
The Doctors
The Doctors is an American television soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982. There were 5280 episodes produced, with the 5000th episode airing in November 1981. The series was set in Hope Memorial Hospital in the fictional "Madison," located somewhere in New England.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Whatsoever House I Enter
01-04-196330mIn the opening story, Dr. Scott performs a critical operation on a 7-year old girl. The child dies, and moments later, "Scotty," is called to the emergency room, where a newborn in...
- Ep 2
2.We Know Not What
02-04-196330mA father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
- Ep 3
3.One and One Make Four
03-04-196330mA father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
- Ep 4
4.One Too Many
04-04-196330mA cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
- Ep 5
5.Button, Button
05-04-196330mA child is rushed to the emergency room after she swallows a jagged fragment of a button.
- Ep 6
6.Run With the Wind
08-04-196330mA cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
- Ep 7
7.Episode 7
09-04-196330mA patient's complaints and disobedience of hospital rules cause a staff crisis.
- Ep 8
8.Episode 8
10-04-196330mDr. Scott has to deal with a cynical divorcee, who is a diabetic, when she attempts to commit suicide.
- Ep 9
9.Episode 9
11-04-196330m - Ep 10
10.Little Mr. Nobody
12-04-196330mAn abandoned newborn is brought to the hospital and "adopted" by the staff in "Little Mr. Nobody."
- Ep 11
11.Zip Guns Can Kill
15-04-196330m - Ep 12
12.Episode 12
16-04-196330mRev. Shafer must tell man he has failed police examination
- Ep 13
13.Send No Flowers
17-04-196330m - Ep 14
14.The Useless Ones
18-04-196330mAn old-time musical star attempts to make a comeback.
- Ep 15
15.The Helping Hand
19-04-196330mCircumstances force a reluctant doctor to take on a surgical procedure that he does not feel ready to perform.
- Ep 16
16.Episode 16
22-04-196330m - Ep 17
17.Episode 17
23-04-196330m - Ep 18
18.Episode 18
24-04-196330m - Ep 19
19.Episode 19
25-04-196330m - Ep 20
20.Episode 20
26-04-196330m - Ep 21
21.Episode 21
29-04-196330m - Ep 22
22.Episode 22
30-04-196330m - Ep 23
23.The Last Rites
01-05-196330mA man staggers into the hospital begging for help for his daughter, whom he struck with his car.
- Ep 24
24.At Midnight There's No Tomorrow
02-05-196330mDr. Hayes tries to comfort Dr. Scott after he loses a patient, and she reveals a deep attraction for him.
- Ep 25
25.To Love or to Dive
03-05-196330m - Ep 26
26.Little Doctor
06-05-196330m - Ep 27
27.A Beau for Mrs. Deville
07-05-196330m - Ep 28
28.Father and Son
08-05-196330m - Ep 29
29.The Doll Who Limped
09-05-196330m - Ep 30
30.Doc, What Are the Odds?
10-05-196330m - Ep 31
31.Child Wife
13-05-196330m - Ep 32
32.Breakthrough
14-05-196330mA man decides to allow his seriously ill wife to obtain enough medication to kill herself.
- Ep 33
33.Episode 33
15-05-196330m - Ep 34
34.The Long Night
16-05-196330m - Ep 35
35.The Halloween Mask
17-05-196330m - Ep 36
36.A Heart Is a Boy's Need
20-05-196330m - Ep 37
37.The Blues Is a Riddle Song
21-05-196330m - Ep 38
38.The Young Spinning Wheels
22-05-196330m - Ep 39
39.Greater Love Hath No Man
23-05-196330m - Ep 40
40.The Forbidden Candystriper
24-05-196330m - Ep 41
41.Sick Little Rich Girl
27-05-196330mA wealthy patient, young and pretty, disrupts the hospital.
- Ep 42
42.A Single Tear
28-05-196330mTommy Regan is rejected by his mother when he accidentally hurts his baby sister with a toy airplane, but doesn't shed a tear.
- Ep 43
43.Hold the Lamp High for Willy
29-05-196330mA girl fears her blind fiance will find her ugly if his sight is restored.
- Ep 44
44.Celebrity Blues
30-05-196330m - Ep 45
45.A Penny for Your Doubts
31-05-196330mNurse Jane Gibbs believes her malaria patient ex-serviceman Jim Burton is the killer police are looking for from a liquor store hold-up. Despite her feelings for him, she tells Cha...
- Ep 46
46.The Disembodied Voice
03-06-196330mDisturbing telephone calls plague a lovely psychiatrist.
- Ep 47
47.Death Is a Constant Bell Ringer
04-06-196330mA Vindictive mother-in-law refuses to authorize surgery on her son-in-law.
- Ep 48
48.A Doctor in Spite of Herself
05-06-196330mAn innocent dinner date turns into a major crisis.
- Ep 49
49.The Faint Heart Never Wins
06-06-196330mShould a heart patient resume his career as a social worker?
- Ep 50
50.Rewards Are Only for the Living
07-06-196330mA surgeon encounters a problem in ethics.
- Ep 51
51....And Not to Be
10-06-196330m - Ep 52
52.With Strings Attached
11-06-196330mMrs. Frank Collins decides to honor her late husband by donating a million dollars to Hope Memorial for a new wing.
- Ep 53
53.The Count of Ten
12-06-196330m - Ep 54
54.Twice Born
13-06-196330m - Ep 55
55.The Salesman
14-06-196330m - Ep 56
56.Today I Am a Man
17-06-196330mA teenager learns what it means to become a man when faced with a challenge.
- Ep 57
57.Property Unclaimed
18-06-196330m - Ep 58
58.So Far from Home
19-06-196330mChaplain suspects head nurse is prejudiced against young Formosan nurse.
- Ep 59
59.The Fallen Giant
20-06-196330mA refugee surgeon will not face his own illness.
- Ep 60
60.A Short, Happy Life
21-06-196330m - Ep 61
61.The Bride Wore White
24-06-196330mA dedicated nurse tries to quit her profession and marry a wealthy patient.
- Ep 62
62.Give and Live
25-06-196330mWhile Agnes Tilford dreads leaving the busy atmosphere of Hope Memorial, Myra Wood can't wait to leave. She's afraid she'll be diagnosed with cancer after her surgery.
- Ep 63
63.A Darn Good Sport
26-06-196330mA circus acrobat trips over Dr. Jerry Chandler's bag and injures her knee. She sues him for negligence.
- Ep 64
64.The Heart-Broken Husband
27-06-196330m - Ep 65
65.King of the Rock and Rollers
28-06-196330mAn insolent rock-and-roll singer learns an ironic lesson in dramas.
- Ep 66
66.The Runaway President
01-07-196330m - Ep 67
67.Woman Against Fear
02-07-196330mA woman tells Chaplain Sam Shaffer she fears she is losing her mind. Investigation shows that her husband is purposely irritating her because she neglects her family.
- Ep 68
68.Beware the Bee
03-07-196330mA young man refuses to admit he is allergic to bees since it would force his widowed mother to give up her bee-keeping business.
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