Hopkins: Season 1

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ABC | Season Premiere Date: June 26, 2008

Starring: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Karen Boyle, Brian Bethea

Summary: ABC returns to expand on its "Hopkins 24/7" documentary with a six-episode series about the lives of the doctors and the people they treat at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Genre(s): Drama, Health & Lifestyle, Talk & Interview, Documentary, Science

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. Episode 7
Air Date: August 7, 2008
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S1:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: July 31, 2008
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S1:E6. Week 6
Air Date: July 31, 2008

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Verne Gay

The best unscripted show on commercial television this season, which you may correctly point out is faint praise; but in this case, it's not. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Having shot more than 1,500 hours of footage, the crew mostly eradicates the conspicuous influence of the filmmakers' presence, capturing harrowing moments graced by genuine humanity. Read full review

David Hinckley

Crucial, sometimes hopeful and sometimes worrisome as the larger issues of modern medicine are, Hopkins excels on the human side. Read full review

Ray Richmond

As a follow-up to the groundbreaking summer series "Hopkins 24/7" that ran nearly eight years ago, this revisit to the medical center is, if anything, even more grounded in authenticity and honesty, even if it sometimes feels compelled to pile on the soapy elements. Read full review

David Zurawik

The deeper bow to the dictates of prime-time storytelling in this return to Hopkins by executive producer Terence Wrong and his ABC News documentary team isn't a bad thing. In fact, the choices made by Wrong and his digitally armed filmmaking troops result in a faster-paced, more engaging series. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

Hopkins, a six-part documentary series by ABC News that begins on Thursday, provides an extraordinarily intimate look at doctors and desperately ill patients that is gripping but not groundbreaking. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

The new version bears less of a resemblance to “ER”-styled medical drama of the 2000 “Hopkins” than it does to “The Hills,” the MTV sensation that introduced a whole new visual vocabulary to unscripted TV. The stories still involve people being treated at Hopkins, of course, but what’s striking is how much time is spent outside the hospital with the docs and their families. Read full review

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LindaE.

Sep 1, 2008

Love it! love everything about it. doctors, patients, stories, music. It's all great!