{"id":2127928,"date":"2025-10-31T22:53:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2127928"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:53:27","slug":"wendi-mclendon-covey-promises-st-denis-medical-season-2-will-feature-lots-of-romance-and-these-buzzy-guest-stars-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wendi-mclendon-covey-promises-st-denis-medical-season-2-will-feature-lots-of-romance-and-these-buzzy-guest-stars-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendi McLendon-Covey Promises \u201cSt. Denis Medical\u201d Season 2 Will Feature Lots of \u2018Romance\u2019 and These Buzzy Guest Stars (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Wendi McLendon-Covey tells PEOPLE <em>St. Denis Medical<\/em> season 2 will feature lots of romance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Goldbergs alum also teases the new season will include a number of notable guest stars<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>St. Denis Medical<\/em> season 2 premieres Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. EST on NBC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Love is in the air at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/st-denis-medical-season-2-everything-to-know-11724243\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:St. Denis Medical;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>St. Denis Medical<\/em><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahead of the Monday, Nov. 3, season 2 premiere of the critically-acclaimed NBC sitcom, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wendi-mclendon-covey-says-getting-mammogram-on-st-denis-set-was-eye-opening-for-males-in-cast-exclusive-8750025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Wendi McLendon-Covey;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Wendi McLendon-Covey<\/a> teased what&#8217;s ahead for her character, Joyce, the executive director of the hospital, as well as the rest of the doctors and nurses who make up <em>St. Denis Medical<\/em>&#8216;s zany, but hardworking staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Joyce, we&#8217;re going to see not only her personal life, but we&#8217;re going to get into the personal lives of a lot of the characters, specifically the romance part,&#8221; McLendon-Covey tells PEOPLE. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to see a lot of that. So not just Joyce, not just the other characters that we&#8217;ve set up to maybe fall in love \u2014 who knows if they will or not \u2014 but we&#8217;re going to see a lot of romantic backstory and it&#8217;s going to be hysterical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>F. Scott Schafer\/NBC<\/p>\n<p> Wendi McLendon-Covey<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She adds that she can&#8217;t wait for the fans to &#8220;see the spouses or former spouses that come back,&#8221; as well as meet Ron&#8217;s (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/david-alan-grier\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:David Alan Grier;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">David Alan Grier<\/a>) son after several mentions in season 1. The St. Denis staff will even be leaving the hospital this year, which McLendon-Covey jokes was &#8220;weird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We&#8217;re used to just being on that brightly lit hospital set all the time,&#8221; she explains. &#8220;So when a couple of times [we] get to wear normal people clothes and go out, it feels so weird.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But first up, Joyce is celebrating &#8220;a big career win,&#8221; after the hospital received a $10 million donation at the end of last season. In the season 2 premiere, &#8220;Aloha, Everyone,&#8221; fans will get to see how the enthusiastic hospital executive puts all that money to use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">McLendon-Covey, 56, reveals, &#8220;She was right on the verge of spending it all, but then she got herself on track, and she&#8217;s going to have a nice big win with a birthing center. Now, that doesn&#8217;t mean this is going to go flawlessly, it doesn&#8217;t mean that it will pass inspection the first time, but she does have something that she can call her own, her baby, and it&#8217;s a birthing center with themed rooms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The themes prove to be both varied and hilarious with <em>The Goldbergs<\/em> alum noting, &#8220;You can give birth in the outback if you want to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>St. Denis Medical<\/em> season 2 will also feature a number of notable guest stars with some serious comedy credentials. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got, I can tease this, someone who was very prominently featured on <em>Seinfeld<\/em>, someone who was very prominently featured on <em>Veep <\/em>&#8230; also <em>What We Do in the Shadows<\/em>. And then a lot of amazing character actors that you&#8217;ve seen in just about everything,&#8221; McLendon-Covey says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So far, NBC has confirmed <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ariana-madix-8411376\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ariana Madix;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ariana Madix<\/a> (<em>Love Island USA<\/em>), Kristen Schaal (<em>What We Do in the Shadows<\/em>), Lauren Weedman (<em>Hacks<\/em>), Frankie Qui\u00f1ones (<em>This Fool<\/em>), Lauren Lapkus (<em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em>), Tim Baltz (<em>The Righteous Gemstones<\/em>), Jonah Beckett (<em>The Sex Lives of College Girls<\/em>) and Jeremiah Brown (<em>Love Island USA<\/em>) will guest star this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Justin Lubin\/NBC Allison Tolman (left) and Wendi McLendon-Covey on St. Denis Medical\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/jaJ8GDL86Tx_vF0OWAL5lQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/94cac49ca3cd44580ae02d4b1275c4ff\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Justin Lubin\/NBC<\/p>\n<p> Allison Tolman (left) and Wendi McLendon-Covey on <em>St. Denis Medical<\/em><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For McLendon-Covey, another season also means another chance to delve deeper into Joyce, a character that she tells PEOPLE she sometimes channels her own mom to play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;My mom, I love her so much, but she&#8217;s been the inspiration for a lot of my characters over the years &#8230; I remember my mom, she might as well have just been running a marathon. From the minute she put her suit on in the morning to the minute she fried up tacos for us at night, it was like, where&#8217;s my badge? Where&#8217;s this, where&#8217;s that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She adds, &#8220;Got to keep it professional. That harried sense of, damn it, there&#8217;s just not enough hours in the day. That&#8217;s something I take from my mom and also other women that I&#8217;ve worked with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ultimately, Joyce is the hospital&#8217;s biggest cheerleader, but there&#8217;s also vulnerability behind all of that determination, which McLendon-Covey gets to share in quieter scenes, like one she shares with costar Allison Tolman in the season premiere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I think it is important that we show that Joyce is not just an overachieving weirdo,&#8221; she shares. &#8220;She does have a heart, and she does love the people that she works with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>St. Denis Medical<\/em> season 2 premieres Monday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. EST on NBC. Season 1 is streaming now on Peacock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wendi-mclendon-covey-says-st-denis-medical-season-2-will-feature-romance-exclusive-11840164\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nz.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Wendi McLendon-Covey tells PEOPLE St. Denis Medical season 2 will feature lots of romance The Goldbergs alum also teases the new season will include a number of notable guest stars St. Denis Medical season 2 premieres Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. EST on NBC Love is in the air at St. Denis [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2127929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[404426,345138,383484],"class_list":["post-2127928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-joyce","tag-st-denis","tag-wendi-mclendon-covey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Wendi-McLendon-Covey-Promises-St-Denis-Medical-Season-2-Will-Feature.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2127930,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127928\/revisions\/2127930"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2127929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}