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Fox's 'Best Medicine' Soars with 10.8 Million Viewers

1/22/2026

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Fox's medical series Best Medicine became its most-streamed debut in nearly three years, drawing 10.8 million viewers since its January 4 premiere.
The show is a remake of the British series Doc Martin and stars Josh Charles as Martin Best, a surgeon who moves to a small fishing village.
It has generated about 1 billion minutes viewed across its first two episodes and ranks in Hulu's "Top 15 Today."

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Fox's medical series Best Medicine became its most-streamed debut in nearly three years, drawing 10.8 million viewers since its January 4 premiere.
The show is a remake of the British series Doc Martin and stars Josh Charles as Martin Best, a surgeon who moves to a small fishing village.
It has generated about 1 billion minutes viewed across its first two episodes and ranks in Hulu's "Top 15 Today."