The Bar For EMS-Based Television Shows Is So Low…

… even a handful of viewers would make it a comparative success.

In case you hadn't heard, Denis Leary is making a U.S. adaptation of the British TV series Sirens.

In a press release, USA described the half-hour show as the “humorous antics and dramatic conflicts of young paramedics” who “fight and shag their way through the darkly funny maelstrom of their lives.

Sirens was based on Tom Reynolds book, Blood, Sweat and Tea, which in turn was based on his EMS blog, Random Acts of Reality. I guess that would make Sirens, in a roundabout way, the first EMS television show to come from a blog.

Dammit, and I wanted to be the first!

I've had some Hollywood types sniffing around for film and television rights to En Route, a development I've viewed with a mixture of elation and trepidation. I had serious beefs with the editing on En Route, and I can't imagine what my baby would look like once Hollywood has its way with it. I wonder how Brian Kellett (Tom Reynolds' real name) feels about the television version of his baby?

I guess my book lends itself to dark comedy and slapstick more than say, Rescuing Providence or either of Peter Canning's books, but still, it would be damned nice to see a heartfelt and realistic portrayal of EMS on the television or big screen. I know I'd watch it.

I suppose I'll give Sirens a try when it comes out, but even with Denis Leary writing, it will have to be good indeed to approach the pure comedy gold that was NBC's Trauma.

Except that, you know, Trauma wasn't supposed to be a comedy…