“Doctor on Call” TV-series became the first Ukrainian-language medical drama in the history of Ukrainian television. The success of the season 1 premiere confirmed the right direction set by Ukraine channel’s executive management to develop Ukrainian-language series content.
FILM.UA company commissioned by Ukraine channel will continue working on 80 new episodes for “Doctor on Call” seasons two and three. The filming will take place in Kyiv starting this August.
“Doctor on Call” premiered in May 2016 on Ukraine channel. Not only was the series highly acclaimed by its audience, its H.U.T. turned out to be well above average and it was trending upward throughout the whole screening. Moreover, “Doctor on Call” attracted a new audience from western Ukrainian region to Ukraine TV channel, propelling the channel to the top of the commercial audience slot leadership 18-54 (50+).
“We are glad we managed to create a product catering for the tastes of the audience all over our country. We are even more pleased to recognize it, for “Doctor on Call” is the first series filmed fully in Ukrainian. The reaction of the audience is reassuring: people love local films no less than they love foreign cinema. Thus it is crucial for us to support and develop this direction,“ — says Tatyana Svetlova, Head of Ukraine channel’s brand&product promotion department.
“This was an unprecedented move, very risky, yet progressive for the whole industry. Thus I am absolutely grateful to Ukraine channel for daring to risk and become the pioneer of the new trend, for it is always hard to be the first, - says Iryna Kostiuk, producer of FILM.UA Group. –The success of “Doctor on Call” season 1 and its high ratings allowed us to include the project into the UAFormats Ukrainian format catalog for the foreign sales. Moreover, the screening rights have already been sold to Kazakhstan, we are also actively negotiating it with other countries.”
The next seasons of “Doctor on Call” will offer new breathtaking life stories of doctors and patients of emergency hospital. Every day the doctors of the hospital will make Important and responsible decisions for the sake of the rescue of people’s lives. The dramatic storyline of the sequel based on real life stories would cater for each viewer’s taste.
“Despite the responsible approach of the authors and the crew to the medical component of the series, what remains crucial to the audience are emotions they feel when watching “Doctor on Call”. We want to make the sequel stronger, a high quality product. The stories will become even more dramatic and intriguing”, — Elena Kanishevskaya, the channel’s producer commented on the forthcoming seasons of the series.
The film is starring well-known and beloved Ukrainian actors such as Mikhailo Zhonin, Mykhailo Romanov, Iryna Tkalenko, Ruslan Sokolnyk, Nadiya Levchenko and many others.
