Chicago Hope

Well it now looks as though there is going to be no more seasons of Chicago Hope screened on UK television. Chicago Hope started the same year as that other great hospital drama set in the same city, ER. ER had the action and the thumping tense music. Chicago Hope had the comedy and proper thought provoking drama. Both of the deserved to succeed. They both did in the US, but over here they were not to be treated as equals. Sky One used to show it on a different day at the same time as they were showing ER, when in fact they should have waited until a season of ER had ended and then put Chicago Hope into the same Thursday night slot, so ...  Read the complete review

Chicago Hope is one of the most ill-used drama series. The last series (like previous ones), was shown in double helpings around midnight on BBC - in fact, they seemed so keen to get it out of the way that the last 8 episodes were shown over 2 weeks. We are now told that the BBC has no plans to buy in subsequent series (I think there are two more). No doubt their excuse is that it didn't get the ratings, hardly surprising since the only sensible way of seeing it was to record it. David E Kelley, who is also the force behind Ally McBeal, originated CH and the show had its bad moments in the US when the network very nearly dumped it some years back. ...  Read the complete review

Chicago Hope is terrific! It was once compared with ER and came a poor second but I think that was unfair and there is no comparison between the two. Chicago Hope is set in a hospital in Chicago, America. They have problems just like ER yet there is a lot more going on with the programme. With doctors Working in a teaching environment they are always researching and performing first operations. They are Pioneers. With handsome staff and episodes of thought provoking storylines I think I prefer this to ER! Doctors include a nerologist who had a brain hematoma and can not operate now so he becomes a shrink called Aaron. There was also a brilliant ...  Read the complete review

Chicago Hope is a drama held in a teaching hospital, in of course, Chicago. This was an excellent drama; which you really got involved, in the characters lives. It isn’t all about medical problems, and doesn’t totally take place in the hospital; there is, a lot of scene that were not in the hospital. The program covers the main problems all hospitals come across, finance, being sued and of the staffing problems. The story lines were always interesting, and I always looked forward to the next one. Why have sky one abandon it? Am I the only person who liked it? ...  Read the complete review