South Park is very hit or miss, to me. I love some episodes and enjoy others; but also felt they resorted to shock instead of satire and that made it a bit juvenile for me, at times. I'm fine with it, in small doses; but, watching several episodes tends to make the repetition stand out. Loved the movie, though.

King of the Hill is similar, minus the vulgar and shock element. I liked the characters and many episodes; but, watching several in a role got repetitive, as there are many similar plots or scenes. The Simpsons held my interest for 5-7 years, then got increasingly hit and miss, until I was losing interest, after a decade.

An intern is fresh out of medical school, doing his practical training, before being licensed.  From there, he/she moves up to resident and will be afforded more responsibility and authority, until he/she is a fully qualified doctor (if they don't crash and burn).  An intern can be classed as a general practitioner, after completing internship (about one year) or move on to e residency/specialty program, for another 2-7 years.

It gets more convoluted when you start talking about the various forms of Nursing, as well as things  like Nurse Practitioner.  Registered Nurse (RN) is the most varied, in terms of duty & responsibilities, with Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) having more restrictions and then there are Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA), with even more restrictions.

There are also Physician's Assistants, who have advanced medical training and can prescribe certain levels of medication, but are not full MDs.  There is also a Nurse Practitioner, which is an advanced form of nursing, also with certain prescription authority.

To further confuse things, there are exams to take, for the different qualifications; but, licensing is handled at the state (and even municipal) level and standards can vary from state to state.  Being accredited in one state doesn't mean you won't need further qualifications before being licensed in another.

For medical drama purposes, an intern is the lowest level of doctor, wet behind the ears, run off his feet and yelled at by the senior doctors.  The Residents are the ones learning to be specialists and are sucking up to their mentors in hopes of getting top recommendations and jobs (and salaries).  A GP is your old fashioned country doctor or family doctor, though they may have gone through a residency.  Specialists will have done a residency.  Anyone qualified to do surgery has been through a residency.  For Nurse, Hollywood mostly just knows the one type, RN (though there are fewer of them than LPNs or CNAs, due to schooling requirements).

Then you have your quacks, voodoo doctors, faith healers, herbalists, holistic practitioners, shamans and "mountain doctors" (Granny Clampett).  Although, it must be said, Granny's "rheumatism medicine" is the ultimate "kill or cure!"

Keep in mind that ranks are going to vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in the U.S.  Lots of places that don't have the rank of inspector in their hierarchy.  

Drugstore and pharmacy are used pretty interchangeably here.  

Yeah, I was going to add about pharmacy and drugstore. A lot of that has to do with branding. There were chains that used the name "Drug" in their brand name, like Thrifty Drug or Rexall Drug, and then there were those who use Pharmacy, like Walgreens and CVS. With the 80s and 90s merger fever, sanctioned by pro-corporate governments (from both parties), a lot of those chains were bought out, leaving a few monsters. TV depends on who is writing the script and where they grew up.

Police jurisdictions have different ranking systems, depending on the model used to create them. The most common are Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, and then the politically appointed heads of the police. Inspector is used in the SFPD, for detectives, but not in other jurisdictions. Federal law enforcement is a whole 'nother kettle of fish. Police in the us have municipal, county state anf Federal jurisdictions, with different structures and standards.

Just a few episodes to watch for the TV series Branded with Chuck Conner. Some good and some not so good comments
Overall, the series is decent. The 2nd season is in color. Some good guest stars like Burt Reynolds, Martin Landeau, Johnny Crawford (Conner's son on The Rifleman). Conner is aways charismatic, does many of his own stunts and horesback riding. The show occasionally deals with real-life characters like President Ullyses Grant, P.T. Barnum, John Wilkes Booth's brother Edward, Mr. Seward of the Alaskan Seward Folly Purchase, General Custer and more. 
2 annoying things. The DVD collection uses the syndicated episodes meaning about 2 minutes was editted from each show. Quite noticeable since minus the opening and ending credits, the original show had about 23 minutes of material and the 2 minute edit means about 10% of the show is missing
The other problem is the show's premise. Jason McCord blacks out at a battle which his entire calvary troop, 30 men, are massacred. He does not know why he survived or why he was removed from the scene of battle. He's court-martailed on circumstancial evidence
Here's the problem-McCord chooses not to defend himself or try to clear his name. He does not want to besmirch the reputation of the man in charge of the calvary troop, even though he was incompetant and already dead. McCord actully destroys physical evidence that would have exonerated him.So the whole series has McCord drifting around with really no purpose or plan except giving dirty looks at people who call him coward.
Add to the fact a flashback episode where McCord saved the life of General Grant during the Civil War. And 3 different shows where McCord goes on secret missions at President Grant's request. You'd think President Grant in return would do something to help McCord's reputation in return? Nope
But I did enjoy watching the show. Quick Western half-hour, competently written and acted. I'll get to the Rifleman later down the road

Watchin' some more Columbo last night and viewed the episode where Dick Van Dyke (with one very high maintenance beard) faked the kidnapping and murder of his wife. He was a photographer and gives himself away when he goes stray to the camera that took the "ransom" photo of the wife, after Columbo had an enlargement flipped. Anyway, his assistant in the episode was none other than Joanna Cameron, the future Isis. She had beena model, but didn't have a huge list of credits before Isis. The only other thing I recall seeing her in was an episode of Spider-Man.

The episode also features Vitto Scotti, in one of several appearances he made throughout the series (including the later movies), as a wino, and Joyce Van Patten as a nun, at a mission, who thinks Columbo is a derelict, when he comes searching for Scotti, because of his clothing and the fact that he hasn't shaved, due to working on the case all night. Great scene where she tries to set him up with a new coat and he keeps trying to tell her he is a cop....



Dick Van Dyke tripping himself up.....

It's interesting to me that our culture consumes comic books so much differently than we consume television. Comics from ten years ago are considered "classic" by this community while television from ten years ago is still being actively streamed by the general population, sometimes moreso than the new stuff. It would probably seem out of place to discuss currently popular shows like The Office, Grey's Anatomy, or Breaking Bad in this thread, and yet each are more than ten years old.