ABC Takes More Medicine

Like CBS and its crime procedurals, ABC has latched on to medical dramas as its go-to theme, and it’s not letting go. Case in point: the medical examiner-based series Body of Proof, premiering tomorrow at 10 p.m.

Critics may charge “more of the same.” But the Disney-owned network is, at the very least, trying to expand its brand. ABC’s other three medical shows—Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice, Off the Map—are all sudsy ensemble soaps executive produced by the prolific Shonda Rhimes.

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