From: suzeeq@imbris.com   
      
   On 1/2/2026 8:16 AM, Robin Miller wrote:   
   > Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >> Ian J. Ball  wrote:   
   >>> On 12/30/25 2:55 PM, Robin Miller wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Best Medicine     [new]            
   (8 pm, Fox)   
   >>   
   >>>> Josh Charles plays an accomplished surgeon with poor bedside manner who   
   >>>> leaves his career in Boston behind to become a general practitioner   
   >>>> in a   
   >>>> small coastal town in this American remake of the long-running British   
   >>>> series Doc Martin. Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts also star. Tonight's   
   >>>> premiere will repeat on Tuesday 1/6 at 8 pm, the show's regular   
   >>>> timeslot   
   >>>> going forward. 13 episodes.   
   >>   
   >>> I might sample this.   
   >>   
   >> The original was vile. Why would you think this would be entertaining?   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > I don't understand that reaction. I loved Doc Martin. Everyone loved Doc   
   > Martin. The town where the show was filmed, Port Isaac in Cornwall, was   
   > full of visitors when the show wasn't filming.   
      
   I don't like Doc Martin.   
      
   >   
   > Martin Clunes is an excellent actor, and I like Caroline Catz also.   
   >   
   > The show ran for 10 seasons and has an 8.4 IMDb rating:   
   >   
   > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/   
   >   
   >   
   > That said, Josh Charles is not Martin Clunes, and I have no idea if this   
   > show will be any good. Are American remakes of foreign shows ever any   
   > good? The US remake of the wonderful Gran Hotel was a complete failure,   
   > unlike the Egyptian and Mexican remakes.   
   >   
   > --Robin   
      
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