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The Good Doctor
2017–2024
· TV Show
· 45 min episodes
· 7 seasons
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MEANRANK
67/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #373
- IMDb #234
- Rotten Tomatoes #309
- Metacritic #339
- RatingGraph #228
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #244
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- Metacritic Critics #335
- Metacritic Audience #310
- Criticker #335
- Trakt #267
Every rating
41–80
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 41, highest is IMDb on 80. Critics average 53, everyone else 69.
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Details
- Created by
- David Shore
- Based on
- Good Doctor
- Studio
- ABC Studios, 3AD, Sony Pictures Television, ABC Signature
- Released
- 25 September 2017
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Episode length
- 45 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 126 across 7 seasons
- Awards
- 6 wins, 17 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (143) →
Awards & nominations
See all 23 →6 wins from 23 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2020 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2019 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2019 | Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Richard Schiff | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2018 | Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| HCA TV Awards 2021 | Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| HCA TV Awards 2021 | Best Broadcast Network Series, Drama | The Good Doctor | Nominee |
| Leo Awards 2020 | Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Peter Benson (for "Risk and Reward") | Nominee |
| Leo Awards 2020 | Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Kiefer O'Reilly (for "SFAD") | Nominee |
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Critics' Choice Television Awards
3 nominations
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Richard Schiff | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor – Television Series Drama | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
Banff Rockie Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Scripted Melodrama Series | The Good Doctor | Winner |
| The Hollywood Reporter Impact Award | The Good Doctor | Winner |
Seoul International Drama Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Most Popular Foreign Drama of the Year | The Good Doctor | Winner |
| Best Actor | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | David Shore | Nominee |
| Best Series Drama | The Good Doctor | Nominee |
Humanitas Prize
2 nominations, 1 won
| 60-Minute Category | David Shore (for "Burnt Food") | Winner |
| 60-Minute Category | David Shore and Lloyd Gilyard Jr. (for "More") | Nominee |
ASCAP Screen Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Top Network TV series | Dan Romer | Winner |
Monte-Carlo Television Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| International TV Audience – Best Drama TV Series | The Good Doctor | Winner |
Leo Awards
4 nominations
| Best Dramatic Series | Shawn Williamson, Mike Listo, Daniel Dae Kim, David Shore, Freddie Highmore, Erin Gunn, Liz Friedman, Thomas Moran and David Hoselton | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Peter Benson (for "Risk and Reward") | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Kiefer O'Reilly (for "SFAD") | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series | Ricky He (for "Quarantine") | Nominee |
HCA TV Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
| Best Broadcast Network Series, Drama | The Good Doctor | Nominee |
GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBT character) | "She" | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| The Male TV Star of 2018 | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Choice Drama TV Actor | Freddie Highmore | Nominee |