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Few TV lovers would associate broadcast networks with innovation in 2017. But ABC’s “The Good Doctor” is the latest proof that the old networks still can conjure a new drama that resonates with viewers, just like HBO and Netflix do, every so often.

”The Good Doctor” is the only runaway hit among the 13 dramas the big over-air broadcasters have unveiled this fall. Now the industry is analyzing what made it click when so many others have failed to take off.