“St. Denis Medical” is scrubbing up for Season 2.
NBC has renewed the hospital-set sitcom for a second season before the end of its first season run. The show is one of NBC’s most-watched programs of the 2024-2025 season, with 21.4 million total viewers to date.
Starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Kahyun Kim, Mekki Leeper and Kaliko Kauahi, “St. Denis Medical” is a mockumentary set at an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital. In a format similar to “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Abbott Elementary,” the series follows dedicated doctors and nurses as they balance treating patients with maintaining their own sanity.
“St. Denis Medical” is up for two Critics Choice Awards, for best comedy series and best actor in a comedy series for Grier, who is also nominated for an NAACP Image Award.
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The series is executive produced and written by showrunner Eric Ledgin and Justin Spitzer. Simon Heuer, Ruben Fleischer, Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu also executive produce. “St. Denis Medical” is produced by Universal Television and Spitzer Holding Company.
Variety chief TV critic Alison Herman called “St. Denis Medical” a “winning workplace comedy,” writing that the series is “clear-eyed about what its characters face, but also about how those obstacles provide ample fodder for comedy.” She shouted out McLendon-Covey as a standout performer as the “pathologically optimistic Joyce, who encourages her staff to overcome structural problems with the power of positive thinking.”
“St. Denis Medical” is currently airing its first season, with episodes launching Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on NBC and the next day on Peacock.