Netflix’s New ‘The Pitt’ Replacement Is Officially a Global Streaming Smash
Netflix’s South Korean medical thriller *Doctor X: Mafia in White* has become a global streaming hit, topping the platform’s non-English shows chart for the week of 5 to 11 October. Its strong debut shows there is continuing worldwide appetite for medical dramas, a genre recently boosted by the success of HBO’s *The Pitt*.
Starring Kim Ji-won, the series follows a brilliant, unconventional doctor working amid corruption and institutional pressures. It is based on the Japanese drama *Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon*, which ran for seven seasons from 2012 to 2021. Netflix reported 4.6 million views worldwide; the show ranked first in seven countries and entered the top 10 in 36. Its first two episodes drew 2.2 million and 2.8 million viewers respectively on Korean television.
- *Doctor X* topped Netflix’s non-English shows chart.
- The series drew 4.6 million global Netflix views.
- It ranked in the top 10 in 36 countries.
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Doctor X: Mafia in White is a South Korean medical thriller starring Kim Ji-won as a gifted doctor who works in a hospital shaped by corruption and institutional pressures. It is based on the Japanese series Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon, which ran for seven seasons between 2012 and 2021.
Medical dramas follow doctors and patients, often alongside the pressures of working in hospitals. The Pitt is a recent example from the United States; Doctor X offers a South Korean take on the genre, giving viewers a story rooted in a different healthcare setting and television tradition.