The Best Medical TV Shows Airing Now

Updated February 9, 2021 11.3k votes 5.2k voters 202.1k views21 items

List RulesVote up your favorite medical series that are currently airing new episodes

These are the best current medical TV shows, ranked from best to worst by your votes. Since television became popular in American homes, medical series have always ranked among viewers' favorite types of shows. Some great current medical TV shows are heart-wrenching procedural dramas while others are mostly comedic - they just happen to take place in a hospital. What are the top current medical TV series? Vote up your favorite medical shows!

What are some of the shows that appear on this best current medical TV shows list? Grey's Anatomy is not only one of the top current medical series, it is also one of the longest-running. This NBC hit, starring Ellen Pompeo, Justin Chambers and Sandra Oh, first premiered all the way back in 2005. Code Black is another great medical show currently airing on television.

Other great shows that are featured on this top current medical TV shows list include Chicago Med, Doc Martin, and General Hospital—among other new shows and fan favorites including the best medical shows of the past decade.

Which current medical show do you think is the best? Vote your favorites up to the top of this list!

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The Resident
Matt Czuchry, Manish Dayal
Premiered: 2017
Network: Fox
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The Good Doctor
Freddie Highmore, Antonia Thomas
Premiered: 2017
Network: ABC
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Chicago Med
Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta
Premiered: 2015
Network: NBC
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New Amsterdam
Ryan Eggold, Freema Agyeman
Premiered: 2018
Network: NBC
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Grey's Anatomy
Ellen Pompeo, Sandra Oh
Premiered: 2005
Network: ABC
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Angela Bassett, Connie Britton
Premiered: 2018
Network: Fox
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Transplant
Kenny Wong, Hamza Haq
Premiered: 2020
Network: CTV, NBC
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#15 of 37 The Best Current NBC Shows#53 of 98 The Best Serial Drama TV Shows
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Untold Stories of the E.R.
Jenne Kang, Linda America
Premiered: 2004
Network: TLC
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#5 of 26 The Best Reality Medical Shows#2 of 118 The Best Docudrama TV Shows
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9-1-1: Lone Star
Rob Lowe, Liv Tyler
Premiered: 2020
Network: Fox
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Virgin River
Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson
Premiered: December 6, 2019
Network: Netflix
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#109 of 506 The Best Netflix Original Series#1 of 65 The Greatest TV Shows About Small Towns
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Lenox Hill
John Boockvar, David Langer
Premiered: 2020
Network: Netflix
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Nurses
Tiera Skovbye, Natasha Calis
Premiered: 2020
Network: NBC
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#41 of 55 The Best NBC Dramas of All Time#72 of 106 The Best NBC TV Shows of All Time
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Medical Police
Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel
Premiered: 2020
Network: Netflix
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Hospital Playlist
Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok
Premiered: 2020
Network: tvN
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License to Kill
Terry Dubrow
Premiered: 2019
Network: Oxygen
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Temple
Mark Strong, Daniel Mays
Premiered: 2020
Network: Spectrum
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#382 of 402 The Greatest TV Dramas of All Time#42 of 63 The Best Serial Dramas of the 21st Century
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Dr. Pimple Popper
Sandra Lee
Premiered: 2018
Network: TLC
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Casualty
Derek Thompson, Cathy Shipton
Premiered: 1986
Network: BBC One, BBC Two
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#40 of 41 The Great Medical Drama TV Shows of All Time#22 of 37 The Best 2000s Medical TV Shows
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General Hospital
Vinessa Antoine, Maurice Benard
Premiered: 1963
Network: ABC
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The Doctors
Travis Lane Stork, Andrew P. Ordon
Premiered: 2008
Network: Syndication
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#23 of 30 The Best Talk Shows of the 2000s#54 of 82 The Greatest Talk Shows of All Time
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Holby City
Hugh Quarshie, Jaye Jacobs
Premiered: 1999
Network: BBC One, BBC HD
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