Chicago Hope - end of the line hope
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Chicago Hope - end of the line hope |
| Original title | Chicago Hope |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1994-2000 |
| length | 44 minutes |
| Episodes | 141 in 6 seasons ( List ) |
| genre | Drama , hospital series |
| idea | David E. Kelley |
| music |
Mark Isham , Jeff Rona , Peter Bernstein , Roger Neill |
| First broadcast | September 18, 1994 (USA) on CBS |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 8, 1995 on Sat.1 |
| occupation | |
Chicago Hope - Endstation Hope (original title: Chicago Hope ) is an American television series that was developed by David E. Kelley and ran from 1994 to 2000 on the US broadcaster CBS . In Germany it was broadcast on Sat.1 , ProSieben , kabel eins and on Nick in the evening section Nick after eight .
Since October 2018, the complete series has been shown on Sat1.Gold Monday to Friday.
action
The focus of the series is the ultra-modern Chicago Hope Hospital, where talented but also problematic doctors work. One of them is Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, a brilliant surgeon with emotional problems caused by his wife's mental health. Dr. Geiger's best friend is the neurosurgeon Dr. Aaron Shutt, suffering from his divorce and bad relationship with his father. The team also includes the talented heart surgeon Dr. Kate Austin, who is often offensive with her feminist attitude and her ambition and with Dr. Geiger competes for the post of chief surgeon.
The team at the hospital, which often has to struggle with financial problems due to its highly paid doctors and complex technical equipment, is held together by Dr. Phillip Watters, who is a fatherly friend, boss and colleague to his staff at the same time.
The doctors at Chicago Hope are not infrequently confronted with sensational as well as bizarre medical cases and cross many medical, ethical and legal boundaries in the process. The protagonists' private strokes of fate include divorces, close family deaths, kidnappings and legal charges. At the same time, however, deep relationships and feelings develop between some of the doctors, some of which lead to marriages.
Over the course of the 141 episodes, there were numerous fluctuations in the medical team.
occupation
| role | actor | Voice actor | consequences |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Phillip Watters | Hector Elizondo | Klaus Jepsen | 1-141 |
| Dr. Aaron Shutt | Adam Arkin | Jörg Hengstler | 1-141 |
| Dr. Kate Austin | Christine Lahti | Susanne Schwab | 31-119; Guest appearances: 23-30 |
| Dr. Jeffrey Geiger | Mandy Patinkin | Michael Christian | 1-30, 120-141; Guest appearances: 34, 42, 43, 60, 71, 74, 100, 119 |
| Dr. Jack McNeil | Mark Harmon | Andreas Thieck | 47-141 |
| Dr. Billy Kronk | Peter Berg | Thomas Petruo | 13-119 |
| Dr. Keith Wilkes | Rocky Carroll |
Michael Walke (season 3–5) Stefan Gossler (season 6) |
46-141 |
| Dr. Diane Degree | Jayne Brook | Marina Krogull | 16-119 |
| Dr. Dennis Hancock | By Curtis-Hall | Till Hagen | 14-119 |
| Dr. Danny Nyland | Thomas Gibson | Matthias Klages | 3-71; Guest appearance: 100 |
| Alan Birch | Peter MacNicol | Peter Reinhardt | 1-30; Guest appearance: 100 |
| Camille Shutt | Roxanne Hart | Karin Grüger | 1-45; Guest appearance: 100 |
| Dr. Lisa Catera | Stacy Edwards | Silvia Missbach | 76-119 |
| Dr. Robert Yeats | Eric Stoltz | Viktor Neumann | 98-119 |
| Dr. Francesca Alberghetti | Barbara Hershey | Kerstin Sanders-Dornseif | 120-141 |
| Dr. Gina Simon | Carla Gugino | Claudia Lehmann | 120-141; Guest appearance: 119 |
| Dr. Jeremy Hanlon | Lauren Holly | Irina von Bentheim | 120-141 |
| Dr. John Sutton | Jamey Sheridan | Kaspar Eichel | 28-45 |
| Stuart Brickman | Alan Rosenberg | Kaspar Eichel | 134-141; Guest appearances: 117, 118, 120, 123, 125, 126, 130 |
| Dr. Arthur Thurmond | EG Marshall | Eric Vaessen | 1-13 |
| Angela Giandamenicio | Roma Maffia | Ulrike Lau | 1-13 |
| Dr. Nadine Winslow | Victoria Dillard | 4 Guest appearance: 2 |
|
| Hubert "Hugh" Miller | James Garner | Claus Biederstaedt | Guest appearances: 138–141 |
background
The Chicago Hope series broke some taboos on US television. In a 1996 episode, for example, a teenager's bare breasts were shown. In addition, the character Dr. Jack McNeil (played by Mark Harmon) used the word "shit" for the first time on a US TV show in an episode.
Chicago Hope competed in the favor of US viewers with the popular hospital series Emergency Room and alluded to the rival in several episodes. For example, in an episode of Chicago Hope, an advertising film is made about the hospital that caricatures the opening credits of Emergency Room .
Mandy Patinkin left the series in the meantime for health reasons, as he had to undergo a corneal transplant and was no longer able to cope with the stress of a weekly series.
Chicago Hope was the first series in the US in 1998 to be broadcast regularly on HDTV .
DVD release
Seasons 1 to 6 have now been released in English on DVD.
Awards
The series received numerous awards. The actors Christine Lahti and Hector Elizondo were each awarded an Emmy for their achievements in the Chicago Hope series . Christine Lahti also received a Golden Globe in 1998 .
Web links
- Chicago Hope - Endstation Hoffnung in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Chicago Hope - end of the line hope at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. History of HDTV
