Opinion: Dr. Glaucomflecken says NBC's 'St. Denis Medical' makes medicine funny again

Our long national nightmare is over. We finally have a new medical comedy on network television. “St. Denis Medical,” the new NBC comedy created by Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin, attempts to fill the enormous J.D. and Turk-sized shoes that have been left largely unoccupied since we lost “Scrubs” in 2010. Overall, it’s a great start.

Health care professionals have been waiting for a show like “St. Denis” for years. Beloved iterations of the mockumentary style have left many of us, including me, saying, “Why don’t they do ‘The Office’ but for medicine?” Well, here it is, and it’s almost too late. The knowing glances at the camera, better known as “The Jim Face,” are now offered by charge nurse Alex. The naïve, bumbling rookie nurse, Matt, gives interviews reminiscent of Andy Dwyer from “Parks and Rec.” It feels familiar, which takes a bit of the luster off the first major medical comedy we’ve seen in over a decade.

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