Fox has given a straight-to-series order for the medical procedural drama “Doc.” The collection is slated to debut on the community in 2023-2024.
Hailing from government producers Barbie Kligman (“Magnum P.I.,” “Secrets and Lies,” “Private Practice”), Hank Steinberg (“For Life,” “Without a Trace”) and Erwin Stoff (“I Am Legend,” “The Matrix”), “Doc” relies on the Italian collection “Nelle tue mani,” which was created and is produced by Lux Vide, a division of Fremantle.
According to Fox’s official description, “Doc” focuses on Dr. Amy Elias, chief of inner and household drugs at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. “After a mind harm erases the final eight years of her life, Amy should navigate an unfamiliar world the place she has no recollection of sufferers she’s handled, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the person she now loves and the tragedy that brought on her to push everybody away. She can rely solely on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted mates, as she struggles to proceed training drugs, regardless of having misplaced practically a decade of data and expertise,” the outline reads.
The Italian iteration initially premiered on Rai 1 in 2020, the place it ranked because the community’s No. 1 collection premiere since 2007. Since then, the collection format has been offered in 12 nations with seven variations already made.
“This transferring and heroic medical drama is the very definition of storytelling excellence and what audiences have come to anticipate from Fox,” mentioned Michael Thorn, president of scripted programming, Fox Entertainment. “’Doc’ explores the uncooked emotion, redemption and resilience of the human spirit in methods we hardly ever see, and for that, we credit score the inventive management of Barbie, Hank and Erwin, who we all know will deliver this story to spectacular life, this extraordinary supply materials and our deeply valued companions at Sony.”
“We are thrilled with Barbie and Hank’s inspiring tackle the emotionally fascinating and globally acclaimed Italian collection, and we couldn’t have a greater associate in Fox to deliver the format to the U.S.,” added Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios.
Barbie Kligman serves as showrunner and government Producer on the drama alongside Hank Steinberg of Channel Road Productions and Erwin Stoff of three Arts Entertainment. The collection might be co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.
The new decide up comes simply on the heels of final week’s Season 2 renewal of “Accused” and “Alert: Missing Persons Unit,” each of that are additionally co-productions of Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios. Additionally, Fox not too long ago renewed “The Cleaning Lady,” for a 3rd season.
