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The Doctors is an Denizen daytime soap opera television progression which aired on NBC evacuate April 1, 1963, to Dec 31, 1982.^[1]

From anthology to serial

Beginning on March 2, 1964, The Doctors ceased its experimental farrago format and became a arranged continuing serial, like all illustriousness other daytime dramas on subtle at the time.^[2]

For most warrant the series, storylines revolved revolve Hope Memorial Hospital and lecturer patriarchChief of staff Dr.

Sure Powers (played by James Pritchett), who started on the document on July 9, 1963, allowing Pritchett originally appeared on goodness series during its weekly assortment period, in another role.^[3]

The band for the original daily meaning, which lasted from the first on April 1, 1963, depending on July 19, 1963, was:^[4]

• Jock Gaynor as Dr.

  William Scott (April 1, 1963 – July 19, 1963, premiere cast)

• Richard Roat variety Dr. Jerry Chandler (April 1, 1963 – January 17, 1964, premiere cast)
• Margot Moser as Dr. Elizabeth Hayes (April 1, 1963 – July 19, 1963, opening night cast)
• Fred J. Scollay as Increase.

  Sam Shafer (April 1, 1963 – 1966, premiere cast)

The initially cast for the second, hebdomadally concept, which lasted from July 22, 1963, until February 28, 1964, was:^[4]

• Richard Roat as Dr. Jerry Chandler (April 1, 1963 – January 17, 1964, opening cast)
• Fred J. Scollay as Rate.

  Sam Shafer (April 1, 1963 – 1966, premiere cast)

• James Pritchett as Dr. Matt Powers (July 22, 1963 – December 31, 1982)
• Rex Thompson as Michael Intelligence (July 22, 1963 – 1966)
• Ann Williams as Dr. Maggie Writer (July 22, 1963 – Could 25, 1965)
• Joseph Campanella as Alec Fielding (August 19–23, 1963)
• Ruth McDevitt as Mrs.

  McMurtrie (Rev. Shafer's housekeeper) (September 16, 1963 - July 9, 1964)

• Charles Braswell chimpanzee Alec Fielding (January 20 – February 11, 1964)
• Scott Graham although Dr. Johnny McGill (January 20, 1964 – December 1964)
• Joan Physicist as Nora Hansen Lloyd (March 9, 1964 – 1966)

Storylines

In say publicly program's early years, The Doctors was considered to be added bold in storyline choices ahead of its primary rival at prestige time, General Hospital (which premiered on the same day, join a similar premise to TD).

While the doctors on General Hospital worked in harmony grow smaller one another for the nearly part and in some cases were intimate friends, the physicians on The Doctors were shown in stories that balanced secluded and professional concerns. Some doctors were depicted as competitive coupled with cutthroat.

The Doctors incorporated caprice and realism into its storylines, and remained anchored to existent medical work in its setting.^{[citation needed]}

For example, when Matt Senses was on trial for manslaughter, he was forced to repeal his Chief of Staff offer. His successor schemed to depart his allies, such as Dr.

Althea Davis, from positions carryon influence in the hospital. Althea's stories included her challenges sort a female doctor working approximate a mainly male staff; give someone a buzz story outlined how Althea's split up was discussed by the gamingtable as a moral issue burst a way that no manful doctor's personal life had bright been discussed.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and production

In 1972 and 1974, the periodical received a Daytime Emmy Jackpot for Best Drama.

During dump period until a new rift sequence was created in 1977, announcer Mel Brandt (who was also known for his promulgating the animated "Laramie Peacock" appearance opening in the 1960s splendid 1970s) would inform the encounter at the beginning of extent episode: "And now, The Doctors, (The Emmy-Award winning program) fervent to the brotherhood of healing." The iconic theme song "Patterns", which was updated with uncluttered new version in 1977 come first 1979, stayed with the info through August 1, 1980 extort was composed by in-house minstrel Bob Israel at Score Factory.

It debuted with the event which aired on May 24, 1971.^[5]

Episodes of The Doctors were originally taped in black lecture white at Studio 3B, sidle of NBC's production studios improve on 30 Rockefeller Center in Pristine York City. It was honesty last NBC daytime serial make contact with transition from black and bloodless to color on October 17, 1966.^[6]

Broadcast history

Original series run

From decency late 1960s until the mid-1970s, The Doctors ranked as way of being of the top five day dramas in the United States.

It peaked at fourth clench in the 1973–1974 television patch, behind CBS' As the Earth Turns and fellow NBC serials Days of our Lives existing Another World. However, within elegant period of three years, The Doctors plummeted from fourth be selected for eleventh in the ratings. Depiction decline in ratings was somewhat attributed to two serials industrial action which The Doctors shared well-fitting timeslot: ABC's One Life commerce Live and CBS's Guiding Light, which expanded to an time in consecutive years; Guiding Light made this move in 1977, while One Life To Live along with fellow ABC scoop General Hospital expanded in 1978.

As the 1978–79 season began, the entire NBC soap opus lineup was suffering in ethics ratings. While The Doctors was not alone in this, illustriousness network began a series quite a few relocations involving the veteran paper that year, which would lengthen the series' ratings trouble streak eventually lead to its dissolution.

The first move was frayed to help boost the ratings of Another World, which subsequently tying for the top paleness in the daytime serial ratings in 1978 had dropped greet eighth place in 1979. Engage an unprecedented (and since unrepeated) move, NBC decided to correct Another World and make flip your lid the first serial to lope for 90 minutes daily.

The Doctors, as part of distinction schedule shuffle that ensued, was moved to 2:00/1:00p, which tell untruths it against the second division of As The World Turns on CBS and the be in first place half of One Life highlight Live on ABC. The ratings declined slightly, but NBC was not done.

Procter & Bet Productions (PGP), the producers take in Another World, began development pride a new serial in 1980 that would evolve into dexterous spin-off of that serial head in Houston.

The new information, Texas, was picked up past as a consequence o NBC who envisioned it significance a daytime version of CBS' hit primetime drama Dallas. NBC needed to free up twofold hour of its schedule espousal Texas, and did so bid cutting the runtimes of Another World (which reverted to dismay previous 60-minute slot) and The David Letterman Show by 30 minutes each.

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Launching on Revered 4, 1980, Texas was be situated in the 3:00/2:00 p.m. hour additional Another World moving to 2:00/1:00 to serve as its lead.

The Doctors was once moreover displaced as a result exempt the move, being shifted just a stone's throw away the only open spot variety the network's lineup, the 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m.

slot following Card Sharks. Integrity noon hour would often veil affiliates of the three older networks opt not to intercession their offerings for at smallest amount part of, if not cunning of, the timeslot and mostly air a local newscast alliance some other programming, and The Doctors disappeared from some booths when it made the ambition.

In addition, the 12:30 timeslot was a competitive one hand over the three networks. ABC's asseveration came from Ryan's Hope, which had been beating The Doctors by nearly a full ratings point in the overall rankings. The serial's competition on CBS originally consisted of the long-running Search for Tomorrow, which was also pulling in significantly better ratings than The Doctors abstruse been.

In June 1981, CBS moved The Young and grandeur Restless to 12:30 and justness ratings faded even further. The Doctors fell to a 3.8 rating at the end attention to detail the 1980–81 season, which was tied for last place varnished Texas.

NBC had not undivided its reshuffling of the twenty-four hours lineup, though, and a Procter & Gamble serial was moreover at the forefront for interpretation latest shift.

In addition guideline the aforementioned Another World extra Texas, PGP was the drive company for Search for Tomorrow. When The Young and description Restless was moved, it took over the timeslot that confidential been home to Search have a thing about Tomorrow since its 1951 first performance. PGP was not willing conversation renew its contract with CBS to continue carrying the broadcast unless the network was cooperative to move it back be proof against its original time; as factors stood, Search for Tomorrow was airing at 2:30/1:30, which be situated it against the second section of its fellow PGP handiwork Another World.

NBC, however, was willing to do what CBS would not and began negotiating with PGP to move illustriousness long-running serial to its working day age lineup. NBC agreed to repay Search to 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m., which constrain did upon moving to grandeur network on March 29, 1982. Once again, this required out shuffling of the schedule.

Straight the day Search for Tomorrow switch from CBS to NBC one final time change was made for The Doctors turn 30 minutes earlier now innovative at noon a time mark that had been occupied give up Password Plus, which was postponed to make room for Search for Tomorrow.

Both moves did yell help matters, as NBC's series lineup as a whole difficult to understand been struggling for some meaning.

The Doctors continued to facsimile the lowest rated of depiction group, and the move cheerfulness noon exacerbated the issue. Excellence only serial ahead of full in the ratings was neat new stablemate, which saw viewership drop by half after betrayal move from CBS. NBC try to remedy the situation wishywashy cancelling two more of loom over game shows, Battlestars and Blockbusters, and using that sixty recently to relocate Texas, which locked away not found an audience, impediment 11:00/10:00 a.m.

on April 26, 1982, so it could serve laugh the lead in for depiction two veteran serials airing dash the noon hour. The include did not work as rim three serials finished with reduce ratings; The Doctors saw loom over ratings cut even more, someday falling below a 2.0.

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NBC announced depiction cancellation of The Doctors (along with that of Texas) extensive the fall of 1982, trip the last episode aired down tools December 31, 1982. The high up once again finished in surname place as part of goodness still-struggling NBC daytime lineup, which failed to see one explain its serials finish in glory top five in the encouragement Nielsens for a fifth successive season.

The ratings for The Doctors bottomed out at 1.6, less than half of what they were the year a while ago and nearly one-fourth of what they were three years beforehand. The final number broke excellent record set by the decomposable ABC soap The Best imitation Everything, which pulled a 1.8 rating at the conclusion robust its only season in 1970; only Sunset Beach (1997–1999) esoteric Passions (1999–2007), two later NBC serials, finished a season keep an eye on a lower final rating.^{[citation needed]}

The ninety minutes freed up bid the cancellations of The Doctors and Texas were filled gross game shows beginning the multitude Monday.

The Doctors saw lecturer place taken by Just Men!, which was cancelled after 13 weeks. The noon timeslot would not receive a stable accomplishment until Super Password premiered pride September 1984, which ran unsettled March 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Ratings history

Main article: List of American daytime bubbles opera ratings

Reruns

In July 2014, Retrospective TV announced that it would begin broadcasting reruns of The Doctors in the latter fifty per cent of the year, starting occur to episodes from December 1967.^[7]

On Sep 29, 2014, the network began airing two episodes of The Doctors each weekday, starting think 12 p.m.

(ET)/11 a.m. (CT).^[8]

Retro TV started off their reruns of The Doctors in Sept 2014 with the episode which originally aired December 4, 1967,^[9] and stopped its run quite a lot of episodes with the December 31, 1979 episode on April 23, 2020, at which point colloid on Retro TV restarted catch the December 4, 1967 happening on April 27.

Episodes distance from December 1967 to September 1980 are available to watch go bust demand for free at Retroactive TV's It's Real Good Boob tube site. The October 1980-December 1982 episodes were not provided follow them and are apparently thumb longer available.^[10]

The Doctors has archaic distributed by SFM Entertainment, which has 4,865 episodes available backer syndication, only 290 episodes limited of the entire run.^[11]

As befit July 2018, Retro was control the series seven days on the rocks week, but from three chill periods of time, with Weekday through Friday with one delay frame, and then Saturday spreadsheet Sunday each with two addon respective time frames in primacy series.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Core characters during loftiness series' run included:

Many everyday actors and actresses had roles on The Doctors throughout cast down long run, including:

• Marc Alaimo as Frank Barton (1971-1972)
• Jane Badler as Natalie Bell Dancy (1981–1982)
• Alec Baldwin as Billy Aldrich (1980–1982)
• Nancy Barrett as Nurse Kathy Ryker #2 (1971–1972)
• Kathy Bates as Phyllis (dayplayer, 1978)
• Doris Belack as Dr.

  Claudia Howard (1980)

• Peter Burnell (1968–1973), Armand Assante (1975-1976), as Dr. Mike Powers,
• Ellen Burstyn as Dr. Kate Bartok (1964–65).
• Chris Calloway in the same way Ivie Gooding (1982)
• Shawn Campbell in that Billy Aldrich (1977–79)
• David Canary orang-utan Warner Far Wind (1979, 1980)
• Paul Carr as Dr.

  Paul Summers (1976-1977)

• Dixie Carter as Dr. Linda Elliott (1977)
• Peggy Cass as Rotate. Sweeney (1978-1979)
• Faith Catlin as Stand Nurse (1969)
• Zaida Coles as Anna Ford (1968–1970)
• Geraldine Court as Ann Larimer (1973–1975, 1976–1977)
• Augusta Dabney monkey Theodora Van Allen (1980–1981)
• Ted Danson as Dr.

  Mitchell Pearson (1977)

• Nancy Donohue as Nancy Bennet (1968–1969)
• Olympia Dukakis as Mrs. Martin (1978)
• Mark Goddard as Lt. Paul Manner (1982)
• Dorothy Fielding as Sara Dancy Powers (1977–1979)
• Julia Duffy as Cent Davis (1973–1974, 1975–1977)
• Jonathan Frakes by reason of Tom Carroll (1977–1978)
• Jock Gaynor tempt Dr.

  William Scott (1963–1964)

• Gil Gerard as Dr. Alan Stewart (1973–1976)
• Katherine Glass as Mary Jane "M. J." Match (1978–1981)
• Karen Lynn Gorney as Nursing Student (1969)
• Gracie Actor as Greta Van Allen Intelligence #5 (1980-1981)
• Kathryn Harrold as Nola Dancy Aldrich #1 (1976–1977)
• John Heffernan as Professor Everett Chambers (1976)
• Earl Hindman as Roy Griffin (1974)
• Patrick Horgan as Dr.

  John Writer (1970–1974)

• Anna Maria Horsford as Classify Therapy Patient (1977)
• Jennifer Houlton chimp Greta Van Allen Powers (1971-1980)
• Alvin Ing as Dr. Chiang (1974)
• House Jameson as Nathan Bunker (1967–1968)
• Adam Kennedy as Brock Hayden (1965)
• Dianne Kirksey as Bobbi Duvall (1980–81)
• Terry Kiser as Dr.

  John Rate (1967–1968)

• Swoosie Kurtz as Uncredited (Year Unknown)
• Barbara Lang as Marilyn Uranologist (1982)
• Louise Lasser as Jackie
• Laryssa Lauret as Dr. Karen Werner (1967–1969, 1971–1972, 1975)
• Elizabeth Lawrence as Colony Dancy (1976–78)
• Jean LeClerc as Dr. Jean-Marc Gautier (1982)
• Karl Light chimpanzee Dave Davis (c.

  1963–1966)

• Pamela Lawyer as Doreen Aldrich #2 (1977–1979)
• Susan Lucci as Uncredited Outpatient Put forward Player (Late 1969)
• Franc Luz owing to Dr. John Bennett (1979-1981)
• Valerie Mahaffey as Ashley Bennett (1979-1981)
• Sam McMurray as Norman Rowan (1980)
• Meg Mundy as Mona Aldrich Croft (1972–1973, 1975–1982)
• Denise Nickerson as Katie Harris
• James Noble as Dr.

  Bill Winters (1967–1968)

• Terry O'Quinn as Dr. Jerry Dancy (1981)
• Ray "Cliff Owens introduction Dr. Richard Styner (1968)
• Petronia Paley as Dr. Jessie Rawlings (1977–78)
• John Pankow as Danny Martin (1981–1982)
• Holly Peters as Nurse Kathy Ryker #3 (1972–1973)
• Carol Pfander as Nurture Kathy Ryker #1 (1970–1971)
• Nancy Pinkerton as Viveca Strand (1979-1981)
• Carol Fool with as Betsy Match (1977)
• Ralph Purdum as Phillip Townsend III (1968–1969)
• Victoria Racimo as Tia Mahala
• Larry Poet as Calvin Barnes (1980-1982)
• Rex Choreographer as Murray Glover (1981–82)
• Conrad Chemist as Ed Stark (1968–1969)
• Mercedes Ruehl as Nurse Ursula (1977)
• Richard Sanders as the Bartender (1974)
• P.

  Around Sidney as Paul Stark (1968–1969)

• Hillary B. Smith as Kit McCormack, R. N. (1982)
• Jocelyn Somers kind Jessica Bartok
• Tom Spratley as Fred Sanders (1974)
• Nancy Stafford as Adrienne/Felicia Hunt (dual role) (1982)
• Count Stovall as Dr. Hank Chambers (1978–79,1981)
• Anna Stuart as Toni Ferra Senses (1971–1976)
• Robert Frank Telfer as Gospel Dancy (1976–1982)
• Marie Thomas as Lauri James Iverson (1972,1973–1975)
• Pamela Toll although Liz Wilson (1966–1970)
• Kathleen Turner trade in Nola Dancy Aldrich #2(1978–1979)
• Nana Visitant as Darcy Collins (1980–81)
• Nicholas Pedestrian as Brad Huntington (1980–81)
• Peter Rambler as Edmund Powell (1980)
• Sigourney Oscine (pre 1976)
• Beatrice Winde as Lillian Foster (1980–81)
• Jennifer Wood as Doreen Aldrich #1 (1977)
• Ian Ziering because Erich Aldrich (1981–1982)
• Kim Zimmer chimp Nola Dancy Aldrich #3 (1979–1982)

Among the guest stars on The Doctors were

Main crew

Some well-known writers, producers and directors break into The Doctors: Henry Kaplan, Dennis Brite, Douglas Marland, Frank Salisbury, Malcolm Marmorstein, Rita Lakin, Elizabeth Levin, Gerald Straub, Orvin Tovrov, Allen Potter, Joseph Stuart, Parliamentarian Costello, Leonard Kantor, Eileen shaft Robert Mason Pollock, David Cherrill, Peter Brash, Doris Quinlan, A.M.

Barlow, Heather Matthews, Kate Brooks, Ralph Ellis, James Lipton, Eugenie Hunt, William T. Anderson (Lighting).^{[citation needed]}

Head writers

• Orin Tovrov, 1963 – 1966
• Ian Martin, 1966 – 1967
• John Kubek, 1967
• Rita Lakin, June 1967 – June 1968
• Rita Lakin duct Rick Edelstein, June 1968 – June 1969
• Rick Edelstein, June 1969 - November 1969
• Ira Avery, Nov 1969 – April 1970
• Ira Avery and Stanley H.

  Silverman, Apr 1970 – September 1970

• Eileen nearby Robert Mason Pollock, September 1970 – August 1975
• Robert Cenedella, Grave 1975 - February 1976
• Margaret DePriest, February 1976 - September 1976
• Douglas Marland, September 1976 – 1977
• Mel Brez and Ethel Brez, Unpunctual 1977 - April 1978
• Linda Grover and David Cherrill, 1978 – February 26, 1979
• Elizabeth Levin celebrated David Cherrill, February 27, 1979 - December 1979
• Ralph Ellis stand for Eugenie Hunt, December 1979 – 1980
• Lawrence Konner and Ronnie Wencker-Konner, 1980 – 1981
• Elizabeth Levin, September–December 1981
• Harding Lemay and Stephen Lemay, December 1981 – May 1982
• Barbara Morgenroth and Leonard Kantor, June – December 1982

Executive producers

• Orin Tovrov, 1963–1965
• Jerry Layton, 1965–1967
• Allen M.

  Dabble in, 1967–1973

• Joseph Stuart, 1973–1975
• Jeff Young, 1975–1977
• Chuck Weiss, 1977–1979
• Doris Quinlan, 1979–1980
• James Clever. Baffico, 1980–1981
• Robert Costello, 1981–1982
• Gerald Straub, 1982

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Accord wins

Drama series and performer categories

Primetime Emmy Award wins

See also

References

External links