''Lenox Hill'' is a documentary

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series that was developed by Ruthie Shatz and Adi Barash which premiered on

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on June 10, 2020. The premise mainly revolves around the lives of four medical professionals in the areas of

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, emergency medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology at the

Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Hospital (LHH) is a nationally ranked 450-bed non-profit, tertiary, research and academic medical center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, servicing the tri-state area. LHH is one of the region's many unive ...

Release

''Lenox Hill'' was released on June 10, 2020, on

Participants

* David Langer: Chair of award-winning Neurosurgery department * John Boockvar: Vice Chair of Neurosurgery * Mirtha Macri: Emergency Physician * Amanda Little-Richardson: Chief OB-GYN resident in her last year. She gives birth in the "Full Circle" episode.

Episodes

Reception

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, the series holds an approval rating of 100% based on 15 critic reviews with an average rating of 8/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "An intimate portrait of medical professionals that explores triumphs and complications in equal measure, ''Lenox Hill'' is as engrossing as it is eye opening." On

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, it has a weighted average score of 87 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Daniel Fienberg of ''

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'' gave a review stating," '' Lenox Hill'' aims to inspire, and the eight-episode first season ends up more emotionally nourishing than intellectually satisfying—not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that." Daniel D'Addario at ''

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'' said, "With an openhearted curiosity about its subjects and a patient, clear eye, the series comes to no conclusions about the way we administer medical care now, but leaves its viewer with ample information to draw his or her own." In its 'Best of 2020' reviews the New York Times included Lenox Hill in it list of 'Best Shows Ending in 2020.' The Times critics called it "a riveting narrative and a modern wisdom text about the ebbs and flows of life and loss." Margaret Lyons, (December 2, 2020) "The Best Shows that Ended in 2020," https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/arts/television/best-tv-shows.html

References

External links

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