# Help ID this show: Irreverent FOX hospital "dramedy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-show-irreverent-fox-hospital-dramedy/341053 "2006-01-22T01:04:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-show-irreverent-fox-hospital-dramedy/341053/1 "2006-01-22T01:04:57Z")
It aired for a few episodes during the hight of ER’s popularity and before “Scrubs”. One episode featured a plot where an obese woman was in pain and no one could figure out what was causing it. The story ended when a doctor stuck a pair of tongs deep into her navel and pulled out a smoulding cigarette butt. Does this sound familiar to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![lonesome\_loser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@lonesome\_loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lonesome_loser)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-show-irreverent-fox-hospital-dramedy/341053/2 "2006-01-22T01:19:19Z")
Here’s a list of all the series Fox has broadcast… > **[List of programs broadcast by Fox](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Fox)** > > The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American commercial free-to-air television network owned by the Fox Corporation. Though it was officially launched on October 9, 1986, Fox began its official primetime setup on April 5, 1987, with the series Married... with Children and The Tracey Ullman Show airing that night. > As of October 2012, Fox maintains 19.5 hours of network programming per week. The animated comedy series The Simpsons is one of Fox's most popular shows, becoming the network's first s... Perhaps you will recognize it.