making him the boss – and sometimes nemesis – of Dr. Adding Kodjoe in the dual spot as chief of surgery and the emergency room.The other changes, he insists, weren’t last-minute scrambling. “I liked these people it might seem like they failed, but they really didn’t.” Seitzman talks cautiously about the departures, which may not have been his idea. Three first-year residents arrive, partly nudging last year’s newcomers aside. Somerville and Jaffrey are out Rob Lowe and Boris Kodjoe are in. CBS ordered 18 episodes, instead of 22, and wasn’t expected to renew it.īut now “Black” is back, with a major overhaul. Producer Michael Seitzman took it from there, filling the show with stars – Marcia Gay Harden, Bonnie Somerville, Luis Guzman, Raza Jaffrey – and energetic camerawork. McGarry had made a documentary about the Los Angeles County Hospital emergency room. Ryan McGarry, a writer-producer, compared making the show to doing at a real emergency-room shift: “You leave as someone else.” CBS’ Andrea Ballas called it a “heart-pounding medical drama.” Dr. This year, that’s “Code Black.”Ī year ago, it was a hot prospects. So it’s refreshing to see a show get a chance to reboot. Promising rookies are praised, played, then promptly forgotten. At times, TV networks seem like frantic football coaches.