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''St. Elsewhere'' is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at an aging, underrated Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions. The series was produced by MTM Enterprises, which had success with a similar NBC series, the police drama ''Hill Street Blues'', during that same time; both series were often compared to each other for their use of ensemble casts and overlapping serialized storylines (an original ad for ''St Elsewhere'' quoted a critic that called the series "'Hill Street Blues' in a hospital"). ''St. Elsewhere'' was filmed at CBS/MTM Studios, which was known as CBS/Fox Studios when the show began; coincidentally, 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the series when it bought MTM Enterprises in the 1990s. Known for its combination of gritty, realistic drama, ''St. Elsewhere'' gained a small yet loyal following (the series did not rank higher than 49th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings) over its six-season, 137-episode run; the series also found a strong audience in Nielsen's 18-49 age demographic, a young demo later known for a young, affluent audience that TV advertisers were eager to reach.〔("100 Episodes: St. Elsewhere," ) essay from ''The AV Club'', 3/12/2012〕 The series also earned critical acclaim during its run, earning 13 Emmy Awards for its writing, acting, and directing. ''St. Elsewhere'' was ranked #20 on ''TV Guide's'' 2002 list of "The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time", with the magazine also selecting it as the best drama series of the 1980s in a 1993 issue. In 2013, TV Guide ranked the series #51 on its list of the 60 Best Series of All Time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time )〕 ==Overview== ''St. Elsewhere'' was set at fictional St. Eligius, a decaying urban teaching hospital in Boston's South End neighborhood. (The Franklin Square House Apartments in Boston stood in for the hospital in establishing shots, including the series' opening sequence.) (Before becoming apartments it was originally the St. James Hotel in Boston.) The hospital's nickname, "St. Elsewhere," is a slang term used in the medical industry to refer to lesser-equipped hospitals that serve patients turned away by more prestigious institutions; it is also used in medical academia to refer to teaching hospitals in general (to the further detriment of St. Eligius's reputation). In the pilot episode, surgeon Dr. Mark Craig (William Daniels's character) informed his colleagues that the local Boston media had bestowed the derogatory nickname upon St. Eligius since they perceived the hospital as "a dumping ground, a place you wouldn't want to send your mother-in-law." In fact, the hospital was so poorly regarded that its shrine to Saint Eligius was commonly defiled by the hospital's visitors ''and'' staff, and is passingly referred to by Dr. Wayne Fiscus as "the patron saint of longshoremen and bowlers." (Eligius is neither; he is patron saint of numismatists, metalworkers, and horses.) Just as in ''Hill Street Blues'', ''St. Elsewhere'' employed a large ensemble cast; a gritty, "realistic" visual style; and a profusion of interlocking serialized stories, many of which continued over the course of several episodes, if not multiple seasons. In the same way ''Hill Street'' was regarded as a groundbreaking police drama, ''St. Elsewhere'' would also break new ground in medical dramas, creating a template that would influence ''ER'', ''Chicago Hope'', and other later shows in the genre. ''St. Elsewhere'' portrayed the medical profession as an admirable but less-than-perfect endeavor; the St. Eligius staff, while mostly having good intentions in serving their patients, all had their own personal and professional problems, with the two often intertwining. The staff's problems, and those of their patients (some of whom didn't survive), were often contemporary in nature, with storylines involving breast cancer, AIDS, and addiction. Though the series dealt with serious issues of life, death, the medical profession, and the human effects of all three, a substantial amount of black comedic moments and inside jokes and references to TV history were included, as well as tender moments of humanity.〔("NBC's Stylish 'St. Elsewhere,'" ) review from ''The New York Times'', 11/16/1982〕 The producers for the series were Bruce Paltrow, Mark Tinker, John Masius, Tom Fontana, John Falsey and Abby Singer. Tinker, Masius, Fontana, and Paltrow wrote a number of episodes as well; other writers included John Tinker, John Ford Noonan, Charles H. Eglee, Eric Overmyer, Channing Gibson, and Aram Saroyan. The show's main and end title theme was composed by famed jazz musician and composer Dave Grusin. Noted film and TV composer J.A.C. Redford wrote the music for the series (except for the pilot, which was scored by Grusin). No soundtrack was ever released, but the theme was released in two different versions: the original TV mix and edit appeared on TVT Records' compilation ''Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70s & 80s'', and Grusin recorded a full-length version (4:13) for inclusion on his ''Night Lines'' album, released in 1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Elsewhere」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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