does the world of television need yet another medical drama? yes! why? here it goes:
in the late 1990s and early 2000s i was watching quite a lot of television and among my favorite shows were medical dramas like Chicago Hope and ER. since 2004 i have been watching few selected shows (24, Alias, Frasier) on DVD only. there are various reasons i gave up on watching “real” tv like the annoying commericals and inconvenient scheduling. as far as the medical dramas mentioned are concerned, Chicago Hope’s last season was aired in the US in 2000 and ER just became boring with only one actor of the original cast remaining.
around the time i stopped watching television, a new show hit the screen: hailed as the “hottest” medical drama on current tv, “house, md”. i only became aware of it a few months ago and it took me a few episodes to get hooked. however, it is not your average medical show though. surely, it takes place in a hospital and there are doctors and conditions to be cured. the protagonist, dr. gregory house is a complete jerk, he is antisocial, up front honest and may come across even rude, but he is a diagnostic genius, one hell of a medical sherlock holmes. its a refreshing new take on the outworn medical drama concept. television will need to keep reinventing itself in order to ensure its future. i think this trend of coming up with something new and unprecedented started with “24″ and recently found a masterful execution in “Heroes”. with the fierce competition of the internet and online games, the traditional media like television would be in a deep crisis if it wasn’t for those fresh and hot shows that keep the audience interested. after all, we want to be entertained!