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The Doctors
The Doctors is an American daytime soap opera television series which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982.
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The Doctors is an American daytime soap opera television series which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982.
The Doctors is an American daytime soap opera television series which aired on NBC from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982.
The Doctors debuted on April 1, 1963, using an anthology format with different characters in each story; this was in contrast to all of the other daytime dramas on air at the time. The viewership numbers were not encouraging, however: in that first season, The Doctors pulled only a 3.4 rating, next-to-worst among network TV soaps. Beginning on March 2, 1964, however, the Doctors became a traditional continuing serial, more than doubling the ratings to 7.5 mark.
For most of the series, storylines revolved around Hope Memorial Hospital and its patriarch, chief of staff Dr. Matt Powers (played by James Pritchett), who started on the program on July 9, 1963, although Pritchett originally appeared on the series during its weekly anthology period, in another role.
The cast for the original daily concept, which lasted from the premiere on April 1, 1963, until July 19, 1963, was:
Jock Gaynor as Dr. William Scott (April 1, 1963 – July 19, 1963, premiere cast)
Richard Roat as Dr. Jerry Chandler (April 1, 1963 – January 17, 1964, premiere cast)
Margot Moser as Dr. Elizabeth Hayes (April 1, 1963 – July 19, 1963, premiere cast)
Fred J. Scollay as Rev. Sam Shafer (April 1, 1963 – 1966, premiere cast)
The early cast for the second, weekly concept, which lasted from July 22, 1963, until February 28, 1964, was:
Richard Roat as Dr. Jerry Chandler (April 1, 1963 – January 17, 1964, premiere cast)
Fred J. Scollay as Rev. Sam Shafer (April 1, 1963 – 1966, premiere cast)
James Pritchett as Dr. Matt Powers (July 22, 1963 – December 31, 1982)
Rex Thompson as Michael Powers (July 22, 1963 – 1966)
Ann Williams as Dr. Maggie Fielding (July 22, 1963 – May 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 as Alec Fielding (January 20 – February 11, 1964)
In the program's early years, The Doctors was considered to be more bold in storyline choices than its primary rival at the time, General Hospital (which premiered on the same day, with a similar premise to TD). While the doctors on General Hospital worked in harmony with one another for the most part and in some cases were intimate friends, the physicians on The Doctors were shown in stories that balanced personal and professional concerns. Some doctors were depicted as competitive and cutthroat. The Doctors incorporated humor and realism into its storylines, and remained anchored to actual medical work in its setting.
For example, when Matt Powers was on trial for murder, he was forced to rescind his chief of staff position. His successor schemed to remove his allies, such as Dr. Althea Davis, from positions of influence in the hospital. Althea's stories included her challenges as a female doctor working with a mainly male staff; one story outlined how Althea's divorce was discussed by the board as a moral issue in a way that no male doctor's personal life had ever been discussed.
In 1972 and 1974, the serial received a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Drama. During that period until a new opening sequence was created in 1977, announcer Mel Brandt (who was also known for his announcing the animated "Laramie Peacock" color opening in the 1960s and 1970s) would inform the audience at the beginning of each episode: "And now, The Doctors, (The Emmy-Award winning program) dedicated to the brotherhood of healing."
The iconic theme song "Patterns", which was updated with a new version in 1977 and 1979, stayed with the program through August 1, 1980 and was composed by in-house musician Bob Israel at Score Productions. It debuted with the episode which aired on May 24, 1971.
Episodes of The Doctors were originally taped in black and white at Studio 3B, one of NBC's production studios at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. It was the last NBC daytime serial to transition from black and white to color on October 17, 1966.
From the late 1960s until the mid-1970s, The Doctors ranked as one of the top five daytime dramas in the United States. It peaked at fourth place in the 1973–1974 television season, behind CBS' As the World Turns and fellow NBC serials Days of Our Lives and Another World. However, within a period of three years, The Doctors plummeted from fourth to eleventh in the ratings. The decline in ratings was partly attributed to two serials with which The Doctors shared its timeslot: ABC's One Life to Live and CBS's Guiding Light, which expanded to an hour in consecutive years; Guiding Light made this move in 1977, while One Life to Live along with fellow ABC soap General Hospital expanded in 1978.
As the 1978–79 season began, the entire NBC soap opera lineup was suffering in the ratings. While The Doctors was not alone in this, the network began a series of relocations involving the veteran serial that year, which would amplify the series' ratings trouble and eventually lead to its demise. The first move was done to help further increase the ratings of Another World, which had tied for the #1 spot in daytime the previous season. In an unprecedented (and since unrepeated) move, NBC decided to extend Another World and make it the first serial to run for 90 minutes daily. The Doctors, as part of the schedule shuffle that ensued, was moved to 2:00/1:00p, which placed it against the second half of As the World Turns on CBS and the first half of One Life to Live on ABC. The ratings declined slightly, but NBC was not done.
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Scott Graham as Dr. Johnny McGill (January 20, 1964 – December 1964)
Joan Anderson as Nora Hansen Lloyd (March 9, 1964 – 1966)
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