Sob Pressão

Sob Pressão
GenreMedical drama
Created by
Based on
  • Sob Pressão
    by Andrucha Waddington
  • Sob Pressão: A Rotina de Guerra de Um Médico Brasileiro
    by Márcio Maranhão
Written by
  • Jorge Furtado
  • Lucas Paraizo
  • Antonio Prata
  • Márcio Alemão
  • André Sirangelo
  • Flávio Araújo
  • Cláudia Jouvin
  • Pedro Riguetti
Directed by
  • Andrucha Waddington
  • Mini Kerti
  • Rebeca Diniz
  • Pedro Waddington
  • Júlio Andrade
Starring
Country of originBrazil
Original languagePortuguese
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes59
Production
Producers
  • Gustavo Baldoni
  • Andrucha Waddington
  • Maria Amélia Teixeira
  • Renata Brandão
Production locationRio de Janeiro
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time34–77 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkTV Globo
Release25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) 
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07)

Sob Pressão (English: Under Pressure) is a Brazilian medical drama television series created by Luiz Noronha, Cláudio Torres, Renato Fagundes and Jorge Furtado based on the 2016 film of the same name (which was inspired by the Márcio Maranhão book Sob Pressão: A Rotina de Guerra de Um Médico Brasileiro). The series is a co-production of Conspiração Filmes and TV Globo, and premiered on 25 July 2017, on TV Globo.

The series follows the emergency department doctors and nurses of a precarious public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Júlio Andrade (Dr. Evandro), Marjorie Estiano (Dr. Carolina) and Stepan Nercessian (Samuel) all reprised their movie roles for the television series.

Production for the first season started at the beginning of March 2017. Filming began 10 April 2017. TV Globo renewed the show for a second season in May 2017, before the first one even started airing. The second season premiered on 9 October 2018.

In May 2018, the series was renewed for a third season.