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The Night Shift

★ 7.4 14K votes 2014–2017 4 seasons · 45 episodes Canceled NBC
MedicalHospitals, medicine and doctors under pressure.This show: 10/10
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Starring
Eoin MackenJill FlintBrendan FehrRobert Bailey Jr.James RochAlma Sisneros
Written by
Jeff JudahGabe Sachs
Starring
Eoin MackenJill FlintBrendan FehrRobert Bailey Jr.James RochAlma Sisneros
Written by
Jeff JudahGabe Sachs
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Combat medics trade the battlefield for the ER"

Set in a San Antonio hospital's overnight ER, this medical drama follows a rotating crew of doctors and nurses, several of them combat veterans, who bring battlefield instincts to civilian trauma cases. Each episode mixes urgent, high-stakes patient crises with tangled personal relationships and lingering war wounds among the staff. It moves fast and leans soapy, prioritizing adrenaline and romantic entanglement over medical realism. The appeal is pure comfort-watch momentum: likeable ensemble, quick emotional beats, and just enough grit to feel grounded without ever getting bleak or slow.

Watch it for

the fast, adrenaline-driven ensemble chemistry between its veteran-doctor cast.

Maybe skip if

you want medically accurate storytelling instead of soapy melodrama.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

Season 12014
7.63K85h 41m
Season 22015
7.94K149h 49m
Season 2 finds the crew still recovering from a shocking hostage situation that left one of their colleagues dead. The experience brought them all a little closer but also exposed some personal weaknesses.
Season 32016
8.03K139h 11m
Season 3 picks up four months after the Season 2 finale, and the crew is navigating wildly different paths. Relationships are changing, new doctors are arriving and everyone is looking at their lives from a fresh perspective. As TC and Jordan still struggle with the line between their personal and professional relationship, our heroes throw themselves into their life-saving work.
Season 42017
7.63K107h 5m
Season 4 picks up just 48 hours after the conclusion of Season 3, with the crew navigating the consequences of their decisions. In Syria, TC finds that suffering has no borders and channels his penchant for chaos into saving lives. Back in Texas, Dr. Jordan Alexander takes charge to keep the ER running. Parenthood forces Drew Alister to reevaluate his risk-taking behavior. Surgeon Scott Clemmens’ personal life remains anything but easy, but that won’t stop him from diving headlong into his professional one. Paul must deal with the repercussions of standing up to his father and pave his own way. His rival-turned-girlfriend Shannon Rivera and charge nurse Kenny Fournette will soon learn three’s a crowd in a one-bedroom apartment.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Eoin Macken Dr. TC Callahan
Jill Flint Dr. Jordan Alexander
Brendan Fehr Dr. Drew Alister
Robert Bailey Jr. Dr. Paul Cummings
James Roch Kenny Fournette
Alma Sisneros Nurse Jocelyn, Nurse Diaz
Esodie Geiger Nurse Mollie, Nurse Ramos
Ken Leung Dr. Topher Zia
Scott Wolf Dr. Scott Clemmens
Tanaya Beatty Dr. Shannon Rivera

Crew

Jeff Judah
Gabe Sachs

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