Nobody does bloody drama (and comedy) quite like them.
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We need some drama, stat!
The medical show is a very specific art.

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It can’t just be about the doctors or the patients or the medicine.
After all, how many stories about heart transplants can one viewer watch?
So if you’re looking for your (fictional) hospital fix, we’ve got just the prescription.

George Clooney as Dr. Doug Ross, Eriq La Salle as Dr. Peter Benton, Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis, and Anthony Edwards as Dr. Mark Greene on ‘ER’.NBCU Photo Bank/Getty
Is there anything that doctor couldn’t do?
The characters were complicated some might even say dark and twisty the patients were compelling, and the romance?
Don’t get us started on McDreamy and McSteamy.

Richard Chamberlain as Dr. James Kildare.NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Elsewhere(1982-1988, NBC)
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When people talk aboutSt.
Elsewhere, a mention of snow globes is usually not far behind.
Elsewhereis still considered one of the most influential TV shows ever.

Kate Walsh, Chandra Wilson, Camilla Luddington, and Stefania Spampinato on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Eric McCandless/ABC
TheBill Lawrence-created sitcom proved that not all medical shows need be serious or dark and twisty.
It certainly wasn’t your typical medical show, and that’s what made it so special.
The dramatic procedures (remember when Kronk amputated someone’s leg with a chainsaw?)

Ed Begley Jr, Cindy Pickett, Bruce Greenwood, David Morse, and Denzel Washington on ‘St. Elsewhere’.Courtesy Everett Collection
showcased on the series earned it seven primetime Emmy Awards.

Donald Faison and Zach Braff on ‘Scrubs’.Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Mike Farrell and Alan Alda on ‘MASH’.Michael Ochs Archives/Getty*

Niecy Nash and Ann Morgan Guilbert on ‘Getting On’.Lacey Terrell/HBO/Courtesy Everett Collection

(Clockwise from far left) Roxanne Hart, Adam Arkin, Hector Elizondo,E.G. Marshall, and Mandy Patinkin on ‘Chicago Hope’.CBS via Getty

Hugh Laurie, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, and Omar Epps on ‘House’.Michael Desmond/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty

Edie Falco on ‘Nurse Jackie’.David M. Russell/Showtime/courtesy Everett Collection