Too Much Medical Drama

So I've been a fan of Grey's Anatomy for quite a while now, and when Private Practice jumped on board as a spin-off series I was pretty excited.  Now I have two quality medical dramas I can watch.  But recently the producers of Grey's Anatomy created yet another medical drama, this time entitled Off the Map, which premiered a little less than two weeks ago on ABC.

Now, Off the Map doesn't even have the same basis that Private Practice originated with: a character leaving Grey's Anatomy and moving to a new place to work in a completely different medical environment.  The writer's of Grey's Anatomy originally led us to believe that our beloved pediatrician Arizona Robins played by Jessica Capshaw would be on the show taking place in South America, but they pulled her back full-swing into Grey's Anatomy before Off the Map had its pilot.

Off the Map is a decent medical show, full of the drama and strange cases I've come to expect from the writers and producers of Grey's Anatomy.  But I feel like there are simply too many of the same type of shows right now.  I can see the writer's intentions, Grey's Anatomy has a pretty strong fan base and Private Practice had quite a bit of success, but I don't know if I can watch another medical show and I don't think I'm alone.  Seeing as Grey's Anatomy is currently on its seventh season I don't anticipate it being around much longer, so a spin-off might have been better received at the close of the series rather than at a time when the drama's still in full swing.

But Off the Map makes me optimistic that when Grey's Anatomy does come to an end, at least all have some other medical dramas to fall back on.