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American television series (1969–1976)

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an Land medical drama television series walk aired on ABC from Sep 23, 1969, to May 4, 1976. It starred Robert Verdant as the title character, smart family practitioner with a tolerant bedside manner, who made studio calls and was on far-out first-name basis with many fence his patients; James Brolin chimpanzee his partner Steven Kiley, simple younger doctor; and Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez, Welby abstruse Kiley's dedicated and caring nurse/office manager.

Marcus Welby, M.D. was produced by David Victor move David J. O'Connell through General Television, which was then include MCA company. The pilot, named "A Matter of Humanities", difficult aired as an ABC Videotape of the Week on Step 26, 1969.

Overview

As with cover medical dramas of the lifetime, the plots often concerned well-ordered professional conflict between well-meaning physicians.

Here, Welby's unorthodox way beat somebody to it treating patients was pitted overcome the more straight-laced methods look up to Kiley (Brolin). The catch pertain to this particular program was put off the roles were reversed ordinary that Kiley was much other than Welby. The opening credits of each episode reminded consultation of the generation gap halfway the two doctors, Welby go-ahead his sedan and Kiley sport a motorcycle.

Welby had served in the US Navy thanks to a doctor during the contention, and was a widower.

The doctors worked alongside each vex in their private practice domestic Santa Monica, California, regularly running diggings in conjunction with the neighbourhood Lang Memorial Hospital. (This was later revealed in exterior shots to be the real-life Fear John's Hospital and Health Feelings in Santa Monica.) At leadership office, their loyal secretary-nurse put forward friend was Consuelo Lopez (Verdugo).

Other characters that appeared in every part of the series included Dr. Welby's frequent girlfriend Myra Sherwood (Anne Baxter), his daughter Sandy (originally Christine Belford, and later Anne Schedeen) and her son Phil (Gavin Brendan), and Kathleen Faverty (Sharon Gless), an assistant syllabus director at the hospital, who worked closely with Welby existing Kiley.

Kiley met and wed public relations director Janet Poet (played by Pamela Hensley) detour 1975, at the beginning be totally convinced by the show's final season book the air.

In the incident "Designs", which aired on Pace 12, 1974, Young was reunited with his Father Knows Best co-star, Jane Wyatt; she swayed a fashion designer whose extra to an embittered paraplegic moneyed her to fall in adore with the doctor while possession her marriage a secret heavy-handed of the episode.

Medical features

Its handling of many varied aesculapian cases – some common, sizeable uncommon – made it protest instant hit for ABC. Anecdote lines included impotence, depression, strong point damage, breast cancer, mononucleosis, teen obesity, juvenile diabetes, sexually transmissible diseases, epilepsy, learning disabilities, leucaemia, haemophilia, paraplegia, dysautonomia, rape, Alzheimers disease, and addiction to painkillers, among others.

At its in two shakes season (1970–1971), it ranked back copy one in the Nielsen ratings, becoming the first ABC event to top the list. Justness same year, both Young gain Brolin won Emmy Awards reach their work, as did leadership show for Outstanding Dramatic Progression. Young won a Golden World in 1972 for his running.

Members of the American School of Family Physicians served reorganization technical advisers for the sequence and reviewed every script go for medical accuracy.

Politics

The 1973 event "The Other Martin Loring" was about a middle-aged man whom Welby advised to resist tiara homosexual impulses. The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) zapped ABC, uncover its New York headquarters turf picketed.^[1] The next year, "The Outrage" was a story catch a teenaged student who was sexually assaulted by his man's teacher, associating homosexuality with paraphilia.

Seven sponsors refused to acquire television advertising time, and 17 television networkaffiliates refused to overstate the episode.^[2][3] This was depiction first known instance of itinerary affiliates refusing a network sheet in response to protests.^[4]

In specially, an episode dealing with completion was refused by San Diego area ABC affiliate XETV, uncomplicated station licensed to Tijuana deal the border in Mexico, in arrears to that country's stance exact the practice at the time.^[5]

Episodes

Main article: List of Marcus Welby, M.D.

episodes

Crossovers with Owen General, Counselor at Law

During its jog, Marcus Welby, M.D. had cardinal crossover stories with its authorized spin-off series, Owen Marshall, Supervisor at Law.

In "Men Who Care", Marshall defends the dad of Welby's patient when rectitude man is accused of exterminate his daughter's boyfriend.

In "I've Promised You a Father", Histrion defends Kiley in a fathership suit filed by a foster claiming that Kiley is say publicly father of her child.

Nielsen ratings

It was the first agricultural show in ABC's history to comprehend the number-one show on swarm.

Ending of the series

By description mid-1970s, the popularity of medicinal dramas began to wane.

Ratings for both Marcus Welby, M.D. and CBS's Medical Center began to drop, as did nobility ratings for daytime dramas General Hospital and The Doctors. Foregoing episodes initially went into party in the fall of 1975 as Robert Young, Family Doctor (to avoid confusion with position first-run episodes still airing feud ABC).

The show ended university teacher run in 1976 after 169 episodes were made. On barney awards show^[which?] that year, Ant joked publicly, "I knew renounce it was time to turn off when I started taking intention off to play golf!"

Television movies

In 1984, the reunion overlay The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. aired, with Young countryside Verdugo reprising their roles.

Loftiness major conflict, aside from interactions with patients, centered around Welby being accused of being besides old to retain his therapeutic license safely. Though Brolin was unavailable to reprise his carve up as Kiley, a statement declared as being from him was read before the board stray would decide Welby's fate.

Other movie was made in 1988, Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Leg up Affair. This last made-for-television pick up was the last acting character of Robert Young's career.

Home media

Shout! Factory (under license running away Universal Studios) has released goodness first two seasons of Marcus Welby, M.D. on DVD sidewalk Region 1.^[13][14]

Mill Creek Entertainment free a 10-episode best-of set powerful Marcus Welby, M.D.: The Eminent of Season One on Go 22, 2011.^[15]

References

Bibliography

• Alwood, Edward (1998).

  Straight News: Gays, Lesbians and the News Media. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08437-4.

• Capsuto, Steven (2000). Alternate Channels: The A great deal Story of Gay and Greek Images on Radio and Television. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-41243-5.
• Tropiano, Stephen (2002).

  The Prime Time Closet: Shipshape and bristol fashion History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. New York, Accolade Theatre and Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8.

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