Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 explained

Network:TV Nova, Voyo
Company:TV Nova
Runtime:60 minutes (TV Nova, excluding advertisements)
50 minutes (Voyo)
Num Episodes:1,266 (1,071 in Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 only)
Num Seasons:19 (16 in Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 only)
Country:Czech Republic
Opentheme:Někdy stačí dát jen dech (Miroslav Žbirka)
Genre:Soap opera, medical drama

Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 (until 2008 Ordinace v růžové zahradě, meaning: Doctor's office in the rose garden 2) is a Czech medical drama and soap opera broadcast from 2005 to 2021 on TV Nova channel and from 2021 on Voyo.cz. The soap opera plot is about a hospital in fictive town of Kamenice located in Hradec Králové District, its employees (like doctors and nurses, or even the patients) and their life stories, families and relationships.

Until March 2020, the soap opera was broadcast every Tuesday and Thursday in the prime time. In September 2020, after a long pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the broadcast time has changed; every Thursday two episodes have been broadcast, and in 2021, only one episode was broadcast each Thursday.[1] Until 2020, every episode was watched by more than a million viewers; when the filming method has changed, the viewership dropped under 900,000 viewers per episode.[2] [3] [4] On 23 November 2020 TV Nova announced that Ordinace v růžové zahradě 2 would end in June 2021.[5] However, on 8 June 2021, it was stated that the series will continue on VOD platform Voyo.

Already 1,266 episodes have been broadcast by 9 August 2022.

Current actors and main characters

There is a big number of characters which appeared in the soap opera. As of February 2021, the main characters (those which get significant attention to their life story) include:

Doctors

Nurses and orderlies

Others

Aside from main characters, a big number of side characters appear in every episode, including patients, people visiting restaurants, nurses and doctors which are unimportant for the plot etc. They are either played by actors, or extras. Most side characters do not significantly affect the plot and don't get much attention, if any. Sometimes real Czech celebrities and important people playing themselves appear as guests in the serial, such as Lucie Borhyová or Jan Pirk. In 2010, former Czech president Václav Havel appeared in the serial.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nova na podzim: Ordinace ve čtvrtek, MasterChef proti Slunečné. 7 February 2021. MediaGuru.cz. cs.
  2. Web site: Slunečná nadále úterní jedničkou s 1,26 mil. diváků. 7 February 2021. MediaGuru.cz. cs.
  3. Web site: 28 January 2020. Vypukla televizní revoluce. Nejen seriál Slunečná poráží Ordinaci. 7 February 2021. iDNES.cz.
  4. Web site: Šustr. Ladislav. 3 February 2020. Nova ztrácí dominanci. Ve sledovanosti ji začíná drtit Prima – Echo24.cz. 7 February 2021. echo24.cz. cs.
  5. Web site: Ordinace v růžové zahradě uvede své poslední díly v roce 2021. 7 February 2021. MediaGuru.cz. cs.
  6. Web site: 2010-12-14. Václav Havel v novácké Ordinaci, zahrál si kotelníka Média. 2021-02-18. Lidovky.cz. cs.