St. Denis Medical is a single camera comedy starring The Goldbergs alumna and veteran David Alan Grier.
This is the first 2023 NBC pilot to receive a serial order, as the network has shifted most — in this case, all — pick-up decisions back to post-upfronts.
The first order comes as no surprise: St. Denis Medical, written by the Superstore and American Auto duo of Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin and directed by Superstore's Ruben Fleischer, was an early front-runner and received rave reviews at network screenings.
No decision has yet been made on the other three NBC pilots - the untitled Jenna Bans/Bill Krebs project starring Retta, the medical drama Wolf starring Zachary Quinto, and Amber Ruffin's comedy Non-Evil Twin.
NBC is also delaying the decision to renew Spitzer's existing NBC comedy series American Auto. This is expected at the end of this month, when the cast's options expire.
St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed hospital in Oregon where dedicated doctors and nurses do their best to treat patients while keeping their own minds.
Allison Tolman (Why Women Kill), Josh Lawson (House of Lies), Mekki Leeper (The Sex Lives of College Girls) and Kahyun Kim (American Gods) also star.
Ledgin produces St Denis Medical, as does Spitzer under his Universal TV-based production company Spitzer Holding Company. Simon Heuer, head of TV development at Spitzer Holding Company, also produces. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
McLendon-Covey has ten seasons of The Goldbergs (2013) on ABC, which ended in May.