Written by Spitzer and Ledgin, St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where dedicated doctors and nurses do their best to treat patients while staying sane.
Ledgin will also executive produce, as will Spitzer under his Universal TV-based production banner Spitzer Holding Company. Simon Heuer, head of television development at Spitzer Holding Company, will also handle production.
‘St. Denis Medical’ Comedy From Justin Spitzer & Eric Ledgin Gets Pilot Order At NBC https://t.co/qpNhfdyK6W
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St. Denis Medical already received a commitment for a pilot production from NBC last year. It's the latest NBC project for Spitzer, whose first writing credit was an episode of NBC's medical comedy series Scrubs. He later joined NBC and Universal Television's mockumentary comedy The Office at the start of its third season as an executive editor and remained with the Emmy-winning series through its ninth and final season, where he rose to co-executive producer. Spitzer created, produced and served as showrunner for two more of NBC and Universal Television's comedy series, Superstore and American Auto, which recently released their second season in January.
Ledgin was a co-executive producer on UTVs Rutherford Falls for Peacock and he is also an executive producer for American Auto. He previously worked as a writer-producer for Mrs. Fletcher, Superstore and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and was also a writer on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Heuer joined NBC's Spitzer Holding Company last year, where he worked his way up to Vice President of Comedy Development. While at the network, he was involved in the development of several comedy series, including Superstore, The Good Place, A.P. BIO, Marlon, American Auto, and Peacock's Bust Down.
Spitzer and Heuer worked closely together on Superstore, then developed the pilot and first season of American Auto; Heuer is co-executive producer for American Auto season two.
