St. Denis Medical , the outstanding mockumentary set in a struggling Oregon hospital, returns for its second season. And things are just as messy for the good folks of TV’s anti- The Pitt as they were last time around. That includes staff shortages, personal problems and, of course, office politics of hilarious proportions. Especially now that often flaky administrator Joyce ( Wendi McLendon-Covey ) has procured a big investment from hospital backers.

“Those donations and sometimes the relationships with donors can cause complications,” showrunner Eric Ledgin told us last May of Joyce’s long-running effort to raise funds. And having finally locked in that bundle of green, she is now about to deliver on her first-season plan to develop a birthing center. “It seems to me to be a sou

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