Elsewhere also broke new ground in medical dramas, creating a template that influenced ER, Chicago Hope, and other later shows in the genre. In the same way Hill Street was regarded as a groundbreaking police drama, St. Elsewhere employed a large ensemble cast a gritty, "realistic" visual style and a multitude of interlocking serialized stories, many of which continued over the course of multiple episodes or seasons. As well, their administrative staff was shown to care deeply about the hospital's mission, even as they dealt with a lack of up-to-date equipment, funding, and experienced personnel. However, despite the hospital's reputation, they employed some first-rate doctors-including Craig, a world-class heart surgeon. Eligius since they perceived the hospital as "a dumping ground, a place you wouldn't want to send your mother-in-law." In fact, the hospital was so poorly regarded that its shrine to Saint Eligius was commonly defiled by the hospital's visitors and staff. Mark Craig (William Daniels) informs his colleagues that the local Boston media had bestowed the derogatory nickname upon St. Elsewhere", is a slang term used in the medical field to refer to lesser-equipped hospitals that serve patients turned away by more prestigious institutions it is also used in medical academia to refer to teaching hospitals in general. James Hotel and located next to Franklin and Blackstone Squares, stood in for the hospital in establishing shots, including the series' opening sequence.) The hospital's nickname, "St. (The South End's Franklin Square House Apartments, formerly known as the St. Eligius Hospital, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood.
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51 on its list of the "60 Best Series of All Time".
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20 on TV Guide's 2002 list of " The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time", with the magazine also selecting it as the best drama series of the 1980s in a 1993 issue. The series also earned critical acclaim during its run, earning 13 Emmy Awards for its writing, acting, and directing.
Elsewhere gained a small yet loyal following (the series never ranked higher than 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings) over its six-season, 137-episode run however, the series also found a strong audience in Nielsen's 18–49 age demographic, a young demo later known for a young, affluent audience that TV advertisers were eager to reach. Recognized for its gritty, realistic drama, St. Elsewhere quoted a critic that called the series " Hill Street Blues in a hospital"). The series were often compared to each other for their use of ensemble casts and overlapping serialized storylines (an original ad for St. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises, which had success with a similar NBC series, the police drama Hill Street Blues, during that same time. The series stars Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, and William Daniels as teaching doctors at an aging, rundown Boston hospital who give interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988.
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