TORONTO – Global Television’s original drama series Combat Hospital has been picked up by ABC, Shaw Media said Monday.
The 13 episode series, the second Global series to be picked up by the U.S. network, will air in simulcast with ABC this summer (airdates TBC). Set in a hospital inspired by the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan, Combat Hospital charts the frantic lives of the hospital’s resident doctors and nurses from Canada, America, the UK and other allied countries.
“With the record setting success of Rookie Blue, we’re looking forward to partnering with ABC on another winning series,” said Barbara Williams, SVP of content for Shaw Media, in the announcement. “The appeal of Combat Hospital will cut across all demographics and many nationalities. It’ll provide the flip side to an international conflict that comes into our homes every day.”
The series is a joint production of Canada’s Sienna Films and the UK’s Artists Studio with Carrie Stein at 3 Arts Entertainment and Simon Vaughan at Lookout Point heading up international sales.
