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"Chicago Fire" is a decent, if underwhelming and unoriginal, TV show about firefighters. "Chicago P.D." is a decent, if underwhelming and unoriginal, TV show about police officers.

So … would you be surprised if I told you that "Chicago Med" is a decent, if underwhelming and unoriginal, medical drama?

This new series, which debuts Tuesday at 8 p.m. on NBC/Ch. 5, isn't bad. It's sort of the TV equivalent of comfort food — you know exactly what you're going to get when you start watching. And it's an OK way to spend and hour parked on the couch.

As is the case with the two shows that came before it, "Chicago Med" wears its Windy City Badge of Honor proudly. Mayor Rahm Emanuel shows up in the first few minutes of the premiere, speechifying at a dedication ceremony for the new ER. Then it's quickly into a narrative that looks like everything from "ER" (also set in Chicago) to CBS' fall series "Code Black" (set in L.A. but similarly generic).

Hey, even one of the lead actors in "Chicago Med," Colin Donnell, looks an awful lot like one of the lead actors (Eoin Macken) in NBC's other medical drama, "Night Shift." And Donnel''s character, Dr. Connor Rhodes, is similarly new on the job and a bit of a rebel.

Because, you know, all these shows have to have a doctor who's a bit of a rebel.

The cast of characters the kindly but no-nonsense hospital administrator (S. Epatha Merkerson, "Law & Order"); the head of the psych department (Oliver Platt); the self-assured chief ER resident (Nick Ghelfuss); a super-competent nurse (Yaya DaCosta); and a pregnant, widowed young doctor (Torrey DeVitto).

In the premiere, they deal with a commuter train derailment. There are ethical quandries, sad stories and happy endings … all of which seem to have come straight from multiple medical dramas that have gone before.

Again, "Chicago Med" isn't bad. If you're looking for just another medical show, this is it.

If you're looking for something that will reach out and grab you, you're going to be disappointed.