A hopeful renewal replace has been revealed for Greatest Drugs, the U.S. remake of the long-lasting medical collection Doc Martin.
Greatest Drugs premiered within the first week of January 2026 and has confirmed to be a success for Fox. Its premiere episode, which aired instantly after an NFL doubleheader, drew in 3.69 million viewers. When factoring in all platforms, viewership rose to 10.8 million, and rankings have remained regular ever since, which ought to spell excellent news for the present’s future.
Now Fox seems on the verge of renewing Greatest Drugs for season 2, in response to Deadline. Apart from the rankings, one other issue serving to its possibilities is that Fox has full possession of the present through Fox Leisure Studios.
In the meantime, a few of Fox’s different new collection, like Patrick Dempsey’s Reminiscence of a Killer and the Johnny Knoxville-hosted Worry Issue: Home of Worry, will doubtless be renewed as nicely. All three exhibits helped Fox expertise its highest-rated mid-season premieres previously 14 years.
Returning exhibits Doc, Homicide in a Small City, and Animal Management additionally stand a powerful probability of being renewed, although Going Dutch, which is presently airing season 2, is susceptible to cancellation, with Deadline noting its possibilities may go both method at this level.
Greatest Drugs stars The Good Spouse‘s Josh Charles as Martin Greatest, a physician with hemophobia (a worry of blood) who leaves his established life in Boston behind to start out working in a small neighborhood in Maine. His co-stars embrace Abigail Spencer, Josh Segarra, Cree and Annie Potts.
Liz Tuccillo, Jamie Babbit, Tyson Bidner, Jaime Eliezer Karas, Mark Crowdy, Philippa Braithwaite, Rodney Ferrell, Howard T. Owens, and Ben Silverman all function government producers on the collection, with Intercourse and the Metropolis author Tucillo overseeing manufacturing because the showrunner.
Regardless of the sturdy rankings for Greatest Drugs, the present has skilled a powerful divide on Rotten Tomatoes, the place it presently has a strong 77% rating from critics however a 55% from audiences.
Greatest Drugs is predicated on Doc Martin, a long-running British collection that aired for 10 seasons from 2004 to 2022. Martin Clunes performed the lead position of Martin Ellingham, who shares comparable traits to Charles’ Dr. Martin.
Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom, Selina Cadell, John Marquez, Eileen Atkins and Jessica Ransom additionally starred on the collection. Greatest Drugs government producer Crowdy had the identical position on Doc Martin.
There have been a number of remakes of Doc Martin around the globe, together with within the Czech Republic and Slovakia, France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, and Spain. Now the USA has its personal model, which is anticipated to function Clune as a visitor star in an upcoming episode.
Greatest Drugs airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. EST on Fox.
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January 6, 2026
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Jaime Eliezer Karas, Jamie Babbit
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Josh Charles
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Abigail Spencer
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