Network: FOX
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: September 17, 2014 — February 7, 2015
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Griffin Gluck, Nolan Sotillo, Charlie Rowe, Astro, Zoe Levin, Ciara Bravo, Mandy Moore, and Rebecca Rittenhouse.
TV show description:
This dramedy is the coming-of-age story of a group of rule-bending friends and the adults who mentor them through the ups and downs of adolescence in Ocean Park Hospital in Los Angeles.
The narrator of the show is Charlie (Griffin Gluck), a 12-year-old who’s in a coma. He introduces the audience to this band of unlikely friends.
Jordi Palacios (Nolan Sotillo) is the “new kid,” a 16-year-old who comes to California by himself to try to get treated by the renowned hospital’s top surgeon.
Charming and independent, Leo Roth (Charlie Rowe) is the 16-year-old leader of the group. His best friend is Dash Hosney (Astro), a 16-year-old rebel with a big personality. He’s determined not to let his cystic fibrosis stop him from living his life.
A know-it-all, 15-year-old Emma Chota (Ciara Bravo) is Leo’s on-again-off-again girlfriend. She’s coping with an eating disorder. Meanwhile, Kara Souders (Zoe Levin) is a “mean girl” cheerleader who shares a room with comatose Charlie. Although her heart is failing, she is realizing for the first time that she actually has one and begins opening it up to her new friends.
The pediatric ward at Ocean Park is run by Nurse Jackson (Octavia Spencer). She’s a caregiver who has a take-no-prisoners approach to helping these teens get the most from their lives. She ends up putting her own life in second place. Her stern manner hides her incredible heart that secretly makes their lives more ordinary.
Nurse Jackson has little use for naïve and gullible Nurse Brittany Dobler (Rebecca Rittenhouse), who allows the teens to get away with things they probably shouldn’t.
Overseeing much of the kids’ treatment is Doctor Adam McAndrew (David Annable), the country’s top pediatric surgeon.
Episode #13 — Waiting for Superman
The group copes with the loss of one of their own, which results in new hope for one of them. Love is in the air as Nurse Jackson and Dr. Naday take things to a new level, however Dash’s love interest could cost him his life. Shocking news leads to new hope and Emma and Kara start facing their family issues.
First aired: February 7, 2015.
What do you think? Do you like the Red Band Society TV show? Do you think it should have been cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Red Band Society is the best show in years to ever be on television, so keep it!!!
One of the best shows in a long time. Please do not cancel!!!
Love it, please keep!!!
Please please please keep red band society it’s a such a wonderful show to watch on Wednesday night
Can anyone tell me when the mid-season finale will air? Or is it still a mystery?
FOX has only ordered 13 episodes so there won’t really be a mid-season finale. I expect they’ll keep running it right through the holidays. For now, the only episodes scheduled are #9 on 11/26 and #10 on 12/3.
This show definitely deserves to be renewed. We are falling in love with these characters and all of their layers have yet to be explored. Give the writers some time to catch up to our ever demanding expectations of, “I want it now.” This show has so much potential. It is a show that deals with hard issues that are faced by many children throughout the world today. This show offers hope and gives us the outsider a glimpse at what it must be like to live in a hospital due to an ongoing illness. Never knowing if the disease… Read more »
Great show, just getting to know the characters. It’s good because the hour goes so fast you don’t want it to end. The actors are doing an excellent job!! Give it some time to build an audience.
Renew, don’t cancel. I look always look forward to it. It’s the one thing that takes my mind off of school.
They CANNOT cancel the show!!! I love it and so do all my friends!!!
Please dont cancel i love this show and i dont get into very many shows.
definitely my number one favorite show, couldn’t live with out such a great series.
The show is great !! Why would FOX put it on wed nights up against some of the highest rated TV shows on the other networks ?? It would do better on ANY other night !!
Please do not cancel….love this show
Renew it!
This one of the best shows on TV. Do not cancel this show. Very well written. Makes you think how fortunate we are to have our health.