So anyway...

Finished watching the first season of Gray's Anatomy on DVD recently. It certainly is striking, how close to being the exact same show it and Scrubs get, isn't it?

Anyhow, the prospective problem in both shows is, as was the case with ER, the fact that the first year of a young doctor's residency is far more dramaticly interesting than the second year. Or the sixth.

My proposed solution? The Shift. Cross these shows with 24, sort of. Not quite real-time, but the entire first season takes place during our cast of recently minted doctors' first 48-hour shift at the hospital. Future seasons can take place later during that same year...