art
03-09-2008, 17:26
Bones isn't really a "medical" show.
Smunkeeville
03-09-2008, 17:32
I like Grey's Anatomy, but it's more an evening soap opera than a 'medical' show......much like ER was before it began to suck ass.

I like House but it's one of those things I watch "when it's on and I'm not busy" it never got to the obsessive viewing like GA and ER.

I loathe Scrubs. I watched like 4 episodes that were really funny, then it got....it's the same thing over and over and over. "ha! he called that boy a girl's name!" and "ha! those two don't communicate well!" and "Ha! that guy is suicidal!" meh.
Snafturi
03-09-2008, 17:35
Back when I watched TV I liked ER. It started to suck after the first three seasons, then it completely jumped the shark.




Repeatedly.
Brutland and Norden
03-09-2008, 17:41
Medical shows are sometimes funny.
Nanatsu no Tsuki
03-09-2008, 17:42
I'm not much of a TV enthusiast, but from all those medical shows, I enjoy Scrubs. Why? It's hilarious and ridiculous. That, I think, is the best combination.
Poliwanacraca
03-09-2008, 17:56
House is fantastic, and Grey's Anatomy is amusing in a "look at the impossibly pretty people treating impossibly rare ailments while having lots of impossibly pretty sex!" sort of way.
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
03-09-2008, 18:20
House makes me want to vomit, and not in a good way.
Scrubs is sort of amusing sometimes, which makes it far and away the best medical show I've ever seen.
Damor
03-09-2008, 19:00
I like House, but the main problem is that it's too predictable. I only need to look at the clock to know whether his diagnosis is right or wrong. The only case when it fails is the very rare double episode storylines.
Ifreann
03-09-2008, 19:14
Bones isn't really a "medical" show.

This. Bones is a police procedure show, like the CSIs.



Still awesome though.
Exilia and Colonies
03-09-2008, 19:27
I like House the character more than I can ever like House the horribly formulaic TV show...

But I know little about the other choices so VOTES AWAY