It took the U.S. version of The Office about five seasons to complete its full, multi-phase journey from awkwardly derivative cringe comedy to richly populated ensemble to cuddly comfort watch. Parks and Recreation made the trip at a quicker pace,

T aking a page from other workplace TV mockumentaries, NBC’s “St. Denis Medical” follows the overburdened staff of a hospital in Scranton. Sorry, I meant small-town Oregon.

The sitcom writer Justin Spitzer had his first script credit on "Scrubs," the archetypal workplace comedy set in a hospital. Twenty years later, Spitzer returns to the genre with NBC's "St. Denis Medical,

St. Denis Medical follows overworked doctors and nurses at an underfunded hospital - but did playing healthcare workers teach the cast any new skills in the medical field? During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly,