{"id":49955,"date":"2023-02-08T20:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T01:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=49955"},"modified":"2023-02-08T20:10:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T01:10:05","slug":"nbc-gives-pilot-order-to-comedy-st-denis-medical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/08\/nbc-gives-pilot-order-to-comedy-st-denis-medical\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC Gives Pilot Order to Comedy &#8220;St. Denis Medical&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21032\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo.jpg 550w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/NBC_logo-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/>A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>St. Denis Medical<\/em><\/strong> previously received a pilot production commitment from NBC last year. It marks the latest NBC project for Spitzer, whose very first writing credit was on an episode of NBC\u2019s medical comedy series <em>Scrubs<\/em>. He later joined NBC and Universal Television\u2019s mockumentary workplace comedy <em>The Office.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"morty-1577631392\" 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>Commitment: Pilot order<\/p>\n<p>Platform: NBC<\/p>\n<p>Genre: Comedy<\/p>\n<p>Studio: Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group<\/p><div id=\"morty-204859677\" 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>EP\/W: Justin Spitzer<\/p>\n<p>EP\/W: Eric Ledgin<\/p>\n<p>NW\/EP: Simon Heuer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. 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