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Medical dramas have always had a certain pull on the Netflix audience. Whether it was Grey’s Anatomy or The Good Doctor, the combination of high-stakes hospital floors, tense ERs, and complicated personal lives has kept audiences stuck to their screens for years. It turns out, Netflix is adding one more such gem to its catalogue, which already has some buzz.

Fox’s breakout series Doc is finally landing on Netflix in the US. Starting September 23rd, the first season of the show will be available to stream, and the same day, its second season premieres on Fox. It is a major pickup for Netflix, especially since Doc has been one of the most talked-about new medical dramas on broadcast TV in the year 2025.

So what makes Doc stand out? At the heart of the story is Dr Amy Larsen, played by Molly Parker. Amy isn’t your typical TV doctor. She is a brilliant, no-nonsense Chief of Internal Medicine. But her life takes a completely different turn when she goes through a brain injury that wipes away the last eight years of her memory.

Can you imagine waking up and realising you don’t remember your patients, your colleagues, or even the man you loved? Suddenly, Amy is faced with rebuilding her career and personal life from scratch. She has to do that all while carrying the weight of tragedies she doesn’t even recall. It is a story that’s both heartbreaking and compelling, giving the show a hook that’s hard to resist.

And audiences clearly agree. Doc was a breakout hit for Fox, averaging more than eight million viewers across platforms and pulling in over 42 million viewers cumulatively by the end of season one. That kind of success is rare for a freshman drama these days. Moreover, it was strong enough to earn the series a 22-episode order for its second season. That’s a big deal because it’s a number you don’t see very often in today’s TV landscape.

Until now, US viewers could only catch Doc through Hulu thanks to Fox’s in-season streaming deal. But with Netflix picking it up now, the first season will officially move over on September 23rd. That means Netflix subscribers can binge the entire opening chapter just as season two gets underway on Fox. It’s a smart bit of timing: people who missed the show on broadcast can catch up quickly, while long-time fans get the option to rewatch the beginning with the convenience of Netflix.

The series is based on the Italian drama Nelle tue mani and co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment. Alongside Parker, the cast includes Omar Metwally, Jon Ecker, Amirah Vann, Anya Banerjee, and Scott Wolf, with Felicity Huffman. All of them are joining the lineup for season two as well.

Netflix has been hunting for its own must-watch medical series for a while now, and Doc looks like it could be the answer. With a central character audiences can root for and a clever twist on the usual hospital drama, it has all the ingredients to become a new streaming obsession.

So if you’ve been waiting for a new show to fill that medical-drama-shaped gap in your Netflix queue, the wait is over. Doc is arriving September 23rd, and it’s about to give your next binge-watch session too.