Dick surj on a dang boat. Picture: Tina Thorpe/Disney Have you ever climbed aboard? Have you ever hoisted the sail? Have you ever checked into your stateroom? Have you ever, like the best television-viewing minds in America, watched the present that’s maybe single-handedly holding community tv very important in 2024: Physician Odyssey ? Skilled madman Ryan Murphy’s newest joint premiered on September 26 and combines the blue-sky good vibes of an aughties USA procedural with the batshit weekly emergencies of his 9-1-1 collection. Murphy’s current reveals at his legacy house base, FX, have been muddled and baroque, however on ABC, he’s obtained the products, as evidenced by the premiere episode of his new present set on a luxurious cruise ship.

It stars Joshua Jackson as a health care provider (Dr. Max, however folks actually name him “Physician Odyssey”) with a less-than-mysterious backstory (he obtained COVID and determined to dedicate his life to having enjoyable at sea) and Don Johnson giving off radiant Love Boat vibes because the captain. This present is immensely foolish, sunny enjoyable, and the entire thing is refreshingly low stress, even when this one cruise ship is the location of greater than sufficient emergencies to carry its personal in ABC’s Thursday-night block, sandwiched between 9-1-1 and Gray’s Anatomy .

It might actually be a floating dying entice if Doc Odyssey weren’t so gosh-darn good at doing elaborate medical procedures at sea. As ev.