Doctors' Hospital

*Doctors' Hospital*
Doctors' Hospital
Genre	Medical drama
Created by	James E. Moser
Starring	George Peppard
Opening theme	Don Ellis
Composer	Don Ellis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer	Matthew Rapf
Producer	Jack Laird
Cinematography	Isidore Mankofsky
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	48 mins.
Production company	Universal TV
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 10, 1975 –; January 14, 1976

Doctors' Hospital is an American medical drama that ran on NBC during the 1975–1976 season.^[1]

Synopsis

The series follows the neurosurgery team at the fictional Lowell Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, led by Dr. Jake Goodwin (George Peppard) and his staff, including residents Norah Purcell (Zohra Lampert), and Felipe Ortega (Victor Campos), and nurse Hestor Stanton (Adrian Ricard). Other cast members included John Larroquette and John Pleshette. Toward the end of the season, Peppard announced that he did not wish to continue in his role on the series. Producers reportedly wanted to retool the series and make Lampert's character the central figure, but NBC did not feel the actress had the name recognition to carry the show (despite the fact that she had just won an Emmy for a guest appearance on an episode of Kojak), and decided to cancel the series.^[2]

Though it lasted only one season, the series was noted for injecting a sense of realism not otherwise seen in medical shows of the day (e.g. Marcus Welby, M.D., Ben Casey). It has often been cited as setting a tone that later shows like St. Elsewhere, ER, and Chicago Hope would expand on.

References

^ Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television: 1974-1984. VNR AG. p. 114. ISBN 9780918432612. Retrieved September 13, 2017 – via Google Books.
^ Garfinkel, Perry (February 24, 2002). "Television/Radio; As Doctors on TV, Women Still Battle The Old Clichés". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2017.

External links

Doctors' Hospital at IMDb

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[1] Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television: 1974-1984. VNR AG. p. 114. ISBN 9780918432612. Retrieved September 13, 2017 – via Google Books.

[2] Garfinkel, Perry (February 24, 2002). "Television/Radio; As Doctors on TV, Women Still Battle The Old Clichés". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2017.

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