Josh Charles To Headline Fox Adaptation Of UK Medical Dramedy Doc Martin

Josh Charles has gone from tempting a Good Wife to delivering Best Medicine, as the star of a new medical drama ordered to series at Fox.

Based on the British medical dramedy Doc Martin (which starred Martin Clunes) and described as a "charmingly complicated one-hour comedy," Best Medicine centers on Charles' Dr. Martin Best, a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child.

"Unfortunately, Martin's blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way," the official synopsis tells us, "and he quickly alienates the town, even though he's all they've got.

"What the locals don't know," however, "is that Martin's terse demeanor masks a debilitating new phobia and deep-seated psychological issues that prevent him from experiencing true intimacy with anyone. But tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly" — wait for it! — "what the doctor ordered."

Says Fox Entertainment chief Michael Thorn, "The story of Doc Martin has resonated worldwide with its humanity, originality, and humor, and with Best Medicine coming to Fox, that eccentricity gets a small-town America spin, complete with idyllic charm and absurdity."

In addition to his run on The Good Wife, Charles' TV credits include (but are far from limited to!) Sports Night and The Handmaid's Tale.

Will you make an appointment with Doc Martin when Best Medicine premieres on Fox during the 2025-26 TV season?