{"id":15630,"date":"2020-12-11T21:53:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T02:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=15630"},"modified":"2020-12-11T21:53:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T02:53:53","slug":"transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Transplant&#8221; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15631\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"722\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg 722w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant-560x368.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant-260x171.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant-160x105.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NBC&#8217;s hit medical drama &#8220;<strong><em>Transplant<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; one of the biggest success stories of the year, is returning for a second season.<\/p>\n<p>NBC acquired &#8220;<em>Transplant<\/em>&#8221; earlier this year after having been a hit in Canada on CTV and continues its goal to bring the best entertainment to its audience through traditional and non-traditional pipelines.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3435474417\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The series centers on Dr. Bashir &#8220;Bash&#8221; Hamed (Hamza Haq), a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine who fled his country with his younger sister, Amira. Together they struggle to build a new life in Canada as Bash strives to rebuild his career in medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In its first season on NBC, &#8220;<em>Transplant<\/em>&#8221; has averaged a 0.7 rating in adults 18-49 and 5.7 million viewers overall in &#8220;live plus seven day&#8221; Nielsens, with the premiere having grown to a 1.8 in 18-49 with digital and linear viewing. &#8220;<em>Transplant<\/em>&#8221; has scored as one of television&#8217;s most time-shifted shows through its NBC run, with each of its first seven original telecasts ranking as the #1 drama of the week in &#8220;live plus three day&#8221; lift.<\/p>\n<p>In linear and digital viewing to date, &#8220;Transplant&#8221; is averaging 7.7 million total viewers, more than doubling its 3.5 million &#8220;live plus same day&#8221; performance.<\/p>\n<p>In its first season on CTV, &#8220;Transplant&#8221; was the most-watched Canadian original series and saw audience growth as the season progressed.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2435277642\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>When &#8220;Transplant&#8221; premiered in September on NBC, the Wall Street Journal said, &#8220;The series will make its debut as the best medical show on American television&#8221; while the Hollywood Reporter called the &#8220;Transplant&#8221; pilot &#8220;especially good.&#8221; TV Guide labeled the series &#8220;compelling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Transplant&#8221; stars Hamza Haq (&#8220;Quantico&#8221;), Laurence Leboeuf (&#8220;The Disappearance&#8221;), John Hannah (&#8220;Marvel&#8217;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.&#8221;), Jim Watson (&#8220;Mary Kills People&#8221;) and Ayisha Issa (&#8220;Polar&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The show was created by Joseph Kay, who served as executive producer on season one along with Jocelyn Deschenes, Bruno Dube, Randy Lennox, Virginia Rankin, Jeremy Spry and Tara Woodbury.<\/p>\n<p>Developed at CTV, &#8220;Transplant&#8221; is produced by Sphere Media in association with CTV and NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. NBCUniversal Global Distribution handles worldwide distribution for the series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC&#8217;s hit medical drama &#8220;Transplant,&#8221; one of the biggest success stories of the year, is returning for a second season. NBC acquired &#8220;Transplant&#8221; earlier this year after having been a hit in Canada on CTV and continues its goal to bring the best entertainment to its audience through traditional and non-traditional pipelines. The series centers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv_news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Transplant&quot; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two - Morty&#039;s TV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Transplant&quot; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NBC&#8217;s hit medical drama &#8220;Transplant,&#8221; one of the biggest success stories of the year, is returning for a second season. NBC acquired &#8220;Transplant&#8221; earlier this year after having been a hit in Canada on CTV and continues its goal to bring the best entertainment to its audience through traditional and non-traditional pipelines. The series centers [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Morty&#039;s TV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-12T02:53:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"722\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"475\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mortystv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"morty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"morty\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;Transplant&#8221; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-12T02:53:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"TV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Transplant\\\" is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two - Morty&#039;s TV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-12T02:53:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg\",\"width\":722,\"height\":475},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;Transplant&#8221; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"description\":\"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Morty's TV\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":1226,\"height\":375,\"caption\":\"Morty's TV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/\",\"https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55\",\"name\":\"morty\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"morty\"},\"description\":\"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Transplant\" is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two - Morty&#039;s TV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\"Transplant\" is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two","og_description":"NBC&#8217;s hit medical drama &#8220;Transplant,&#8221; one of the biggest success stories of the year, is returning for a second season. NBC acquired &#8220;Transplant&#8221; earlier this year after having been a hit in Canada on CTV and continues its goal to bring the best entertainment to its audience through traditional and non-traditional pipelines. The series centers [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/","og_site_name":"Morty&#039;s TV","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","article_published_time":"2020-12-12T02:53:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":722,"height":475,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"morty","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv","twitter_site":"@mortystv","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"morty","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/"},"author":{"name":"morty","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55"},"headline":"&#8220;Transplant&#8221; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two","datePublished":"2020-12-12T02:53:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/"},"wordCount":368,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg","articleSection":["TV News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/","name":"\"Transplant\" is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two - Morty&#039;s TV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg","datePublished":"2020-12-12T02:53:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg","width":722,"height":475},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/11\/transplant-is-in-excellent-health-as-the-nbc-medical-drama-is-renewed-for-season-two\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;Transplant&#8221; is in Excellent Health as the NBC Medical Drama is Renewed for Season Two"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","name":"Morty's TV","description":"TV  News, Big Brother Fan Pages with Daily Updates, and Obits","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Morty's TV","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/seo-logo.jpg","width":1226,"height":375,"caption":"Morty's TV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mortystv\/","https:\/\/mortystv.bsky.social\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ec63b069cf8528fdbe3b63a882c84e55","name":"morty","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8d193cd52b136c105466b1a6e275471a201e3f2ef36511576a5b559448768be?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"morty"},"description":"TV historian and Big Brother fan. Former contributor to The Philadelphia Inquirer TV section.","sameAs":["http:\/\/mortystv.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mortystv","https:\/\/x.com\/http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/mortystv"],"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/author\/morty\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10080,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/14\/nbc-acquires-hit-canadian-medical-drama-transplant\/","url_meta":{"origin":15630,"position":0},"title":"NBC Acquires Hit Canadian Medical Drama &#8220;Transplant&#8221;","author":"morty","date":"May 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"NBC has acquired the hit medical series \"Transplant,\" a major success story on Canada's CTV network. NBC has a long and storied history with successful medical series, including, of course, \"ER\" and its current hits \"New Amsterdam\" and \"Chicago Med.\" Since the February 26 premiere on CTV, Canada's #1 broadcaster,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/transplant-nbc.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12248,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/15\/hit-canadian-drama-transplant-begins-its-stateside-debut-for-tuesday-september-1-on-nbc-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":15630,"position":1},"title":"Hit Canadian Drama &#8220;Transplant&#8221; Begins Its Stateside Debut for Tuesday, September 1 on NBC [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"August 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Transplant,\" the hit Canadian drama set to make its mark with U.S. audiences, will premiere Tuesday, September 1 at 10PM ET\/PT on NBC following a live telecast of summer's #1 series, \"America's Got Talent.\" The 13-episode series centers on Dr. Bashir \"Bash\" Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/transplant.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/transplant.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/transplant.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/transplant.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32617,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/31\/weakest-link-transplant-to-begin-second-seasons-sunday-march-6-on-nbc\/","url_meta":{"origin":15630,"position":2},"title":"&#8220;Weakest Link,&#8221; &#8220;Transplant&#8221; to Begin Second Seasons Sunday, March 6 on NBC","author":"morty","date":"January 31, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The second season of the NBC drama \"Transplant\" will debut Sunday, March 6 @ 10PM ET\/PT. \"Transplant\" follows the story of Dr. Bashir \"Bash\" Hamed (Hamza Haq), a talented doctor and Syrian refugee, who fled his war-torn country with his younger sister, Amira (Sirena Gulamgaus), for a fresh start in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Transplant.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":98443,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/17\/nbc-will-premiere-the-fourth-season-of-the-medical-drama-series-transplant-on-thursday-may-22-as-a-two-hour-event-8-10pm-et-pt-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":15630,"position":3},"title":"NBC Will Premiere the Fourth Season of the Medical Drama Series &#8220;Transplant&#8221; on Thursday, May 22 as a Two-Hour Event (8-10PM ET\/PT) [VIDEO]","author":"morty","date":"April 17, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"NBC will premiere the fourth season of the medical drama series \"Transplant\" on Thursday, May 22, as a two-hour event (8-10PM ET\/PT). The episodes will air the next day on Peacock. Season 4 of \"Transplant\" finds Bashir \"Bash\" Hamed on the precipice of finishing his residency at York Memorial and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Transplant-S04.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Transplant-S04.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Transplant-S04.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33531,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/17\/ctv-orders-season-3-of-original-drama-transplant\/","url_meta":{"origin":15630,"position":4},"title":"CTV Orders Season 3 of Original Drama &#8220;Transplant&#8221;","author":"morty","date":"February 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"CTV announced today that it has renewed Canada's most-watched original drama series TRANSPLANT for a third season. Produced by Sphere Media in association with CTV and Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, Season 3 of the CTV Original drama consists of 13 one-hour episodes. New episodes of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/transplant-feat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/transplant-feat.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/transplant-feat.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14550,"url":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/12\/nbc-adds-new-canadian-medical-drama-nurses-to-primetime-lineup\/","url_meta":{"origin":15630,"position":5},"title":"NBC Adds New Canadian Medical Drama &#8220;Nurses&#8221; to Primetime Lineup","author":"morty","date":"November 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Fresh off its highly successful acquisition of the Canadian medical drama \"Transplant,\" NBC has acquired in a competitive market the hospital-set Canadian series \"Nurses\" from Entertainment One (eOne) and ICF Films. \"Nurses,\" filmed and set in Toronto, follows five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy downtown hospital,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV News","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/category\/tv_news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nurses.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nurses.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nurses.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/nurses.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}