<P> The Good Doctor is an American medical - drama television series based on the 2013 award winning South Korean series of the same name . Daniel Dae Kim, the actor, first noticed the series and bought the rights for his production company . He began adapting the series and eventually shopped it to CBS, his home network in 2015 . CBS decided against creating a pilot . Because Kim felt so strongly about the series, he bought back the rights from CBS . Eventually, Sony Pictures Television and Kim worked out a deal and brought on David Shore, creator of the Fox hit medical drama, House, to develop the series . </P> <P> The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios, in association with production companies Shore Z Productions, 3AD, and Entermedia . David Shore serves as showrunner and Daniel Dae Kim is an executive producer for the show . </P> <P> The series stars Freddie Highmore as Shaun Murphy, a young surgical resident with autism and savant syndrome at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital . Antonia Thomas, Nicholas Gonzalez, Beau Garrett, Hill Harper, Richard Schiff, and Tamlyn Tomita also star in the show . The series received a put pilot commitment at ABC after a previous attempted series did not move forward at CBS Television Studios in 2015; The Good Doctor was ordered to series in May 2017 . On October 3, 2017, ABC picked up the series for a full season of 18 episodes . The series is primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia . </P> <P> The Good Doctor began airing on ABC on September 25, 2017 . It has received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with particular praise given to Highmore's performance, and strong television ratings . </P>

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