Good Day Atlanta viewer information: Jan. 12, 2021 By Good Day Atlanta The fourth season of The Resident on FOX tackles the real-life drama of the COVID-19 pandemic. ATLANTA - Art imitates life in fourth season of "The Resident" Writers for the FOX hit "The Resident" have spent the past several months hard at work on the show’s fourth season, crafting storylines for the medical series that reflect the real-life drama of the pandemic. "We wanted to capture this moment," says Eric I. Lu, a writer for the show and graduate of Harvard Medical School. "We wanted to really showcase what was actually happening through the eyes and through the lens of our characters who were going through this. Because we understood that fundamentally, this was a pivotal moment in time."