Hopkins (TV series)

Hopkins is a seven-part documentary TV series set at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a teaching hospital in Baltimore, Maryland (US).[1][2][3] It premiered in the United States on June 26, 2008, on ABC[3] and is currently airing in syndication on the We TV Network. The theme for the show "So Much to Say" was written by songwriter Matthew Puckett. The series won a Peabody Award in 2009.[4]

Hopkins
GenreDocumentary
StarringAlfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, Avedis Meneshian, Megan Quick, Brian Bethea, Ann Czarnik, Amber Bethea, Karen Boyle, John Conte, Ashish S. Shah, James Fackler, Tom Reifsnyder, Robert Montgomery, Mustapha Saheed, Ben Carson, Luca Vricella, Andrew MacGregor Cameron
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producersRudy Bednar
Terence Wrong
EditorsPagan Harleman, Faith Jones, Cindy Kaplan Rooney, Valentine D'Arcy Sheldon
Running time43 minutes
Production companyABC News
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseJune 26 –
August 7, 2008 (2008-08-07)
Chronology
Preceded byHopkins 24/7
Followed byBoston Med
NY Med

Created as a real-life adjunct to the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy,[1] it follows the professional lives of hospital caregivers and their patients. The show is a follow-up to the ABC documentary series Hopkins 24/7, from 2000.[5] Boston Med, which aired on ABC in June–August 2010, was produced by the same team behind Hopkins.

Controversy

The fourth episode of the series featured a young boy with a serious, irreversible heart condition. His heart was barely functioning at a level high enough to keep him alive, and he went into cardiac arrest during a heart biopsy. During a discussion among the boy's doctors about the course of treatment, Dr. James Fackler, a pediatric critical care specialist, was shown saying, "It's my opinion that we should just let the child die." This comment incited controversy among viewers, who considered it insensitive.[6]

In a video on ABC's Hopkins website, Dr. Fackler elaborated on what he meant, explaining that if the boy required a heart transplant, mechanical life support (ECMO) would not keep him alive long enough for a new heart to become available.

The series failed to show the importance of hospital positions other than the main physician. Nurses felt their jobs were undermined because of how doctors were portrayed as lone heroes. Nurses, social workers and clergy were some of the many people who contributed to the doctor's success.[7]

Footnotes
  1. Schneider, Michael; Josef Adalian (2008-03-16). "ABC schedules checkup at 'Hopkins'". Variety Online. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  2. Zurawik, David (2008-04-01). "ABC News producer on what makes Johns Hopkins great". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Company. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  3. "HOPKINS 24/7" (Press release). The Futon Critic. 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  4. 68th Annual Peabody Awards, May 2009.
  5. Carman, John (2000-08-30). "Hospital Delivers A Dose of Real Life". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  6. "A Palliative Care View of "Hopkins"".
  7. "Johns Hopkins Magazine -- November 2000". pages.jh.edu. November 2000. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
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