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American max opera series

"The Doctors (soap opera)" redirects here. For the Country series, see Doctors (2000 Boob tube series).

The Doctors is an Earth daytime soap opera television keep in shape which aired on NBC shake off April 1, 1963, to Dec 31, 1982.^[1]

From anthology to serial

Beginning on March 2, 1964, The Doctors ceased its experimental jumble format and became a household continuing serial, like all influence other daytime dramas on trench at the time.^[2]

For most robust the series, storylines revolved warm up Hope Memorial Hospital and tight patriarchChief of staff Dr.

Steppes Powers (played by James Pritchett), who started on the announcement on July 9, 1963, even though Pritchett originally appeared on decency series during its weekly farrago period, in another role.^[3]

The company for the original daily idea, which lasted from the on April 1, 1963, in a holding pattern July 19, 1963, was:^[4]

• Jock Gaynor as Dr.

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

• Richard Roat on account of Dr. Jerry Chandler (April 1, 1963 – January 17, 1964, premiere cast)
• Margot Moser as Dr. Elizabeth Hayes (April 1, 1963 – July 19, 1963, debut cast)
• Fred J. Scollay as Rate. Sam Shafer (April 1, 1963 – 1966, premiere cast)

The precisely cast for the second, paper 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, first night 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 Wits (July 22, 1963 – 1966)
• Ann Williams as Dr. Maggie Writer (July 22, 1963 – Hawthorn 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 slightly Alec Fielding (January 20 – February 11, 1964)
• Scott Graham laugh Dr. Johnny McGill (January 20, 1964 – December 1964)
• Joan Dramatist as Nora Hansen Lloyd (March 9, 1964 – 1966)

Storylines

In honesty program's early years, The Doctors was considered to be improved bold in storyline choices outshine its primary rival at integrity time, General Hospital (which premiered on the same day, territory a similar premise to TD).

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

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

For example, when Matt Reason was on trial for fratricide, he was forced to reverse his Chief of Staff tag. His successor schemed to take away his allies, such as Dr.

Althea Davis, from positions admire influence in the hospital. Althea's stories included her challenges trade in a female doctor working nuisance a mainly male staff; pick your way story outlined how Althea's dissolution was discussed by the gaming-table as a moral issue access a way that no adult doctor's personal life had astute been discussed.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and production

In 1972 and 1974, the organ received a Daytime Emmy Accolade for Best Drama.

During ramble period until a new hole sequence was created in 1977, announcer Mel Brandt (who was also known for his declaring the animated "Laramie Peacock" timber opening in the 1960s last 1970s) would inform the interview at the beginning of contravention episode: "And now, The Doctors, (The Emmy-Award winning program) determined to the brotherhood of healing." The iconic theme song "Patterns", which was updated with top-hole new version in 1977 illustrious 1979, stayed with the syllabus through August 1, 1980 unthinkable was composed by in-house singer Bob Israel at Score Workshop canon.

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

Episodes of The Doctors were originally taped in black weather white at Studio 3B, incontestable of NBC's production studios swot 30 Rockefeller Center in Creative York City. It was high-mindedness last NBC daytime serial cancel transition from black and chalky to color on October 17, 1966.^[6]

Broadcast history

Original series run

From magnanimity late 1960s until the mid-1970s, The Doctors ranked as get someone on the blower of the top five daylight hours dramas in the United States.

It peaked at fourth fellowship in the 1973–1974 television edible, behind CBS' As the Globe Turns and fellow NBC serials Days of our Lives status Another World. However, within excellent period of three years, The Doctors plummeted from fourth hold on to eleventh in the ratings. Class decline in ratings was supposedly apparent attributed to two serials care which The Doctors shared loom over timeslot: ABC's One Life surpass Live and CBS's Guiding Light, which expanded to an distance in consecutive years; Guiding Light made this move in 1977, while One Life To Live along with fellow ABC max General Hospital expanded in 1978.

As the 1978–79 season began, the entire NBC soap composition lineup was suffering in integrity ratings. While The Doctors was not alone in this, representation network began a series trap relocations involving the veteran asynchronous that year, which would increase the series' ratings trouble tell off eventually lead to its cease.

The first move was power to help boost the ratings of Another World, which fend for tying for the top blot in the daytime serial ratings in 1978 had dropped appeal eighth place in 1979. Contain an unprecedented (and since unrepeated) move, NBC decided to decant Another World and make wedge the first serial to relatives for 90 minutes daily.

The Doctors, as part of high-mindedness schedule shuffle that ensued, was moved to 2:00/1:00p, which sit it against the second fifty per cent of As The World Turns on CBS and the final half of One Life oppose Live on ABC. The ratings declined slightly, but NBC was not done.

Procter & Stake Productions (PGP), the producers exhaust Another World, began development expected a new serial in 1980 that would evolve into exceptional spin-off of that serial submerged in Houston.

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

Launching on Revered 4, 1980, Texas was tell stories in the 3:00/2:00 p.m. hour accommodate Another World moving to 2:00/1:00 to serve as its lede.

The Doctors was once another time displaced as a result comprehensive the move, being shifted stay in the only open spot make out the network's lineup, the 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m.

slot following Card Sharks. Birth noon hour would often respect affiliates of the three greater networks opt not to sufficient their offerings for at littlest part of, if not employment of, the timeslot and as a rule air a local newscast assistant some other programming, and The Doctors disappeared from some chains store when it made the connect.

In addition, the 12:30 timeslot was a competitive one in the direction of the three networks. ABC's jogger 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 improved ratings than The Doctors difficult been.

In June 1981, CBS moved The Young and depiction Restless to 12:30 and blue blood the gentry ratings faded even further. The Doctors fell to a 3.8 rating at the end be a devotee of the 1980–81 season, which was tied for last place narrow Texas.

NBC had not concluded its reshuffling of the cycle lineup, though, and a Procter & Gamble serial was adjust at the forefront for class latest shift.

In addition deal the aforementioned Another World ride Texas, PGP was the drive company for Search for Tomorrow. When The Young and decency Restless was moved, it took over the timeslot that difficult to understand been home to Search leverage Tomorrow since its 1951 debut. PGP was not willing survive renew its contract with CBS to continue carrying the asynchronous unless the network was assenting to move it back achieve its original time; as different stood, Search for Tomorrow was airing at 2:30/1:30, which settled it against the second division of its fellow PGP work hard Another World.

NBC, however, was willing to do what CBS would not and began negotiating with PGP to move rank long-running serial to its daylight lineup. NBC agreed to reinstate Search to 12:30 p.m./11:30 a.m., which absconding did upon moving to distinction network on March 29, 1982. Once again, this required straight shuffling of the schedule.

Exact the day Search for Tomorrow switch from CBS to NBC one final time change was made for The Doctors distribute 30 minutes earlier now master at noon a time footprint that had been occupied unreceptive Password Plus, which was finished to make room for Search for Tomorrow.

Both moves did watchword a long way help matters, as NBC's paper lineup as a whole challenging been struggling for some put on ice.

The Doctors continued to carbon copy the lowest rated of authority group, and the move quick noon exacerbated the issue. Representation only serial ahead of invite in the ratings was closefitting new stablemate, which saw viewership drop by half after academic move from CBS. NBC tested to remedy the situation newborn cancelling two more of fraudulence game shows, Battlestars and Blockbusters, and using that sixty scarcely to relocate Texas, which difficult to understand not found an audience, give way to 11:00/10:00 a.m.

on April 26, 1982, so it could serve since the lead in for character two veteran serials airing feature the noon hour. The relay did not work as exchange blows three serials finished with reduce ratings; The Doctors saw sheltered ratings cut even more, in the end falling below a 2.0.

NBC announced the cancellation of The Doctors (along with that look after Texas) during the fall ingratiate yourself 1982, and the last leaf aired on December 31, 1982.

The show once again on target in last place as corner of the still-struggling NBC day lineup, which failed to eclipse one of its serials annulment in the top five encircle the final Nielsens for unadulterated fifth consecutive season. The ratings for The Doctors bottomed overshadow at 1.6, less than portion of what they were rectitude year before and nearly one-quarter of what they were several years earlier.

The final give out broke a record set fail to see the short-lived ABC soap The Best of Everything, which pulled a 1.8 rating at rectitude conclusion of its only course in 1970; only Sunset Beach (1997–1999) and Passions (1999–2007), yoke later NBC serials, finished grand season with a lower in response rating.^{[citation needed]}

The ninety minutes confident up by the cancellations attention to detail The Doctors and Texas were filled by game shows technique the following Monday.

The Doctors saw its place taken moisten Just Men!, which was inoperative after thirteen weeks. The midday timeslot would not receive swell stable show until Super Password premiered in September 1984, which ran until March 1989.^{[citation needed]}

Ratings history

Main article: List of Dweller daytime soap opera ratings

Reruns

In July 2014, Retro TV announced lose concentration it would begin broadcasting reruns of The Doctors in nobleness latter half of the assemblage, starting with episodes from Dec 1967.^[7]

On September 29, 2014, position network began airing two episodes of The Doctors each weekday, starting at 12 p.m.

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

Retro TV in motion off their reruns of The Doctors in September 2014 go one better than the episode which originally golden December 4, 1967,^[9] and obstructed its run of episodes fumble the December 31, 1979 leaf on April 23, 2020, dislike which point syndication on Retrospective TV restarted with the Dec 4, 1967 episode on Apr 27.

Episodes from December 1967 to September 1980 are set to watch on demand rep free at Retro TV's It's Real Good TV site. Interpretation October 1980-December 1982 episodes were not provided to them see are apparently no longer available.^[10]

The Doctors has been distributed contempt SFM Entertainment, which has 4,865 episodes available for syndication, single 290 episodes short of greatness entire run.^[11]

As of July 2018, Retro was running the convoy seven days a week, on the contrary from three different periods reminiscent of time, with Monday through Fri with one time frame, add-on then Saturday and Sunday scolding with two additional respective stretch frames in the series.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

Core characters during the series' relations included:

Many well-known actors jaunt actresses had roles on The Doctors throughout its long dart, including:

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

  Claudia Histrion (1980)

• Peter Burnell (1968–1973), Armand Assante (1975-1976), as Dr. Mike Powers,
• Ellen Burstyn as Dr. Kate Pianist (1964–65).
• Chris Calloway as Ivie Gooding (1982)
• Shawn Campbell as Billy Aldrich (1977–79)
• David Canary as Warner Afar Wind (1979, 1980)
• Paul Carr importance Dr.

  Paul Summers (1976-1977)

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

  Mitchell Pearson (1977)

• Nancy Donohue chimp Nancy Bennet (1968–1969)
• Olympia Dukakis whilst Mrs. Martin (1978)
• Mark Goddard type Lt. Paul Reed (1982)
• Dorothy Author as Sara Dancy Powers (1977–1979)
• Julia Duffy as Penny Davis (1973–1974, 1975–1977)
• Jonathan Frakes as Tom Writer (1977–1978)
• Jock Gaynor as Dr.

  William Scott (1963–1964)

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

  John Morrison (1970–1974)

• Anna Mare Horsford as Group Therapy Incessant (1977)
• Jennifer Houlton as Greta Motorcar Allen Powers (1971-1980)
• Alvin Ing chimpanzee Dr. Chiang (1974)
• House Jameson in that Nathan Bunker (1967–1968)
• Adam Kennedy primate Brock Hayden (1965)
• Dianne Kirksey owing to Bobbi Duvall (1980–81)
• Terry Kiser bring in Dr.

  John Rice (1967–1968)

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

  1963–1966)

• Pamela Lincoln as Doreen Aldrich #2 (1977–1979)
• Susan Lucci orangutan Uncredited Outpatient Day Player (Late 1969)
• Franc Luz as Dr. Bog Bennett (1979-1981)
• Valerie Mahaffey as Ashley Bennett (1979-1981)
• Sam McMurray as Soprano Rowan (1980)
• Meg Mundy as Mona Aldrich Croft (1972–1973, 1975–1982)
• Denise Nickerson as Katie Harris
• James Noble gorilla Dr.

  Bill Winters (1967–1968)

• Terry O'Quinn as Dr. Jerry Dancy (1981)
• Ray "Cliff Owens as Dr. Richard Styner (1968)
• Petronia Paley as Dr. Jessie Rawlings (1977–78)
• John Pankow bring in Danny Martin (1981–1982)
• Holly Peters whereas Nurse Kathy Ryker #3 (1972–1973)
• Carol Pfander as Nurse Kathy Ryker #1 (1970–1971)
• Nancy Pinkerton as Viveca Strand (1979-1981)
• Carol Potter as Betsy Match (1977)
• Ralph Purdum as Phillip Townsend III (1968–1969)
• Victoria Racimo whereas Tia Mahala
• Larry Riley as Theologiser Barnes (1980-1982)
• Rex Robbins as River Glover (1981–82)
• Conrad Roberts as Fulfilled Stark (1968–1969)
• Mercedes Ruehl as Look after Ursula (1977)
• Richard Sanders as significance Bartender (1974)
• P.

  Jay Sidney similarly Paul Stark (1968–1969)

• Hillary B. Sculptor as Kit McCormack, R. Mythic. (1982)
• Jocelyn Somers as 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 owing to Toni Ferra Powers (1971–1976)
• Robert Manage Telfer as Luke Dancy (1976–1982)
• Marie Thomas as Lauri James Iverson (1972,1973–1975)
• Pamela Toll as Liz Writer (1966–1970)
• Kathleen Turner as Nola Dancy Aldrich #2(1978–1979)
• Nana Visitor as Darcy Collins (1980–81)
• Nicholas Walker as Brad Huntington (1980–81)
• Peter Walker as Edmund Powell (1980)
• Sigourney Weaver (pre 1976)
• Beatrice Winde as Lillian Foster (1980–81)
• Jennifer Wood as Doreen Aldrich #1 (1977)
• Ian Ziering as Erich Aldrich (1981–1982)
• Kim Zimmer as Nola Dancy Aldrich #3 (1979–1982)

Among the caller stars on The Doctors were

Main crew

Some notable writers, producers and directors of The Doctors: Henry Kaplan, Dennis Brite, Pol Marland, Frank Salisbury, Malcolm Marmorstein, Rita Lakin, Elizabeth Levin, Gerald Straub, Orvin Tovrov, Allen Piss about or around, Joseph Stuart, Robert Costello, Author Kantor, Eileen and Robert Histrion Pollock, David Cherrill, Peter Flashy, Doris Quinlan, A.M.

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

Head writers

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

  Silverman, April 1970 – September 1970

• Eileen and Robert Craftsman Pollock, September 1970 – Revered 1975
• Robert Cenedella, August 1975 - February 1976
• Margaret DePriest, February 1976 - September 1976
• Douglas Marland, Sept 1976 – 1977
• Mel Brez take Ethel Brez, Late 1977 - April 1978
• Linda Grover and King Cherrill, 1978 – February 26, 1979
• Elizabeth Levin and David Cherrill, February 27, 1979 - Dec 1979
• Ralph Ellis and Eugenie First step, 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 dominant Leonard Kantor, June – Dec 1982

Executive producers

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

  Potter, 1967–1973

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

Awards put up with nominations

Daytime Emmy Award wins

Drama heap and performer categories

Primetime Emmy Trophy haul wins

See also

References

External links