Entertainment Weekly has done a feature of how the medical dramas will be doing to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic this upcoming season. Here's a look!
Chicago Med
With Chicago Med in production and Fire and PD soon to be in production, executive producer Dick Wolf confirms to EW that the pandemic will be shown affecting the emergency workers in the Windy City.
"As out Chicago shows return, of course, the COIVD pandemic will be reflected," says Wolf. "On Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., there will be references to the pandemic but they will be more subtle. For example, fewer civilians in the bullpen in Chicago Fire. But Chicago Med will address the pandemic head-on. There will be a COVID unit in the hospital, incoming patients will be tested by paramedics, and one character will be recovering from the disease. IT will be part of daily life, and adjustments will be made."
Chicago Med, Fire, and PD are set to premiere on Wednesday, Nov. 11 on NBC.
Grey's Anatomy
When season 17 premieres, don't expect Grey's to imply devote and episode, or even one of its incredible two-parters, to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I think we all hope when the world shut down that it would be for an episode or maybe a two-parter," said showrunner Krista Vernoff. "But here we are six months later, still not allowed to hug our parents. So (the pandemic is) engrained into the season. Specifically, season 17 will feature two timelines, one picking up right after the events of the finale and one taking place a couple weeks into COVID."
Season 17 of Grey's Anatomy kicks off with a two-hour premiere on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 9/8c on ABC.
Station 19
When Andy and the rest of the Station 19 squad returns for season four, they'll have a lot to unpack that extends even beyond the dramatic season three finale. Also, with the show in the same universe as Grey's, expect the pandemic to enter into their world too.
"Yes. Those shows are on the same timeline, they exist in the same universe, they're three blocks apart in Seattle," confirmed Vernoff. "The pandemic exists on Station 19 as well, but it looks and feels different on Station 19 because it's not a hospital so the protocols are different and everyone doesn't have to be in masks and PPE all the time. It's a little different."
I just can't wait to see how these shows will address and how the characters will be reacting to the pandemic. I know it's going to affect the hospital shows over the emergencies shows in away. Maybe one of the characters deals with the illness and we can see what it's like and maybe learn to take this pandemic seriously.
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