From the creators of “Children’s Hospital” (starring Rob Huebel and Erinn Hayes) comes the totally-not-a-spinoff “Medical Police” (also starring Rob Huebel and Erinn Hayes.)
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Now “Children’s Hospital” is niche, not watched by many, but beloved by a core audience. More importantly, it’s created an incredibly talented de facto comedy troupe. And that team is largely all back for “Medical Police,” a show where doctors are also crime-fighting cops.
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On top of Huebel and Hayes, there’s Sarayu Blue, Rob Corddry, Malin Akerman, Ken Marino, and Lake Bell. Jason Schwartzman and Fred Melamed, among others, guest star. Co-creators Krister Johnson, Rob Corddry, Jonathan Stern, and David Wain serve as executive producers and writers, respectively.
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Rob Corddry created “Children’s Hospital” and he created a space where actors who are not necessarily known for comedy—Erin Hayes, Lake Bell, Malin Åkerman—were given a chance to shine and not only did they do that, they flourished, many of them changing gears in their careers because of it. This “not a spin-off” show is definitely cut from the same cloth with the same sense of odd, weird, black humor. But basically all you need to know is, when a mysterious illness threatens the fate of the planet and life as we know it, a cast of characters who have no business saving the world may be our only hope.
Here’s the synopsis:
From the inimitable team behind Childrens Hospital, Medical Police follows two American physicians (Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel) stationed at a pediatric hospital in São Paulo, Brazil who unwittingly discover a civilization-threatening virus. They’re soon recruited as secret government agents and find themselves in a race against time to find a cure, all the while uncovering a dark conspiracy at the center of the outbreak. Building on the legacy of its predecessor Childrens Hospital, Medical Police triples as an action-packed thriller, a mystery-wrapped love story and, ultimately, a globetrotting comedy series.
“Medical Police” premieres Friday, January 10, 2020, on Netflix. Watch the trailer below.
