The Best Medical TV Shows In 2022

Based on the book Unaccountable by Marty Makary, this medical drama's hook is how it examines the bureaucratic snarls that plague the hospital industry, guided by the resident in question, Dr. Conrad Hawkins. As chief resident at Chastain Park Memorial Hospital, Dr. Hawkins leads idealistic new doctors through the maze of modern medicine, shattering their romanticism and supporting them as they learn to balance the good and bad of their daily work.

If anything, Grey's Anatomy deserves a place on any list of medical series as one of the longest-running scripted primetime shows ever, with eighteen seasons following Dr. Meredith Grey and the rest of the staff at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital (originally Seattle Grace Hospital when the series premiered in 2005). This series has covered almost every possible topic of life, love, and health over the years while Dr. Grey has journeyed from intern to Director of the Residency Program and seems set to continue doing so.

Perhaps it's a bit more period drama than medical drama, but this British series based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth follows more than just the ups and downs of life as a nurse-midwife in the 1950s and '60s. As an embedded part of their community in East End London, these midwives give their patients support through some of the most tumultuous years for childbirth, from the 1957 "Baby Boom" through the 1960s and the introduction of the contraceptive pill and more modern legislation on women's health.

A new medical drama, fresh out of the wrapper for 2022, Good Sam has a novel set-up. After heart surgeon Dr. Samantha Griffith's boss falls into a coma she takes his place as chief of surgery. When he awakens months later, this puts her in the awkward position of supervising him - something that is even more complicated since he is also her father. That's a twist! Plus, guaranteed family drama to twine with each episode's individual story.

Itself a transplant from Canada, this medical drama follows Dr. Bashir Hamed, who was an established emergency doctor in his home country of Syria, but now must re-qualify to practice medicine again in his new home of Toronto. As a resident, Dr. Hamed finds that both the skills he knows and the life he's lived are very different in his new country, and must channel his passion for medicine to find his place again.

Based on a memoir of the same name, this darkly comic drama follows the emotional roller coaster of a stressful work environment - specifically in an obstetrics and gynecology ward in a National Health Service hospital. Breaking the fourth wall, this British series focuses on the damage overwork, unsustainable hours, and lack of support structure does to medical professionals.