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{{short description|American television series}}
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{{Use American English|date=November 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television 
| image                    = Chicago Hope (CBS television series) logo.svg
| caption                  = 
| alt_name                 = 
| genre                    = {{Plainlist|
*[[Medical drama]]
*[[Serial (radio and television)|Serial drama]]
}}
| creator                  = [[David E. Kelley]]
| writer                   = 
| starring                 = {{Plainlist|
*[[Mandy Patinkin]]
*[[Héctor Elizondo]]
*[[Vondie Curtis-Hall]]
*[[Barbara Hershey]]
*[[Christine Lahti]]
*[[Peter Berg]]
*[[Mark Harmon]]
*[[Thomas Gibson]]
*[[Rocky Carroll]]
*[[Adam Arkin]]
*[[Lauren Holly]]
*[[Jayne Brook]]
*[[E. G. Marshall]]
}}
| theme_music_composer     = 
| opentheme                = "Theme from Chicago Hope" by [[Mark Isham]]
| endtheme                 = 
| composer                 = 
| country                  = United States
| language                 = English
| num_seasons              = 6
| num_episodes             = 141
| list_episodes            = List of Chicago Hope episodes
| executive_producer       = {{Plainlist|
*[[Henry Bromell]]
*[[Bill D'Elia]]
*[[David E. Kelley]]
*[[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]]
}}
| producer                 = 
| location                 = [[Los Angeles]]<br />[[Chicago]]
| cinematography           = James R. Bagdonas
| runtime                  = approx. 42–44 minutes
| company                  = {{Plainlist|
*[[David E. Kelley|David E. Kelley Productions]]
*[[20th Television]]<br>(1994–1995)<br>(season 1)
*[[20th Century Fox Television]]<br>(1995–2000)<br>(seasons 2–6)
}}
| network                  = [[CBS]]
| first_aired              = {{Start date|1994|09|18}}
| last_aired               = {{End date|2000|05|04}}
| related                  = ''[[Picket Fences]]''
}}

'''''Chicago Hope''''' is an American [[medical drama]] television series created by [[David E. Kelley]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-03-ls-50397-story.html |title=Some say the exciting plots of 'Chicago Hope' lack medical accuracy. But the drama's creator says caution is exercised-and that people know too much to be fooled. : False Hope? |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1995-04-03 |access-date=2012-06-18 |author=Pamela Warrick}}</ref> that originally aired for six seasons on [[CBS]] from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000, with a total of 141 episodes. The series is set in a fictional private [[charitable hospital]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Howard Rosenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-09-17-ca-39695-story.html |title=TV Reviews : 'Chicago Hope' a Medical Melodrama|work=Los Angeles Times |date=1994-09-17 |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref>

==Overview==
The show's [[ensemble cast]] originally starred [[Mandy Patinkin]] as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, a hot-shot [[surgeon]] with emotional issues stemming from the psychiatric condition of his wife (played by [[Kim Greist]]), who drowned their infant son. [[Adam Arkin]] plays Dr. Aaron Shutt, a world-renowned neurosurgeon and Geiger's best friend. [[Thomas Gibson]] played Dr. Daniel Nyland, a promiscuous ER doctor and trauma surgeon who was later suspended due to his having an affair with a patient's family member and later was injured in a car crash. Dr. Keith Wilkes, played by [[Rocky Carroll]], often clashed with Nyland and was known for his back-to-basics and rough demeanor. He was good friends with [[Peter Berg]]'s character, Dr. Billy Kronk. Kronk was known for his cowboyish demeanor and to be very cocky, as shown in an episode where he cuts off a man's injured leg with a chainsaw in a scene where Kronk helps out at an accident site. [[Peter MacNicol]], [[Alan Rosenberg]], and [[Héctor Elizondo]] feature as the hospital's in-house attorneys and chief of staff, respectively. [[Christine Lahti]] joined in the second season as Dr. Kate Austin, a talented [[heart]] surgeon with a chip on her shoulder, vying with Geiger for the chief of surgery position. She was shown fighting in a custody battle with her malicious ex-husband and businessman, Tommy Wilmette, played by [[Ron Silver]]. Wilmette did everything he could to get Austin to lose custody of their daughter. He purchased the hospital at the end of Season 2. Dr. Austin was suspended because she and her daughter go AWOL on a trip to [[New Zealand]] for three months. In Season 3,  the doctors wanted Wilmette to sell the hospital and the doctors would run it. The doctors believed that Wilmette did not know how to run a hospital and cut too many costs that involved patient care. Wilmette later met Senator Kennedy at the White House to talk about Healthcare Reform. In Season 2, Geiger resigned from Chicago Hope after trying to save Alan Birch from a deadly gunshot wound to his heart.

Geiger adopted Birch's baby daughter. Geiger later rejoined the doctors at the end of Season 5 when he became Chairman of the Board and fired half of the doctors. In Season 4, Dr. Shutt became a psychiatrist and temporarily loses his ability to operate after suffering from a brain aneurysm. In Season 6, Shutt returns to Neurosurgery and works alongside [[Carla Gugino]]'s character, Dr. Gina Simon.<ref>{{cite news |author=Howard Rosenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-13-ca-49596-story.html |title='ER' vs. 'Hope': Which Medicine Is Easier to Swallow?s |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1994-10-13 |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{See also|List of Chicago Hope episodes}}
''Chicago Hope'' ran six seasons, airing a total of 141 episodes.
{{:List of Chicago Hope episodes}}

===Crossovers===
[[Fyvush Finkel]] and [[Kathy Baker]] appeared as their ''[[Picket Fences]]'' characters in the first season. Likewise, [[Mandy Patinkin]] and [[Héctor Elizondo]] brought their ''Chicago Hope'' characters to ''Picket Fences'' that year. Both [[Adam Arkin]] and [[Lauren Holly]] had previously appeared on ''Picket Fences'' as a lawyer and a deputy sheriff, respectively.

[[Mandy Patinkin]] appears in an uncredited role as Geiger in a 1995 episode of NBC's ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''. ''Chicago Hope'' producer [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]] shot this footage as a favor to his ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' colleague [[Tom Fontana]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}

''Chicago Hope'' characters crossed over to ''[[Early Edition]]'' early in that show's run. [[Rocky Carroll]], [[Jayne Brook]], and [[Héctor Elizondo]] all guest-starred in scenes taking place in the hospital.

Additionally, ''Chicago Hope'' is in the [[Tommy Westphall]] Universe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-18 |title=The Master List |url=https://thetommywestphall.wordpress.com/the-master-list/ |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=The Tommy Westphall Universe |language=en}}</ref>

==Characters==
[[File:Chicago Hope.jpg|thumb|upright| ''Chicago Hope'' cast photo]]
<!-- Note: Cast should be listed in terms of crediting order on the TV series, as per [[WP:TVCAST]] -->
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" |Name
! rowspan="2" |Portrayed by
! rowspan="2" |Occupation
! colspan="6" |Season
|-
! style="width:6%;"| [[List of Chicago Hope episodes#Season 1 (1994–1995)|1]]
! style="width:6%;"| [[List of Chicago Hope episodes#Season 2 (1995–1996)|2]]
! style="width:6%;"| [[List of Chicago Hope episodes#Season 3 (1996–1997)|3]]
! style="width:6%;"| [[List of Chicago Hope episodes#Season 4 (1997–1998)|4]]
! style="width:6%;"| [[List of Chicago Hope episodes#Season 5 (1998–1999)|5]]
! style="width:6%;"| [[List of Chicago Hope episodes#Season 6 (1999–2000)|6]]
|-
| Aaron Shutt || [[Adam Arkin]] || Neurosurgeon || colspan="6" {{CMain}}
|-
| Phillip Watters || [[Héctor Elizondo]] || Hospital Chief of Staff || colspan="6" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Jeffrey Geiger || [[Mandy Patinkin]] || Cardiac Surgeon || colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="3" {{CRecurring}}
| colspan="1" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Danny Nyland || [[Thomas Gibson]] || E.R. surgeon, chief of trauma|| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="3" {{CNone}} 
|-
| Camille Shutt || [[Roxanne Hart]] || Nurse || colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="4" {{CNone}} 
|-
| Alan Birch || [[Peter MacNicol]] || Hospital Attorney || colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="4" {{CNone}} 
|-
| Arthur Thurmond || [[E. G. Marshall]] ||  || {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="5" {{CNone}} 
|-
| Angela Giandamenicio || [[Roma Maffia]] ||  || {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="5" {{CNone}} 
|-
| Billy Kronk || [[Peter Berg]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-08-ca-52231-story.html |title=Peter Berg: A Man of Action and Words : Television: His dual life as actor and screenwriter has put him in a state of enjoyable overload. He is on 'Chicago Hope' and has a production deal for his screenplay. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1995-04-08 |access-date=2012-06-18 |author=Tom White}}</ref> || E.R. Doctor ||  {{CGuest|Guest}} || colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}} || {{CNone}} 
|-
| Dennis Hancock || [[Vondie Curtis-Hall]] || Clinic Physician ||  {{CGuest|Guest}} || colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}} || {{CNone}} 
|-
| Diane Grad || [[Jayne Brook]] || Internal Med/Research Scientist ||  {{CGuest|Guest}} || colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}} || {{CNone}} 
|-
| Kate Austin || [[Christine Lahti]] || Cardiac surgeon || {{CNone}} || colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}} || {{CNone}} 
|-
| John Sutton || [[Jamey Sheridan]] || OB/GYN || {{CNone}} ||  {{CMain|Main}} || colspan="4" {{CNone}} 
|-
| Keith Wilkes || [[Rocky Carroll]] || E.R. Doctor || colspan="2" {{CNone}} || colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Jack McNeil || [[Mark Harmon]] ||  Orthopedic Surgeon || colspan="2" {{CNone}} || colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Lisa Catera || [[Stacy Edwards]] || Neurosurgeon || colspan="3" {{CNone}} || colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}} || {{CNone}} 
|-
| Robert Yeats || [[Eric Stoltz]] ||  || colspan="4" {{CNone}} ||  {{CMain|Main}} || {{CNone}} 
|-
| Gina Simon || [[Carla Gugino]] ||  Neurosurgeon || colspan="5" {{CNone}} ||  {{CMain|Main}} 
|-
| Francesca Alberghetti || [[Barbara Hershey]] || Cardiac Surgeon || colspan="5" {{CNone}} ||  {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Jeremy Hanlon || [[Lauren Holly]] || Plastic Surgeon || colspan="5" {{CNone}} ||  {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Stuart Brickman || [[Alan Rosenberg]] || Hospital Attorney || colspan="5" {{CNone}} ||  {{CMain|Main}}
|}
<!-- Old cast table(?)...
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Actor
! Character
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Seasons
|-
| <span style="display:none">Patinkin, Mandy</span>[[Mandy Patinkin]]
| <span style="display:none">Geiger, Jeffrey</span>Dr. Jeffrey Geiger
| 1–2, 6  (Guest Appearances in 3–5)
|-
| <span style="display:none">Lahti, Christine</span>[[Christine Lahti]]
| <span style="display:none">Austin, Kate</span>Dr. Kate Austin
| 2–5
|-
|<span style="display:none">Arkin, Adam</span>[[Adam Arkin]]
|<span style="display:none">Shutt, Aaron</span> Dr. Aaron Shutt
| 
|-
| <span style="display:none">Berg, Peter</span>[[Peter Berg]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-08-ca-52231-story.html |title=Peter Berg: A Man of Action and Words : Television: His dual life as actor and screenwriter has put him in a state of enjoyable overload. He is on 'Chicago Hope' and has a production deal for his screenplay. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1995-04-08 |access-date=2012-06-18 |author=Tom White}}</ref>
| Dr. Billy Kronk
| 1–5
|-
| <span style="display:none">Brook, Jayne</span>[[Jayne Brook]]
| <span style="display:none">Grad, Diane</span>Dr. Diane Grad
| 1–5
|-
| <span style="display:none">Carroll, Rocky</span>[[Rocky Carroll]]
| <span style="display:none">Wilkes, Keith</span>Dr. Keith Wilkes
| 3–6
|-
| <span style="display:none">Curtis-Hall, Vondie</span>[[Vondie Curtis-Hall]]
| <span style="display:none">Hancock, Dennis</span>Dr. Dennis Hancock
| 1–5
|-
| <span style="display:none">Edwards, Stacy</span>[[Stacy Edwards]]
| <span style="display:none">Catera, Lisa</span>Dr. Lisa Catera
| 4–5
|-
| <span style="display:none">Elizondo, Hector</span>[[Héctor Elizondo]]
| <span style="display:none">Watters, Philip</span>Dr. Philip Watters
|
|-
| <span style="display:none">Gibson, Thomas</span>[[Thomas Gibson]]
| <span style="display:none">Nyland, Danny</span>Dr. Danny Nyland
| 1–3
|-
| <span style="display:none">Gugino, Carla</span>[[Carla Gugino]]
| <span style="display:none">Simon, Gina</span>Dr. Gina Simon
| 6
|-
| <span style="display:none">Harmon, Mark</span>[[Mark Harmon]]
| <span style="display:none">McNeil, Jack</span>Dr. Jack McNeil
| 3–6
|-
| <span style="display:none">Hart, Roxanne</span>[[Roxanne Hart]]
| <span style="display:none">Schutt, Camille</span>Nurse Camille Shutt
| 1–2
|-
| <span style="display:none">Hershey, Barbara</span>[[Barbara Hershey]]
| <span style="display:none">Alberghetti, Francesca</span>Dr. Francesca Alberghetti
| 6
|-
| <span style="display:none">Holly, Lauren</span>[[Lauren Holly]]
| <span style="display:none">Hanlon, Jeremy</span>Dr. Jeremy Hanlon
| 6
|-
| <span style="display:none">MacNicol, Peter</span>[[Peter MacNicol]]
| <span style="display:none">Birch, Alan</span>Alan Birch
| 1–2
|-
| <span style="display:none">Maffia, Roma</span>[[Roma Maffia]]
| <span style="display:none">Giandamenicio, Angela</span>Angela Giandamenicio
| 1
|-
| <span style="display:none">Marshall, E.G.</span>[[E.G. Marshall]]
| <span style="display:none">Thurmond, Arthur</span>Dr. Arthur Thurmond
| 1
|-
|<span style="display:none">Rosenberg, Alan</span>[[Alan Rosenberg]]
|<span style="display:none">Brickman, Stuart</span>Stuart Brickman
| 6
|-
| <span style="display:none">Sheridan, Jamey</span>[[Jamey Sheridan]]
| <span style="display:none">Sutton, John</span>Dr. John Sutton
| 2
|-
| <span style="display:none">Stoltz, Eric</span>[[Eric Stoltz]]
| <span style="display:none">Yeats, Robert</span>Dr. Robert Yeats
| 5
|}
-->

==Production==
With the exception of some infrequent on-location scenes, the vast majority of ''Chicago Hope'' was filmed on sound stages at the studios of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, located in the [[Century City]] area of [[Los Angeles]].
Three of the cast (Harmon, Carroll and Holly) would later go on to star together in ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''.

===Firsts===
The series broke a network television taboo by showing a teenager's breast after her character underwent reconstructive surgery. This was generally seen as relevant to the subject matter and went relatively uncriticized.<ref>{{cite news |author=Michael Blowen |title=Television censors use situational standards |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1995/03/12/television-censors-use-situational-standards/ |work=The Baltimore Sun |agency=The Boston Globe |date=1995-03-12 |access-date=2014-07-02}}</ref>

On November 18, 1998, ''Chicago Hope'' became the first regular series episode to be broadcast in HDTV.<ref>[http://www.ce.org/Press/CEA_Pubs/928.asp CEA: Digital America – HDTV] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011121134/http://www.ce.org/Press/CEA_Pubs/928.asp |date=2006-10-11 }}</ref> The episode was entitled "The Other Cheek".

Mark Harmon's character uttered the word "shit" during a trauma. Little criticism was made, although it did inspire the ''[[South Park]]'' episode ''[[It Hits the Fan]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}

==Broadcast==

===Domestic reruns===
Reruns of ''Chicago Hope'' aired on [[Pop (American TV channel)|Pop]] (then the TV Guide Network) from 2010 to 2012. OWN also aired reruns of ''Chicago Hope'' on a semi-regular basis.

===International===
In the UK, seasons 1 and 2 originally aired on [[BBC One]]. More recently, all seasons of the show have been shown on [[ITV3]]. Starting on September 3, 2007, it began airing on [[Zone Romantica]] in the UK and Ireland. It was also shown on [[Sky One]] in the UK and Ireland in its prime-time slots. In Australia, the series originally aired on the [[Seven Network]]. In Germany, the first seasons were shown in the 1990s. In Hungary, the series aired on Viasat3. <br/> In Indonesia, the series originally aired on [[RCTI]], starting from October 1998 ended from July 2002. As of November 2013, it was airing on British channel [[True Entertainment]]. In New Zealand, the series originally aired on TV2, now TVNZ 2.

==Home media==
[[Revelation Films]] has released all 6 seasons of ''Chicago Hope'' on DVD in Region 2 (UK) for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Season-1-DVD/dp/B006546EVE |title=Chicago Hope- Season 1 |website=Amazon.co.uk |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Season-2-DVD/dp/B007I5NACU |title=Chicago Hope- Season 2 |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Season-3-DVD/dp/B007IT89HC |title=Chicago Hope- Season 3 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Season-4-DVD/dp/B007IU4O02/ |title=Chicago Hope- Season 4 |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Season-5-DVD/dp/B00A7SFWBW |title=Chicago Hope- Season 5 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Season-6-DVD/dp/B00A7U2QZ0/ |title=Chicago Hope- Season 6 |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2012-06-18}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" | DVD Name
! rowspan="2" | Ep#
! colspan="3" | Release dates
|-
! Region 1
! Region 2
! Region 4
|-
| Season One
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
| March 5, 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|-
| Season Two
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
| July 23, 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|-
| Season Three
| style="text-align:center;"| 26
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
| November 5, 2012
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|-
| Season Four
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
| March 18, 2013   
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|-
| Season Five
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
| September 16, 2013
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|-
| Season Six
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
| July 21, 2014
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|-
|The Complete Collection
| style="text-align:center;"| 141
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|December 14, 2015<ref>{{Citation|title=Chicago Hope Complete|date=2015-12-14|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chicago-Hope-Complete-Adam-Arkin/dp/B016C4MRTE/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=chicago+hope&qid=1578175372&sr=8-5|publisher=Revelation Films Ltd|language=en|access-date=2020-01-04}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | {{TableTBA|N/A}}
|}

==Reception==
The [[television pilot|pilot episode]] of ''Chicago Hope'' aired the day before [[NBC]]'s ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' in a special Sunday, 8{{nbsp}}p.m. time slot. After the first week, however, the two Chicago-based hospital dramas went "head to head" in their primetime 10{{nbsp}}p.m. Thursday night slot. ''ER'' was the victor: its first season proved a ratings winner. Despite receiving critical acclaim, ''Chicago Hope'' was shifted to 9{{nbsp}}p.m. Thursdays, and ultimately to Monday nights in 1995 in a bid for higher ratings, while ''ER'' remained in its time slot.

''Chicago Hope'' remained in the Monday slot and performed well, with [[Nielsen ratings|ratings]] peaking at 11.9, with a 20 share. In the second season, however, Kelley and Patinkin decided to leave the show. The show was moved to Wednesdays at 10{{nbsp}}p.m. in 1997 to make room for the [[Steven Bochco]] drama,'' [[Brooklyn South]]'', on Mondays. In 1999, both Kelley and Patinkin returned, with a revamped cast now including [[Barbara Hershey]] and [[Lauren Holly]], but excluding Lahti, [[Peter Berg]], [[Jayne Brook]], [[Vondie Curtis-Hall]], and [[Stacy Edwards]]. CBS also moved the show back to Thursday nights, against NBC's ''[[Frasier]]'' and ABC's ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]''. The show was canceled in May 2000.

In 2008, former co-stars [[Rocky Carroll]] (Dr. Keith Wilkes); [[Mark Harmon]] (Dr. Jack McNeil) and Lauren Holly (Dr. Jeremy Hanlon) worked together on the series ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''. Holly left the show after three seasons, while Carroll remains with the cast today. Harmon would depart in 2021. In addition, Carroll has a recurring role as his ''NCIS'' character, Director Leon Vance, on that series's spin off, ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]''.  Jayne Brook (Dr. Diane Grad) and Stacy Edwards have also guest starred on ''NCIS'' as well.

[[Thomas Gibson]] would later star alongside Patinkin in the highly successful ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', as well as [[Shemar Moore]] who was a guest star on ''Chicago Hope'' during Season 4. Patinkin later left the show early in its third season.

===Nielsen ratings===
Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Chicago Hope''.

'''Note:''' ''Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May [[Nielsen ratings]].''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0; vertical-align:bottom;"
! Season
! Timeslot<ref group="nb">Times listed are [[Eastern Time]]</ref>
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! TV season
! Ranking
! Viewers<br />(in millions<br />of households)
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 1st
| Thursday, 10:00&nbsp;p.m.
| September 18, 1994
| May 22, 1995
| 1994–1995
| 29
| 11.2<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1994.htm |title=TV Ratings > 1900s |website=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=2012-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026022514/http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1994.htm |archive-date=2009-10-26 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 2nd
| Monday 10:00&nbsp;p.m.
| September 18, 1995
| May 20, 1996
| 1995–1996
| 24
| 11.4<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1995.htm |title=TV Ratings > 1900s |website=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=2012-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109205105/http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1995.htm |archive-date=2009-11-09 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 3rd
| Monday 10:00&nbsp;p.m.
| September 16, 1996
| May 19, 1997
| 1996–1997
| 30
| 10.2<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm |title=TV Ratings > 1900s |website=ClassicTVHits.com |access-date=2012-06-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106211716/http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/1996.htm |archive-date=2010-01-06 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 4th
| Wednesday 10:00&nbsp;p.m.
| October 1, 1997
| May 13, 1998
| 1997–1998
| 39
| 8.9
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 5th
| Wednesday 10:00&nbsp;p.m.
| September 30, 1998
| May 19, 1999
| 1998–1999
| 73
| 9.9
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| 6th
| Thursday 9:00&nbsp;p.m.
| September 23, 1999
| May 4, 2000
| 1999–2000
| 62
| 9.4
|}

===Awards and nominations===
Over its six seasons, ''Chicago Hope'' was nominated for many accolades and won several, including seven [[Emmy Award]]s and a [[Golden Globe Awards]].

====Emmy awards====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Recipient
! Result
|-
|rowspan=9|1995
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}}
|- 
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Mandy Patinkin]]
|{{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| Lou Antonio for "Life Support"
| {{nom}} 
|-
|Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
|[[Tim Suhrstedt]] for the episode "Over The Rainbow"
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=2|Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production
| Lori Jane Coleman for "Pilot" 
| {{nom}}
|-
| Randy Roberts for "The Quarantine" 
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
| David Kirschner, Robert Appere,  and Kenneth R. Burton  for "Internal Affairs" 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]]
| [[Mark Isham]] 
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=15|1996
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}}
|- 
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Series]]
|Debi Manwiller
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{nom}}
|- 
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
| {{nom}} 
|-
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series|Priimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
|[[Jeremy Kagan]] for the episode "Leave Of Absence"
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Richard Pryor]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Michael Jeter]] 
| {{nom}}
|- 
| [[Rip Torn]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Carol Kane]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series
| [[Kenneth Zunder]] for "Leave of Absence" 
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production
| [[Jim Stewart (film editor)|Jim Stewart]] for "Leave of Absence"
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Series
| Mary Ann Valdes, Dione Taylor for "Right to Life"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Makeup for a Series
| Norman T. Leavitt, Coree Lear, Bari Dreiband-Burman, & Thomas R. Burman for "Quiet Riot"
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]]
| [[Mark Isham]] 
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
| Russell C. Fager, R. Russell Smith, Greg Orloff for "Quiet Riot"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=9|1997
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}}
|- 
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Christine Lahti]]
| {{nom}} 
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
|[[Héctor Elizondo]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Adam Arkin]] 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Alan Arkin]] 
| {{nom}}
|- 
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
| [[Isabella Rossellini]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series – Single Camera Production
| [[James R. Bagdonas]] for "A Time To Kill" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production
| Alec Smight, Mark C. Baldwin, Augie Hess for "Days of the Rope"
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
|rowspan=6|1998
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Christine Lahti]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series]]
| [[Bill D'Elia]] for "Brain Salad Surgery" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| Outstanding Editing for a Series – Single Camera Production
| Alec Smight for "Brain Salad Surgery"
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series – Single Camera Production
| [[James R. Bagdonas]] for "Brain Salad Surgery" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
|Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series
|Russell C. Fager, R. Russell Smith, and William Freesh for the episode "Brain Salad Surgery"
| {{won}}
|- 
| rowspan=3|1999 
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series]]
|[[Christine Lahti]]
| {{nom}} 
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Mandy Patinkin]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Series – Single Camera Production
| [[James R. Bagdonas]] for "Home Is Where The Heartache Is" 
| {{nom}} 
|}

====Golden Globe Awards====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Recipient
! Result
|-
|rowspan=2|1995
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
| [[Mandy Patinkin]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1996
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan=2|1997 
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{nom}}
|- 
| rowspan=2|1998 
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{won}}
|}

====[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Recipient
! Result
|-
| rowspan=3|1995
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| rowspan=2|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Mandy Patinkin]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
|rowspan=2|1996
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
|rowspan=2|1997
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
|rowspan=2|1998
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series]]
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1999 
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| {{nom}} 
|}

====Other awards====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! style="width:40%;"|Category
! style="width:15%;"|Nominee(s)
! Work
! Result
|- 
| 1998 
| rowspan=1|[[ALMA Award]]s
| Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role 
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
|
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| rowspan=2|1999
| rowspan=2|[[ALMA Award]]s
| Outstanding Drama Series
| 
|
| {{nom}}
|- 
| Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role 
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
|
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 2000 
| rowspan=1|[[ALMA Award]]s
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series 
| Hector Elizondo
|
| {{won}} 
|- 
| 1998
| [[American Choreography Awards]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Television – Episodic 
| Kenny Ortega 
|
| {{won}} 
|-
| 1995
| [[American Cinema Editors]] Awards 
| Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television
| Lori Jane Coleman 
| "Pilot" 
| {{won}} 
|- 
| rowspan=2|1996 
| rowspan=2|[[American Cinema Editors]] Awards 
| rowspan=2|Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television
| Alec Smight 
| "Love and Hope" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| Randy Roberts 
| "The Quarantine" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1997 
| [[American Cinema Editors]] Awards 
| Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television
| Randy Roberts 
| "Transplanted Affection" 
| {{won}} 
|- 
| 1999 
| [[American Cinema Editors]] Awards 
| Best Edited One-Hour Series for Television
| Alec Smight 
| "Gun With The Wind" 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| 1995
| [[American Society of Cinematographers]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series
| Tim Suhrstedt
|  
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1996
| [[American Society of Cinematographers]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series
| Kenneth Zunder 
| "Leave of Absence" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1997
| [[American Society of Cinematographers]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series
| James R. Bagdonas 
| "Time to Kill" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1998
| [[American Society of Cinematographers]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series
| James R. Bagdonas 
| "Hope Against Hope" 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1995 
| [[Casting Society of America]] 
| Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic
| Steve Jacobs
|
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1996
| [[Casting Society of America]] 
| Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic
| Debi Manwiller
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1997
| [[Casting Society of America]] 
| Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic
| Debi Manwiller
| 
| {{nom}} 
|- 
| 1997 
| [[Cinema Audio Society Awards]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series
| Greg Orloff, R. Russell Smith, Russell C. Fager 
| "Quiet Riot" 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| 1998 
| [[Cinema Audio Society Awards]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series
| R. Russell Smith, William Freesh, Russell C. Fager 
| "Brain Salad Surgery" 
| {{won}}
|- 
| 1999 
| [[Cinema Audio Society Awards]] 
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Television Series
| R. Russell Smith, William Freesh, Russell C. Fager 
| "100 and One Damnations" 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| 1995
| [[Directors Guild of America Award]] 
| [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Drama Series]]
| [[Michael Pressman]] 
| "Pilot" 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| 1997 
| [[GLAAD Media Award]] 
| Outstanding TV Drama Series
| 
|
| {{won}} 
|- 
| 1999
| [[GLAAD Media Award]] 
| Outstanding TV Drama Series
|
|
| {{won}} 
|-
| 2001 
| [[GLAAD Media Award]] 
| Outstanding TV Individual Episode (In a Series Without A Regular Gay Character)
|
| "Boys Will Be Girls" 
| {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan=3|1997 
| rowspan=3|[[Satellite Awards]] 
| [[Satellite Award for Best Television Series – Drama]]
| 
| 
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
| [[Christine Lahti]] 
| 
| {{won}} 
|- 
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama]]
| [[Hector Elizondo]] 
| 
| {{nom}}
|- 
| 1999 
| [[YoungStar Award]] 
| Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series
| [[Mae Whitman]] 
|
| {{nom}} 
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19961220021256/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/ch_hope.html Official Website]
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* {{epguides|ChicagoHope}}

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