St. Elsewhere

St. Elsewhere

▪ American television program
      American television medical drama widely acclaimed for its unflinching treatment of life-and-death issues, its naturalistic visual style, and its humour. Among the most critically praised shows of the 1980s, St. Elsewhere aired for six seasons (1982–88) on the National Broadcasting Co. (National Broadcasting Co., Inc.) (NBC) network, strongly influencing the style and content of subsequent medical dramas.

      The show was created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey (who later created Northern Exposure [1990–95]) and revolved around life at St. Eligius, a declining urban hospital in Boston that serves destitute, downtrodden patients (the show's name is medical-world slang for nonteaching hospitals that serve “undesirable” patients). In addition to its realistic visual style, the program was praised for its complex and interconnected plotlines and its propensity for going beyond the conventions of traditional serial dramas, exemplified by its willingness to portray the failures of doctors and nurses in both their personal and their professional lives and by the unexpected deaths of primary characters. St. Elsewhere was also known for its quirky humour—especially its pop-culture references and self-referential in-jokes—and for the quality of its ensemble cast. The show's main characters included Dr. Mark Craig (played by William Daniels), Dr. Victor Ehrlich (Ed Begley, Jr.), Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders), and Dr. Philip Chandler (Denzel Washington (Washington, Denzel), in a career-changing role that propelled him from unknown bit actor to major movie star). In 1983 the show made television history by becoming the first prime-time series to depict an AIDS patient.

      St. Elsewhere never climbed to the top of the ratings charts, finishing 49th or lower (out of about 100 shows) every year, and it remained on the air as long as it did largely because of the attractiveness of its young, affluent core audience to advertisers. It was, however, a critical hit, garnering 63 Emmy nominations and 13 awards. It influenced both the style and the content of numerous other series, particularly subsequent medical dramas such as ER, which debuted in 1994, and Grey's Anatomy, which first aired in 2005.

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