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Chicago Hope
Genre
Created byDavid E. Kelley
Starring
Opening theme"Theme from Chicago Hope" by Mark Isham
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes141 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsLos Angeles
Chicago
CinematographyJames R. Bagdonas
Running timeapprox. 42–44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 18, 1994 (1994-09-18) –
May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04)
Related
Picket Fences

Chicago Hope was an American medical drama television series created by David E. Kelley,[1] that aired for six seasons on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000, with a total of 141 episodes. The series is set in a fictional private charitable hospital in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

Overview

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The show starred Mandy Patinkin as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, a hot-shot surgeon with emotional issues stemming from the psychiatric condition of his wife (played by Kim Greist), who drowned their infant son. Adam Arkin plays Dr. Aaron Shutt, a world-renowned neurosurgeon and Geiger's best friend. Thomas Gibson played Dr. Daniel Nyland, a promiscuous ER doctor and trauma surgeon who was later suspended due to his having an affair with a patient's family member and later was injured in a car crash. Dr. Keith Wilkes played by Rocky Carroll, often clashed with Nyland and was known for his back-to-basics and rough demeanor. He was good friends with Peter Berg's character, Dr. Billy Kronk. Kronk was known for his cowboyish demeanor and known to be very cocky, as showed in an episode where he cuts off a man's injured leg with a chainsaw in a scene where Kronk helps out at an accident site. Peter MacNicol, Alan Rosenberg, and Héctor Elizondo feature as the hospital's in-house attorneys and chief of staff, respectively. Christine Lahti joined in the second season as Dr. Kate Austin, a talented heart surgeon with a chip on her shoulder, vying with Geiger for the chief of surgery position. She was known fighting in a custody battle with her malicious ex-husband and businessman, Tommy Wilmette, played by Ron Silver. Mr. Wilmette did everything he could to get Austin to lose custody of their daughter. He purchased the hospital at the end of Season 2. Dr. Austin is suspended because she and her daughter go AWOL on a trip to New Zealand. Mr. Wilmette was upset because it took him three months to find his ex-wife and daughter. In Season 3, the doctors want Mr. Wilmette to sell the hospital and the doctors would run it. The doctors viewed that Wilmette didn't know how to run a hospital and cut too many costs that involved patient care. Mr. Wilmette later met with Senator Kennedy at the White House to talk about Healthcare Reform. In Season 2, Geiger resigns from Chicago Hope after trying to save Alan Birch from a deadly gunshot wound to his heart.

Geiger adopted Birch's baby daughter. Geiger later rejoins the doctors at the end of Season 5 when he becomes Chairman of the Board and fires half of the doctors. In Season 4, Dr. Shutt became a psychiatrist and temporarily loses his ability to operate after suffering from a brain aneurysm. In Season 6, Shutt returns to Neurosurgery and works alongside Carla Gugino's character, Dr. Gina Simon.[3]

Episodes

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See also: List of Chicago Hope episodes

Chicago Hope ran six seasons, airing a total of 141 episodes.

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
122September 18, 1994 (1994-09-18)May 22, 1995 (1995-05-22)
223September 18, 1995 (1995-09-18)May 20, 1996 (1996-05-20)
326September 16, 1996 (1996-09-16)May 19, 1997 (1997-05-19)
424October 1, 1997 (1997-10-01)May 13, 1998 (1998-05-13)
524September 30, 1998 (1998-09-30)May 19, 1999 (1999-05-19)
622September 23, 1999 (1999-09-23)May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04)

Crossovers

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Fyvush Finkel and Kathy Baker appeared as their Picket Fences characters in the first season. Likewise, Mandy Patinkin and Héctor Elizondo brought their Chicago Hope characters to Picket Fences that year. Both Adam Arkin and Lauren Holly had previously appeared on Picket Fences as a lawyer and as a deputy sheriff, respectively.

Mandy Patinkin appears in an uncredited role as Geiger in a 1995 episode of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street. Chicago Hope producer John Tinker shot this footage as a favor to his St. Elsewhere colleague Tom Fontana.[citation needed]

Chicago Hope characters crossed over to Early Edition early in that show's run. Rocky Carroll, Jayne Brook, and Héctor Elizondo all guest-starred in scenes taking place in the hospital.

Characters

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Chicago Hope cast photo
Name Portrayed by Occupation Season
1 2 3 4 5 6
Aaron Shutt Adam Arkin Neurosurgeon Main
Phillip Watters Hector Elizondo Hospital Chief of Staff Main
Jeffrey Geiger Mandy Patinkin Cardiac Surgeon Main Recurring Main
Danny Nyland Thomas Gibson E.R. surgeon, chief of trauma Main Does not appear
Camille Shutt Roxanne Hart Nurse Main Does not appear
Alan Birch Peter MacNicol Hospital Attorney Main Does not appear
Arthur Thurmond E. G. Marshall Main Does not appear
Angela Giandamenicio Roma Maffia Main Does not appear
Billy Kronk Peter Berg[4] E.R. Doctor Guest Main Does not appear
Dennis Hancock Vondie Curtis-Hall Clinic Physician Guest Main Does not appear
Diane Grad Jayne Brook Internal Med/Research Scientist Guest Main Does not appear
Kate Austin Christine Lahti Cardiac surgeon Does not appear Main Does not appear
John Sutton Jamey Sheridan OB/GYN Does not appear Main Does not appear
Keith Wilkes Rocky Carroll E.R. Doctor Does not appear Main
Jack McNeil Mark Harmon Orthopedic Surgeon Does not appear Main
Lisa Catera Stacy Edwards Neurosurgeon Does not appear Main Does not appear
Robert Yeats Eric Stoltz Does not appear Main Does not appear
Gina Simon Carla Gugino Neurosurgeon Does not appear Main
Francesca Alberghetti Barbara Hershey Cardiac Surgeon Does not appear Main
Jeremy Hanlon Lauren Holly Plastic Surgeon Does not appear Main
Stuart Brickman Alan Rosenberg Hospital Attorney Does not appear Main

Production

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With the exception of some infrequent on-location scenes, the vast majority of Chicago Hope was filmed on sound stages at the studios of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles. Three of the cast (Harmon, Carroll and Holly) would later go on to star together in NCIS.

Firsts

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The series broke a network television taboo by showing a teenager's breast after her character underwent reconstructive surgery. This was generally seen as relevant to the subject matter and went relatively uncriticized.[5]

On November 18, 1998, Chicago Hope became the first regular series episode to be broadcast in HDTV.[6] The episode was entitled "The Other Cheek".

Mark Harmon's character uttered the word "shit" during a trauma. Little criticism was made, although it did inspire the South Park episode It Hits the Fan.[citation needed]

Broadcast

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Domestic reruns

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Reruns of Chicago Hope aired on Pop (then the TV Guide Network) from 2010 to 2012. OWN also aired reruns of Chicago Hope on a semi-regular basis.

International

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In the UK, seasons 1 and 2 originally aired on BBC One. More recently, all seasons of the show have been shown on ITV3. Starting on September 3, 2007, it began airing on Zone Romantica in the UK and Ireland. It was also shown on Sky One in the UK and Ireland in its prime time slots. In Australia, the series originally aired on The Seven Network. In Germany the first seasons were shown in the 1990s. In Hungary, the series aired on Viasat3.
In Indonesia, the series originally aired on RCTI, starting from October 1998 ended from July 2002. As of November 2013 it was airing on UK channel True Entertainment. In New Zealand, the series originally aired on TV2, now TVNZ 2.

Home media

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Revelation Films has released all 6 seasons of Chicago Hope on DVD in Region 2 (UK) for the first time.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

DVD Name Ep# Release dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
Season One 22 N/A March 5, 2012 N/A
Season Two 23 N/A July 23, 2012 N/A
Season Three 26 N/A November 5, 2012 N/A
Season Four 24 N/A March 18, 2013 N/A
Season Five 24 N/A September 16, 2013 N/A
Season Six 22 N/A July 21, 2014 N/A
The Complete Collection 141 N/A December 14, 2015[13] N/A

Reception

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The pilot episode of Chicago Hope aired the day before NBC's ER in a special Sunday, 8 p.m. time slot. After the first week, however, the two Chicago-based hospital dramas went "head to head" in their primetime 10 p.m. Thursday night slot. ER was the victor: its first season proved a ratings winner. Despite receiving critical acclaim, Chicago Hope was shifted to 9 p.m. Thursdays, and ultimately to Monday nights in 1995 in a bid for higher ratings, while ER remained in its time slot.

Chicago Hope remained in the Monday slot and performed well, with ratings peaking at 11.9, with a 20 share. In the second season, however, Kelley and Patinkin decided to leave the show. The show was moved to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. in 1997 to make room for the Steven Bochco drama, Brooklyn South, on Mondays. In 1999, both Kelley and Patinkin returned, with a revamped cast now including Barbara Hershey and Lauren Holly, but excluding Lahti, Peter Berg, Jayne Brook, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Stacy Edwards. CBS also moved the show back to Thursday nights, against NBC's Frasier and ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The show was canceled in May 2000.

In 2008, former co-stars Rocky Carroll (Dr. Keith Wilkes); Mark Harmon (Dr. Jack McNeil) and Lauren Holly (Dr. Jeremy Hanlon) worked together on the series NCIS. Holly left the show after three seasons, while Carroll remains with the cast today. Harmon would depart in 2021. In addition, Carroll has a recurring role as his NCIS character, Director Leon Vance, on that series's spin off, NCIS: Los Angeles. Jayne Brook (Dr. Diane Grad) and Stacy Edwards have also guest starred on NCIS as well.

Thomas Gibson would later star alongside Patinkin in the highly successful Criminal Minds, as well as Shemar Moore who was a guest star on Chicago Hope during Season 4. Patinkin later left the show early in its third season.

Nielsen ratings

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Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Chicago Hope.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May Nielsen ratings.

Season Timeslot[nb 1] Season premiere Season finale TV season Ranking Viewers
(in millions
of households)
1st Thursday, 10:00 p.m. September 18, 1994 May 22, 1995 1994–1995 29 11.2[14]
2nd Monday 10:00 p.m. September 18, 1995 May 20, 1996 1995–1996 24 11.4[15]
3rd Monday 10:00 p.m. September 16, 1996 May 19, 1997 1996–1997 30 10.2[16]
4th Wednesday 10:00 p.m. October 1, 1997 May 13, 1998 1997–1998 39 8.9
5th Wednesday 10:00 p.m. September 30, 1998 May 19, 1999 1998–1999 73 9.9
6th Thursday 9:00 p.m. September 23, 1999 May 4, 2000 1999–2000 62 9.4

Awards and nominations

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Over its six seasons, Chicago Hope was nominated for many accolades and won several, including seven Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Awards.

Emmy awards

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Year Award Recipient Result
1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Mandy Patinkin Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Hector Elizondo Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Lou Antonio for "Life Support" Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Tim Suhrstedt for the episode "Over The Rainbow" Won
Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production Lori Jane Coleman for "Pilot" Nominated
Randy Roberts for "The Quarantine" Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series David Kirschner, Robert Appere, and Kenneth R. Burton for "Internal Affairs" Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Mark Isham Nominated
1996 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Series Debi Manwiller Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Hector Elizondo Nominated
Priimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Jeremy Kagan for the episode "Leave Of Absence" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Richard Pryor Nominated
Michael Jeter Nominated
Rip Torn Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Carol Kane Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Kenneth Zunder for "Leave of Absence" Nominated
Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production Jim Stewart for "Leave of Absence" Nominated
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series Mary Ann Valdes, Dione Taylor for "Right to Life" Nominated
Outstanding Makeup for a Series Norman T. Leavitt, Coree Lear, Bari Dreiband-Burman, & Thomas R. Burman for "Quiet Riot" Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Mark Isham Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Russell C. Fager, R. Russell Smith, Greg Orloff for "Quiet Riot" Nominated
1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Héctor Elizondo Won
Adam Arkin Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Alan Arkin Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Isabella Rossellini Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series – Single Camera Production James R. Bagdonas for "A Time To Kill" Nominated
Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production Alec Smight, Mark C. Baldwin, Augie Hess for "Days of the Rope" Nominated
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series Nominated
1998 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series Bill D'Elia for "Brain Salad Surgery" Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Hector Elizondo Nominated
Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production Alec Smight for "Brain Salad Surgery" Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series – Single Camera Production James R. Bagdonas for "Brain Salad Surgery" Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series Russell C. Fager, R. Russell Smith, and William Freesh for the episode "Brain Salad Surgery" Won
1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Mandy Patinkin Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography for a Series – Single Camera Production James R. Bagdonas for "Home Is Where The Heartache Is" Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Award Recipient Result
1995 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Mandy Patinkin Nominated
1996 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama Nominated
1997 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Christine Lahti Nominated
1998 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Christine Lahti Won

Screen Actors Guild Award

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Year Award Recipient Result
1995 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Mandy Patinkin Nominated
Hector Elizondo Nominated
1996 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated
1997 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated
1998 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated
1999 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Christine Lahti Nominated

Other awards

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Year Award Category Nominee(s) Work Result
1998 ALMA Awards Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role Hector Elizondo Nominated
1999 ALMA Awards Outstanding Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role Hector Elizondo Nominated
2000 ALMA Awards Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series Hector Elizondo Won
1998 American Choreography Awards Outstanding Achievement in Television – Episodic Kenny Ortega Won
1995 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Lori Jane Coleman "Pilot" Won
1996 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Alec Smight "Love and Hope" Nominated
Randy Roberts "The Quarantine" Nominated
1997 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Randy Roberts "Transplanted Affection" Won
1999 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television Alec Smight "Gun With The Wind" Nominated
1995 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Tim Suhrstedt Nominated
1996 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series Kenneth Zunder "Leave of Absence" Nominated
1997 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series James R. Bagdonas "Time to Kill" Nominated
1998 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series James R. Bagdonas "Hope Against Hope" Nominated
1995 Casting Society of America Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic Steve Jacobs Nominated
1996 Casting Society of America Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic Debi Manwiller Nominated
1997 Casting Society of America Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic Debi Manwiller Nominated
1997 Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series Greg Orloff, R. Russell Smith, Russell C. Fager "Quiet Riot" Nominated
1998 Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series R. Russell Smith, William Freesh, Russell C. Fager "Brain Salad Surgery" Won
1999 Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series R. Russell Smith, William Freesh, Russell C. Fager "100 and One Damnations" Nominated
1995 Directors Guild of America Award Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series Michael Pressman "Pilot" Nominated
1997 GLAAD Media Award Outstanding TV Drama Series Won
1999 GLAAD Media Award Outstanding TV Drama Series Won
2001 GLAAD Media Award Outstanding TV Individual Episode (In a Series Without A Regular Gay Character) "Boys Will Be Girls" Nominated
1997 Satellite Awards Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama Nominated
Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama Christine Lahti Won
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama Hector Elizondo Nominated
1999 YoungStar Award Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series Mae Whitman Nominated

Notes

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  1. ^ Times listed are Eastern Time

References

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  1. ^ Pamela Warrick (1995-04-03). "Some say the exciting plots of 'Chicago Hope' lack medical accuracy. But the drama's creator says caution is exercised-and that people know too much to be fooled. : False Hope?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  2. ^ Howard Rosenberg (1994-09-17). "TV Reviews : 'Chicago Hope' a Medical Melodrama". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  3. ^ Howard Rosenberg (1994-10-13). "'ER' vs. 'Hope': Which Medicine Is Easier to Swallow?s". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  4. ^ Tom White (1995-04-08). "Peter Berg: A Man of Action and Words : Television: His dual life as actor and screenwriter has put him in a state of enjoyable overload. He is on 'Chicago Hope' and has a production deal for his screenplay". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  5. ^ Michael Blowen (1995-03-12). "Television censors use situational standards". The Baltimore Sun. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-07-02.
  6. ^ CEA: Digital America – HDTV Archived 2006-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Chicago Hope- Season 1". Amazon.co.uk. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  8. ^ "Chicago Hope- Season 2". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  9. ^ "Chicago Hope- Season 3". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  10. ^ "Chicago Hope- Season 4". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  11. ^ "Chicago Hope- Season 5". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  12. ^ "Chicago Hope- Season 6". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  13. ^ Chicago Hope Complete, Revelation Films Ltd, 2015-12-14, retrieved 2020-01-04
  14. ^ "TV Ratings > 1900s". ClassicTVHits.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-26. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  15. ^ "TV Ratings > 1900s". ClassicTVHits.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  16. ^ "TV Ratings > 1900s". ClassicTVHits.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
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