Joshua Jackson to Lead Ryan Murphy’s New Medical Drama on ABC

Joshua Jackson is back playing a doctor, this time on ABC. Ryan Murphy is developing Dr. Odyssey, a new show in which Jackson has been cast as the lead, in addition to being an executive producer, Deadline reports. It has been ordered straight to series and is set to launch this Fall. Details about the character are being kept under wraps, but it is believed that Jackson will play a doctor who uses his charms to get what he wants. This marks Jackson's second time playing a doctor after starring in the first season of Dr. Death as Christopher Dunstch, an American neurosurgeon convicted of killing two of his patients.