The Night Shift

The Night Shift is NBC's ensemble medical drama following a team of ex-Army doctors running the overnight ER at a fictional San Antonio hospital — bringing battlefield-tested skills, and the weight of their wartime experiences, into civilian medicine. The show earned praise from veterans' advocacy groups for its honest treatment of PTSD and the transition from combat to civilian life, and starred Eoin Macken, Jill Flint, and Freddy Rodriguez across four seasons.

Though set in Texas, The Night Shift was filmed entirely in Albuquerque, growing into one of the city's most significant productions — by its fourth season, employing roughly 350 New Mexico crew members and 2,500 background talent per episode, with New Mexico's governor welcoming it as a successor to Breaking Bad. halflife* provided dailies throughout the show's run, part of the sustained local production ecosystem that kept a network series running in New Mexico for four straight years.