MDs

I was really getting into this show, it had to two great lead characters....that DID NOT know each other, until the two met later in the season..the only season they shown here in the Central U.S.!!!!!!!!!! But the characters were played by great, sometimes seems as very underrated actors; William Fichtner...you have to love a lot of the characters he plays: good or bad guy. Then there is the very funny John Hannah... anyone can easily remember his flamboyant character from the Mummy movies. This show did have a M*A*S*H feel to it, but in Modern day, inside the urban lifestyle of the United States. Some people have felt that it got too close to M*A*S*H, and did not like that...like watching a poodle guard a pile of fresh meat, they would get mad, and call MD's a show that copied another good show. No matter what they believe, or say.. if you have a show about a hospital today, and it is somewhat of a 'Dramedy', it's staff, and the show will be blamed for copying the great M*A*S*H. Too bad. Anyway, I did like this show, and I was hoping it would be on for a long time, but it did not last one full season. Very sad...

Watching the premiere of this show, I couldn't help but get a feeling of déja vu. Although it's set in a modern city hospital, MDs borrows liberally from the spirit of "M*A*S*H" (1972).

Drs. Kellerman and Dalgety are skilled doctors--among the best in their fields--employed by a hospital that is being squeezed by the HMOs. It is this clash which most strongly recalls M*A*S*H; instead of fighting the Army, these doctors are fighting the administrators and insurance auditors. The pilot wasn't nearly as irreverant as M*A*S*H got (especially not the movie), although it did feature such hilarious touches as an autopsy performed on a live patient, and a hospital director who can't stand the sight of blood.

Walking the line between the melodrama of "ER" (1994) and the inanity of "Scrubs" (2001), MDs has a lot of promise--and big shoes to fill.

I thought this was a very interesting show. Unfortunately, it was jerked around to different times, and was skipped some weeks, so it was tough to follow it. It's kind of hard to build a viewership for a show when viewers can't find it.

It's too bad it didn't get more of a chance. I feel it had a feeling much like the old M*A*S*H TV series. Two doctors just trying to do what was right, even if it sometimes ran afoul of their higher ups.

Quick wits, sarcastic comments and a battle- the Dr.s and patients: versus the system- streamline this beautifully written drama. Two Doctors, Kellerman, head of the Cardio-Thoracic, and Dalgety, a Trauma Surgeon, will do anything to help their patients, much to the dismay of the greedy runners of the hospital. This is mix of ER, but not as dramatic and way more serious than Scrubs. Many people go on about not needing another Hospital series, but this is more than that. And different. MDs is in a category all of its own. It's a perfect show for everyone.

In the biggest sense, this was just another failed dysfunctional-hospital drama. It could never gain any traction on distinguishing itself from other medical dramas. There wasn't a McDreamy, or a bitter Brit know-it-all. However it did have some good actors. William Fichter is solid as usual. You got Jane Lynch, Robert Joy, John Hannah, and Michaela Conlin as the naive rookie Dr Yang that we're supposed to root for.

These are all stock characters. There wasn't anything wrong with the show. The central premise is a continuous battle between the doctors trying to treat patients and the bureaucratic administrators working the numbers. It's just that there wasn't anything original to make it stand out and it did not get the numbers that the network wanted.