The Doctors
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The Doctors

5.8 / 10
1963
20 seasons
70 episodes
Soap

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Whatsoever House I Enter

    01-04-196330m

    In 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

    02-04-196330m

    A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.

  • Ep 3

    3.One and One Make Four

    03-04-196330m

    A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.

  • Ep 4

    4.One Too Many

    04-04-196330m

    A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.

  • Ep 5

    5.Button, Button

    05-04-196330m

    A child is rushed to the emergency room after she swallows a jagged fragment of a button.

  • Ep 6

    6.Run With the Wind

    08-04-196330m

    A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    09-04-196330m

    A patient's complaints and disobedience of hospital rules cause a staff crisis.

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    10-04-196330m

    Dr. 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

    12-04-196330m

    An 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

    16-04-196330m

    Rev. Shafer must tell man he has failed police examination

  • Ep 13

    13.Send No Flowers

    17-04-196330m
  • Ep 14

    14.The Useless Ones

    18-04-196330m

    An old-time musical star attempts to make a comeback.

  • Ep 15

    15.The Helping Hand

    19-04-196330m

    Circumstances 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

    01-05-196330m

    A 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

    02-05-196330m

    Dr. 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

    14-05-196330m

    A 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

    27-05-196330m

    A wealthy patient, young and pretty, disrupts the hospital.

  • Ep 42

    42.A Single Tear

    28-05-196330m

    Tommy 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

    29-05-196330m

    A 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

    31-05-196330m

    Nurse 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

    03-06-196330m

    Disturbing telephone calls plague a lovely psychiatrist.

  • Ep 47

    47.Death Is a Constant Bell Ringer

    04-06-196330m

    A Vindictive mother-in-law refuses to authorize surgery on her son-in-law.

  • Ep 48

    48.A Doctor in Spite of Herself

    05-06-196330m

    An innocent dinner date turns into a major crisis.

  • Ep 49

    49.The Faint Heart Never Wins

    06-06-196330m

    Should a heart patient resume his career as a social worker?

  • Ep 50

    50.Rewards Are Only for the Living

    07-06-196330m

    A surgeon encounters a problem in ethics.

  • Ep 51

    51....And Not to Be

    10-06-196330m
  • Ep 52

    52.With Strings Attached

    11-06-196330m

    Mrs. 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

    17-06-196330m

    A 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

    19-06-196330m

    Chaplain suspects head nurse is prejudiced against young Formosan nurse.

  • Ep 59

    59.The Fallen Giant

    20-06-196330m

    A 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

    24-06-196330m

    A dedicated nurse tries to quit her profession and marry a wealthy patient.

  • Ep 62

    62.Give and Live

    25-06-196330m

    While 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

    26-06-196330m

    A 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

    28-06-196330m

    An 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

    02-07-196330m

    A 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

    03-07-196330m

    A 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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