- Network: ABC
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 24, 2010
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As with his earlier shows, "Hopkins 24/7" (2000) and "Hopkins" (2008), Wrong has structured these stories masterfully. Nothing seems wasted, nothing is superfluous. As a result, the hugely important work these people do is honored in every shot.
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It's amazing stuff. Totally engaging. And completely worth watching.
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Boston Med operates at the edges of real life in a way scripted shows can only approach. It is the single must-see broadcast-TV show of the summer.
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In the weeks ahead, there is a tremendous amount of not-to-be-missed drama--including the area's first face transplant.
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This latest production from Terence Wrong and ABC News is as ambitious as it is thrilling, a beautiful collage of life-and-death drama, raw courage, medical miracles and human foibles.
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Boston Med reminds us that truth is often much more compelling and affecting than recycled fiction. Nothing is heightened or cheapened with newsmag-style manipulation on this series.
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It was filmed over four months and distilled into eight episodes, with brilliant results.
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If you don't tear up at least once during each episode, you've already coded. "Boston Med" is the cure for summertime TV blues.
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The cases (a baby at risk, a man with lung cancer, an unconscious drunk) are surprisingly moving, the editing only mildly manipulative, and you genuinely feel there's an element of reality to the show, a rare trait indeed for reality TV.
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While capturing all this with seemingly unfettered access, Wrong finds the little dramas that provide insight into what it's like to be a resident at one of the world's premier teaching hospitals.
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The storytelling is spare, with few of the by-now customary compromises to reality-TV (or dramatic expectations weaned on "ER" and "Grey's Anatomy"), other than the oncamera interviews and musical flourishes that close each hour.
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Truly there can be something rich and lovely about hospitals, and there is something rich and lovely about Boston Med.
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What could have easily become a pandering hybrid is in fact intelligent, emotionally resonant television.
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The results are, of course, compelling but also assiduously sterilized.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 21
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Mixed: 1 out of 21
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Negative: 3 out of 21
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Oct 18, 2010