This is our first week without a new episode of The Pitt, and the loss is, in one word, rough. Noah Wyle's return to the hospital genre after his career-making role in ER is a triumph on every level: production, performances, gripping and gritty medical cases, spotlighting resonant yet divisive social issues, and unwavering compassion for the turmoil healthcare workers face every day. To say The Pitt's absence leaves a hole in our hearts is an understatement. We won't have to wait several years for the next season, at least, unlike fellow Max series such as House of the Dragon and The Last of Us — but the eight months separating us from Season 2's January 2026 premiere already feel arduous. Until then, you can tide yourself over with 10 medical K-Dramas that cover some of the same themes and evoke similar feelings. The Pitt Release Date January 9, 2025 Network Max Noah Wyle Dr. Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch Tracy Ifeachor Uncredited 10 'Birthcare Center' (2020) Starring Uhm Ji-won, Park Ha-sun, Jang Hye-jin Image via tvN Oh Hyun-jin (Uhm Ji-won) is a superstar. A girl boss, one might say, but a skilled, respected, and mature forty-something woman with considerable professional achievements. But upon having her first child, Hyun-jin's stunned at how little she knows about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care. Navigating motherhood doesn't come naturally, and she's not used to feeling inexperienced and insecure. She's also deeply embarrassed over being the oldest mother attending the elite Serenity Birthcare Center, but Hyun-jin hopes women like Choi Hye-suk (Jang Hye-jin), the center's director, and Cho Eun-jeong (Park Ha-sun), the aspirational "perfect" mom, will help her understand her changing body. Birthcare Center doesn't take place in a hospital, but pregnant individuals usually don't receive this kind of detailed, honest attention. The series illuminates both the importance of providing pregnant people with accessible information and securing women's bodily autonomy, which includes their informed choices about childcare, hormones, weight gain, postpartum depression, and the different reasons why women have children. Birthcare Center's eight episodes make it a breezy and quick watch full of humor and heart. 9 'Doctor John' (2019) Starring Ji Sung, Lee Se-young, Lee Kyu-hyung Image via SBS Anesthesiologist Cha Yo-han's (Ji Sung) swift diagnosis skills earned him the nickname of the "10 second" doctor. He also has a fraught reputation, having been convicted and incarcerated for performing euthanasia on a terminally ill patient with unbearable pain. While serving his sentence at a penitentiary, he meets rising star anesthesiologist Kang Shi-young (Lee Se-young), who's lost her passion for medicine. Upon Yo-han's release from prison, the two join forces at Hanse Medical Hospital's pain management department, where they do everything in their power to help their patients — and fend off Yo-han's persistent enemies. Chronic pain is a notoriously misunderstood condition even within the medical community. The Pitt addresses this predicament through a patient with sickle cell disease and carefully outlines the difference between a doctor prescribing opioids because nothing else can cut through the agony, and someone being addicted to pain medication. Even though Doctor John's specialists approach their patients' diagnoses like they're unraveling a mystery (paging Dr. House!), the series aims to de-stigmatize chronic pain and other taboo topics, specifically euthanasia. Some circumstances test our suspension of disbelief, but the doctors handle every case with dignity and respect. 8 'Doctor Cha' (2023) Starring Uhm Jung-hwa, Kim Byung-chul, Myung Se-bin Image via Netflix Cha Jeong-suk (Uhm Jung-hwa) put her dreams of a medical career on hold to be a wife and stay-at-home mother. Two decades later, she's unhappy in her loveless marriage to prestigious surgeon — and unfaithful husband — Seo In-ho (Kim Byung-chul). When a health scare inspires Jeong-suk to resume her incomplete residency, it's exactly the motivation she needs to prioritize herself for once. Her physician skills might be rusty, but it's like riding a bike — and her enthusiastic bedside manner quickly endears her to her patients. Currently, the eighth highest-rated cable K-Drama of all time, Doctor Cha stands out among its peers because of its protagonist. An extremely competent and self-sacrificial woman subsumed by her complicated family, Jeong-suk rediscovers her identity in her middle-age, gaining assurance, clarity, and emotional and financial independence. Her realistic and evolving relationship with said family grounds the series' more melodramatic moments, as does Uhm's barn-burner performance. 7 'D-Day' (2015) Starring Kim Young-kwang, Jung So-min, Ha Seok-jin Image via JTBC When a 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Seoul, the city, for all intents and purposes, is obliterated. Buildings become crushed rubble, citizens are trapped by debris and ruined bridges, and only one hospital in the area is left standing. When they're not working side-by-side with the emergency crews on the ground, surgeon Lee Hae-sung (Kim Young-kwang), resident Jung Ddol-mi (Jung So-min), and robotics surgeon Han Woo-jin (Ha Seok-jin) combat a hospital bureaucracy more concerned with turning a profit than helping the victims of a catastrophe. D-Day has everything you want from a blockbuster disaster movie, or, in this case, a mass casualty incident with doctors at the center. There's chaotic action, high-octane panic, capable physicians risking their lives, limited resources running low, and emergency medical procedures performed under intense duress. To sweeten the deal, Hae-sung rocks that classic rogue doctor energy; red tape is never more important than whether injured victims meet their insurance requirements. The concept of "real" doctors who rise above politics might sound simplistic, but when characters face conflict and still choose to be good with as much engrossing pathos as D-Day, then the trope never gets old. 6 'Life' (2018) Starring Lee Dong-wook, Cho Seung-woo, Won Jin-ah Image via JTBC The sudden and suspicious death of their influential director stuns the entire Sangkook University Hospital staff. They barely have time to grieve before their new president, Gu Seung-hyo (Cho Seung-woo), institutes sweeping structural and personnel changes. Enigmatic and impassive, Seung-hyo refuses to indulge doctors and their holier-than-thou egos; he intends to transform this failing hospital into a ruthless business. But Seung-hyo meets his match in emergency medicine specialist Ye Jin-woo (Lee Dong-wook), an otherwise reserved figure who considers the deceased director a father figure. The topical clash between profit-driven executives and the doctors advocating for patient care takes center stage in Life. The series is more meditative than The Pitt's frantic atmosphere, but that slow-burn tension realistically reflects the everyday, non-glamorous dilemmas with which hospital workers contend. No department can escape workplace politics and policies, greed and ambition, power struggles, resistance tactics, and how the divide affects the staff's lives. Ultimately, Life is a rich character piece without melodrama or stereotypical villains and heroes — just humans with failings. 5 'Dr. Romantic' (2016) Starring Han Suk-kyu, Ahn Hyo-seop, Lee Sung-kyung Image via SBS TV After a harrowing incident, Dr. Boo Yong-joo (Han Suk-kyu) abandons his flourishing career in Seoul and moves to a modest hospital in a small town, where he goes by the new name of Kim Sa-bu. The unconventional "romantic doctor" mentors his residents through his approach to medicine and life — the version of "romantic" that values idealism, heroism, ethics, and passion. As his students' eyes open to a radical new perspective, one where they stop prioritizing money and status over their patients' well-being, Sa-bu earns their loyalty. Dr. Romantic can be as over-the-top, silly, and off-the-wall as it is captivating, character-driven, and truthful, and a firm denouncement of profit-driven healthcare. One of the rare K-Dramas to run for three seasons, the extra space allows the show to experiment, grow, and find its rhythm alongside the characters discovering their identities. It smoothly combines emotional cases, suspenseful operations, and joyful character interactions. 4 'Daily Dose of Sunshine' (2023) Starring Park Bo-young, Yeon Woo-jin, Jang Dong-yoon Image via Netflix Alternating between appropriately somber and light-hearted entertainment, Daily Dose of Sunshine is based on Lee Ra-ha's webtoon that was, in turn, inspired by her years as a nurse. Initially in internal medicine, nurse Jung Da-eun (Park Bo-young) transfers into her hospital's psychiatry department. It's not an easy transition, evidenced by Da-eun's many growing pains. As she spends time with the ward's patients, shakes off her naivety, and overcomes her unintentional biases, Da-eun's natural gentleness makes her someone her patients can trust — their Daily Dose of Sunshine in a grim world. Daily Dose of Sunshine boldly normalizes Korean society's less-than-ideal perspective on mental health. Even though some conditions are portrayed as too over-the-top, the series avoids stereotypes and never mocks the characters with mental illnesses, be they the department's patients or Da-eun's fellow physician and love interest (Yeon Woo-jin). Daily Dose of Sunshine also emphasizes the toll Da-eun's empathy exacts on her as a nurse. She doesn't treat patients as just numbers on a chart; in fact, she spends too much time with them, according to her co-workers and supervisors. That should sound familiar to fans of The Pitt's Dr. "Slo-mo" Mohan (Supriya Ganesh). Daily Dose of Sunshine Release Date November 3, 2023 Network Netflix Park Bo-young Jung Da-eun Yeon Woo-jin Dong Go-geun 3 'Good Doctor' (2013) Starring Joo Won, Moon Chae-won, Joo Sang-wook Image via Logos Film Pediatric surgeon Dr. Park Si-on (Joo Won) is considered a savant on the autism spectrum. That doesn't matter to the majority of his colleagues and superiors, who toss every incorrect stigma about autism his way: he's uncaring, he's immature, he has arrested development, etc. The simple truth, that Si-on doesn't understand social cues or behave like his coworkers prefer, makes him an outcast. This profession doesn't seem like the best fit for Si-on – but they'll have to make room for him anyway. The inspiration for Freddie Highmore's seven-season English-language series The Good Doctor, Good Doctor comes with an elephant-sized disclaimer: its understanding of the autism spectrum is error-riddled and outdated. Considering the year in which it was made, however, Good Doctor was a breakthrough achievement that paved the way for future Korean series to depict autism in a more accurate and nuanced light. Good Doctor's heart is in the right place, weaving together themes of acceptance and optimism with heart-tugging patient stories (some episodic, some spanning several episodes) and plenty of fancy surgical procedures. 2 'Doctor Slump' (2024) Starring Park Hyung-sik, Park Shin-hye, Yoon Park Image via Netflix Once they graduated from high school, academic rivals Yeo Jeong-woo (Park Hyung-sik) and Nam Ha-neul (Park Shin-hye) went their separate ways. To their delight, they both flourished in their chosen medical fields (plastic surgery and anesthesiology, respectively) – until now, in their 30s, when they should be on top of the world. Instead, they've crashed and burned. They're stuck in a slump, you might say, watching their futures vanishing, wondering if their potential was a lie. And if they didn't already have enough salt in their wounds, the pair unwittingly became neighbors. Doctor Slump is a romantic dramedy that doesn't skimp on addressing mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, trauma, and burnout with consideration and care — especially Ha-neul, who endures a death-by-a-thousand-cuts breakdown thanks to her abusive former boss. Doctor Slump recognizes the validity of their emotions and chronicles their joint journeys to healing, recovery, and rest. Their rivalry initially seems to persist into adulthood, but the more truths they share and the more vulnerability they show, the more both characters recognize one another as human. And few things are more human than failure. Doctor Slump Release Date 2024 - 2023 Directors Oh Hyun-jong 1 'Hospital Playlist' (2020) Starring Jo Jung-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok, Jung Kyung-ho Image via Netflix Lee Ik-jun (Jo Jung-suk), Ahn Jeong-won (Yoo Yeon-seok), Kim Jun-wan (Jung Kyung-ho), Yang Seok-hyeong (Kim Dae-myung), and Chae Song-hwa (Jeon Mi-do) have been friends for two decades. From meeting in medical school, to navigating uncertain career shifts, to managing physical separation, to all five working together at Yulje Medical Centre: their rapport is legendary and unwavering. They also believe in the healing power of music, literally — when they're not at work, they're probably rocking out in their five-person band. Five years after Season 1 debuted, Hospital Playlist has become the gold standard for medical dramas. Compared to its peers and even The Pitt, Hospital Playlist doesn't go for the obvious heart-pounding melodrama. Instead, like The Pitt at its best, it lets the doctors and patients connect over their shared humanity. A comforting watch sans any cynicism, the tone perfectly balances the slice-of-life take on physicianship, the cast's wholesome chemistry, and the character's relatable circumstances outside the hospital's doors. KEEP READING: The 10 Best Dr. Robby Scenes From ‘The Pitt’ Season 1, Ranked

Поклонники «Звездных войн», которые присутствовали на 20 -й годовщине «Звездные войны III: Месть ситха» в Лос -Анджелесе в пятницу, получили серьезный сюрприз, когда появились звезды франшизы Хейден Кристенсен и Сэмюэль Л. Джексон, световые мечты на буксире. Кристенсен, который вернулся во франшизу в роли Дарта Вейдера в телевизионных шоу «Кеноби» и «Асока», сначала поговорил с участниками. Что касается третьего приквела и шестого фильма, Кристенсен отметил: «Я вижу здесь много световых мечей. Я вижу много красных световых мечи, что, как и правда, говорит мой личный любимый цвет светового меча». Кристенсен собирался продолжать говорить, когда его прервал Джексон, который сказал: «Держись, Скайуокер» с за сцена. «Эта вечеринка даже не закончилась». После ура, Джексон сказал: «Это так, так здорово. Двадцать лет спустя я с трудом могу поверить, что мы все еще так же популярны - как и мы, как и мы. Я давно не видел Хейдена, но так, так что, так счастлив вернуться, увидеть его и видеть всех вас одновременно». Спасибо вам во всем. «Я надеюсь, что вам понравятся усилия, которые пошли на это, и наблюдая, как я делаю мой« Я двигаюсь почти все назад »с Палпатином», - добавил Джексон. «До моего неожиданного выхода. И для записи - Жизнь Мейс!» Джексон настаивал на том, что его персонаж, который был выпущен из здания императором Палпатином, пережил осень и мог вернуться в любой новый фильм или сериал «Звездные войны». К сожалению, кажется, что Мейс Винду официально мертв в соответствии с полномочиями. Ранее в этом месяце Кристенсен рассказал Complex на праздновании «Звездных войн» в Токио, что он наслаждался возможностью исследовать «более героическую» сторону Вейдера через шоу Disney+. «Я думаю, что мое понимание персонажа просто продолжает расти. Мы можем как бы исследовать разные стороны Анакина, которые я действительно наслаждаюсь», - сказал он. «И я просто наслаждаюсь путешествием, вы знаете. Это очень сложный персонаж, и многое происходит. Но мне очень нравится играть в более героическую сторону персонажа в шоу Асоки. Я очень рад второму сезону». Второй сезон «Асока» вступил в разработку в январе. Первый сезон серии завершился в октябре 2023 года.

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