The first season will consist of eight episodes and the series has initially been ordered for two seasons.
Prime Video revealed more about the upcoming series in the press release below:
"Today, Prime Video announced the premiere date and series unveiling a poster and first-look images for The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (previously announced as The Hospital). All eight episodes of the animated adult sci-fi comedy from the Met Emmy Award-winning creator Cirocco Dunlap, and Maya Rudolph, Danielle Renfrew Behrens and Natasha Lyonne's Animal Pictures, will premiere on Friday, February 23, 2024.
The series is produced by Amazon MGM Studios and animated by Titmouse Studios. The two-season series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) has joined the cast as regular character, Dr. Sleech, alongside previously announced cast members Maya Rudolph, Natasha Lyonne, Keke Palmer, Kieran Culkin and Sam Smith.
The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy follows Dr. Sleech and Dr. Clack, aliens, best friends and intergalactically renowned surgeons as they tackle fear-eating parasites, illegal time loops and deep-space STDs. In the first season, doctors Sleech and Klak take on a very dangerous and potentially groundbreaking case, endangering existence itself. Although, given their bleak personal lives, perhaps oblivion is an improvement.
Cirocco Dunlap also serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer, along with executive producers Maya Rudolph, Danielle Renfrew Behrens and Natasha Lyonne for Animal Pictures. Shauna McGarry. Titmouse's Shannon Prynoski, Chris Prynoski, Antonio Canobbio and Ben Kalina will executive produce. Artist and animator Robin Eisenberg is co-producer and production designer."
You can check out more photos and the poster of The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy below.
