The Good Doctor Season 6: Release Date, Cast and more!

Developed by David Shore, The Good Doctor is an American medical drama television series based on the 2013 South Korean series of the same name. The show is produced by Sony Pictures Television and ABC Studios, in association with production companies Shore Z Productions, 3AD, and Entermedia.

David Shore serves as showrunner and Daniel Dae Kim is an executive producer for the show along with David Shore, Seth Gordon, Erin Gunn, David Kim, Sebastian Lee, Mike Listo, Thomas L. Moran, and Freddie Highmore, David Hoselton, Liz Friedman and Peter Blake.

So when the upcoming season is releasing? What is the plot? Who are playing the lead roles? Continue reading to know further details.

The Good Doctor Plot and Cast

The protagonist Sean Murphy is a young gifted doctor, always ready to help patients, even, it would seem, completely hopeless. Sean has a real gift – to recognize diseases that are not visible to the eyes of other doctors.

Since childhood, Sean dreamed of becoming a surgeon, and many years of study helped him get into a prestigious clinic, which, however, is located in a provincial town. Fortunately, an old acquaintance of Sean works in this hospital. Which persuaded management to hire an unusual employee.

Of course, not all “colleagues” were happy with the newcomer, who quickly and accurately diagnoses, but this does not stop the doctor, whose goal is the same – to treat people.

The central roles in the television series were played by Freddie Highmore as Dr Shaun Murphy and Nicholas Gonzalez as Dr Neil Melendez. The rest of the leads include Antonia Thomas, Richard Schiff, Hill Harper, Christina Chang, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, Paige Spara, Jasika Nicole, Chuku Modu, Tamlyn Tomita, Beau Garrett and Irene Keng as Dr Elle McLean.

The Good Doctor Season 6 Release Date

The latest season of The Good Doctor premiered on September 27, 2021 and it was renewed for a sixth season in March 2022. Season 6 is now scheduled to premiere on October 3, 2022.

The new season might have 20 episodes like the last three seasons. However, the makers are expected to announce any new additions and changes in the next few months.

The Good Doctor Season 6 Trailer

The official teaser or trailer for Season 6 has not been released yet. For now, you can check the trailer of Season 5 below: