10 TV Shows Like ‘Dr Romantic’ | TheReviewGeek Recommends – TheReviewGeek
With a cast of prominent actors from the K-drama industry, Dr Romantic is one of the highest rated TV shows in South Korea.
The show follows the story of Dr. Kim Sa-bu (aka Teacher Kim) who works at Doldam Emergency Hospital on the outskirts of Seoul. The hospital operates according to Teacher Kim’s philosophy of putting patients’ lives above all else.
If you’re someone who’s watched all three seasons, here are some TV show alternatives that you can watch while everyone else is waiting for the show to renew!
Hospital playlist
Similarities: ensemble cast, romance, comedy, medical drama
Hospital Playlist follows the lives of five doctors in their forties. A hospital is a place known as the microcosm of life, where one person is born and another’s life ends. These five doctors work at Yulje Medical Center and first became friends during medical school in 1999.
The show tells stories of people going through their days in the hospital that are seemingly ordinary but are actually special.
Doctor Cha
Similarities: Drama, Comedy, Medical Drama
The show follows the story of Cha Jung-sook, a doctor who is married to Seo In-ho, a man who works as a chief surgeon in a teaching hospital. In-ho has a strict, sensitive and thorough personality.
After giving up her career during her medical years, Jung-sook became a full-time housewife for 20 years. Now Jung-sook decides to restart her medical education, but she bites off more than she can chew.
Doctor Stranger
Similarities: romance, medical drama
The show follows the story of Park Hoon, who was kidnapped by North Koreans along with his father. In North Korea, he was trained as a doctor by his father, who was already a doctor. Park Hoon learns to be a genius heart surgeon and then flees to South Korea.
There he starts working as a doctor at the top hospital Myeongwoo University Hospital in South Korea, but he feels like a complete outsider.
Gray’s Anatomy
Similarities: ensemble cast, romance, medical drama
This prime-time American medical and romantic drama follows the life of Meredith Gray, an aspiring surgeon and daughter of one of the world’s top surgeons, Dr. Ellis Gray. Throughout the series, Meredith and fellow surgeons at Seattle Grace Hospital go through a series of professional and personal challenges.
The good doctor
Similarities: medical drama, gifted doctor
This American TV show follows the life of Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome. Shaun moves from a quiet country life to a prestigious surgical ward of a hospital. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
Kill me heal me
Similarities: medical drama, romance, comedy
This psychological comedy K-drama follows the story of Cha Do-hyeon, who suffers from amnesia and dissociation after a traumatic childhood experience. Due to his dissociation, Do-hyeon has created seven different personalities in his mind. Wanting to regain control of his life, he asks Oh Ri-jin, a first-year psychiatric resident, to help him, but she ends up falling in love with one of his personalities. Ri-jin’s twin brother, Oh Ri-on, is a famous mystery novelist who researches Do-hyeon and his family.
The Mindy Project
Similarities: Romance, Comedy
The American romantic comedy The Mindy Project stars Mindy Kaling, the creator of Never Have I Ever. The Mindy Project follows the story of an obstetrician/gynecologist named Mindy Lahiri (played by Mindy Kaling) as she tries to balance her personal and professional life surrounded by wayward colleagues in a small New York City medical practice.
Dill Mill Gaye
Similarities: medical drama, romance
This Indian daily soap follows the lives of surgical interns and general practitioners at Sanjeevani Hospital and how these doctors cope with the pressures of their profession. It also looks at the drama in their personal and romantic lives as well as interpersonal relationships with fellow doctors.
The show initially begins with interns – Dr. Anjali Gupta, dr. Armaan Malik, dr. Riddhima Gupta, Dr. Atul Joshi and Dr. Sapna Shah entering Sanjeevani Hospital for their respective medical residency. Dr Shashank Gupta is the head of the hospital and the father of Anjali and Riddhima.
scrubs
Similarities: Medical drama, comedy
Scrubs is an American medical-themed television comedy that aired on the NBC network for seven seasons. Set in the fictional Sacred Heart Hospital, the show follows the professional life of Dr. John “JD” Dorian, a young doctor who struggles to advance his medical career while dealing with the hospital’s eccentric staff, unpredictable patients and absurd situations.
ER
Similarities: Medical Drama, Emergencies, Trauma Center
Created by best-selling author Michael Crichton and producer John Wells, this American medical drama that aired on NBC from 1994 to 2009 was one of the highest-rated programs on television. ER focused on the doctors, nurses and staff of the emergency room at County General Hospital, a fictional level one trauma center in Chicago. Known for its intensity, the series explored the fierce challenges and life-and-death decisions staff face daily in their busy metropolitan facility.
There we have it, our list of the 10 TV show alternatives to the K-drama, Dr Romantic!
What do you think of our picks? Did your favorite make the list? Were there any noticeable omissions? Let us know in the comments below!
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