While watching this It gave me the same vibe. I really like the simplicity and realism of both drama. Because they are so mundane that you have no hard time believing that this can truly happen in real life. And you leave the ending wanting more yet satisfied that it’s an hopeful end.
Same feel kinda of drama. The ensemble work, and slice of hospital work and lives of the doctors too.
Although this drama don’t really revolve around the same departments. The reason I find them similar is because of the sense of work ensemble and also because well these two dramas didn’t annoyed me too much as a doctor myself.
So storywise this too are not the same but the same at the same time we get the eternal drama trope of birth secrets. Insane stalksish second lead. Parents that you seriously wish had gotten a license for making f children since they are so crappy at the job. But what made me recommend this drama here is the love Tian You as for the man girl. And the patience he has with waiting for her to me it reminded me so much of Tiang Ming devotion for his main girl .
Both are procedural drama , that are well executed and written. They both clearly stand alone in there genre with IHYV taking the procedural action of incorporating a supernatural twist. But other than that they are two dramas that you will not want to miss.
If you only focused on the news coverage part then this two drama are very similar, then only difference may be that Pinocchio did a better job incorporating many of the potential boom that we sense in Spotlight but that at the time the writers and directors fail to bring to fruition. Still I feel that it a great idea to actually watch Spotlight because you get a better appreciation of Pinocchio.