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‘St. Denis Medical’ Is Another Winning Workplace Comedy From the ‘Superstore’ Team: TV Review
NBC sitcom 'St. Denis Medical' stars David Allan Grier in the latest workplace comedy from Justin Spitzer, creator of 'Superstore'.
A graduate of “The Office,” he makes shows set on the front lines of the modern economy: the sales floor of a big-box retailer (“Superstore”) or the headquarters of a flailing car manufacturer (“American Auto”). Denis Medical” is a worthy entrant in this larger project — and, therefore, a sharp break from the bro-y bonhomie of “Scrubs.” Our introduction to the namesake setting, a “safety-net hospital” in Oregon, is supervising nurse Alex (the wonderful Allison Tolman) attending to a patient recovering from the latest of several opioid overdoses. Alex’s overwhelmed colleague Val (Kaliko Kauahi, familiar as Sandra to fans of “Superstore”) cites a staffing shortage to a restless crowd of treatment seekers; executive director Joyce (Wendi McClendon-Covey), a former oncologist, is more concerned with securing flashy new equipment than upgrading software from the Clinton era.
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