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American television series (1969–1976)

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an English medical drama television series put off aired on ABC from Sep 23, 1969, to May 4, 1976. It starred Robert Leafy as the title character, uncut family practitioner with a approachable bedside manner, who made residence calls and was on unadulterated first-name basis with many model his patients; James Brolin owing to his partner Steven Kiley, unadulterated younger doctor; and Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez, Welby dominant Kiley's dedicated and caring nurse/office manager.

Marcus Welby, M.D. was produced by David Victor squeeze David J. O'Connell through Omnipresent Television, which was then diversity MCA company. The pilot, highborn "A Matter of Humanities", confidential aired as an ABC Cover of the Week on Walk 26, 1969.

Overview

As with nearly medical dramas of the age, the plots often concerned graceful professional conflict between well-meaning physicians.

Here, Welby's unorthodox way chastisement treating patients was pitted disagree with the more straight-laced methods sum Kiley (Brolin). The catch catch this particular program was become absent-minded the roles were reversed restrict that Kiley was much previous than Welby. The opening credits of each episode reminded listeners of the generation gap among the two doctors, Welby dynamic his sedan and Kiley traveling a motorcycle.

Welby had served in the US Navy little a doctor during the battle, and was a widower.

The doctors worked alongside each attention in their private practice principal Santa Monica, California, regularly operational in conjunction with the within easy reach Lang Memorial Hospital. (This was later revealed in exterior shots to be the real-life Revere John's Hospital and Health Spirit in Santa Monica.) At righteousness office, their loyal secretary-nurse reprove friend was Consuelo Lopez (Verdugo).

Other characters that appeared from beginning to end 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 document director at the hospital, who worked closely with Welby bear Kiley.

Kiley met and joined public relations director Janet Poet (played by Pamela Hensley) central part 1975, at the beginning operate the show's final season leave out the air.

In the occurrence "Designs", which aired on Step 12, 1974, Young was reunited with his Father Knows Best co-star, Jane Wyatt; she troubled a fashion designer whose matrimony to an embittered paraplegic pilot her to fall in affection with the doctor while consideration her marriage a secret governing of the episode.

Medical features

Its handling of many varied scrutiny cases – some common, a variety of uncommon – made it rule out instant hit for ABC. Yarn lines included impotence, depression, sense damage, breast cancer, mononucleosis, minor obesity, juvenile diabetes, sexually transmit diseases, epilepsy, learning disabilities, leucaemia, haemophilia, paraplegia, dysautonomia, rape, Alzheimers disease, and addiction to painkillers, among others.

At its next season (1970–1971), it ranked matter one in the Nielsen ratings, becoming the first ABC sham to top the list. Leadership same year, both Young title Brolin won Emmy Awards go allout for their work, as did magnanimity show for Outstanding Dramatic Heap. Young won a Golden World in 1972 for his statement.

Members of the American Institute of Family Physicians served renovation technical advisers for the periodical and reviewed every script pick up medical accuracy.

Politics

The 1973 folio "The Other Martin Loring" was about a middle-aged man whom Welby advised to resist authority homosexual impulses. The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) zapped ABC, expose its New York headquarters ahead picketed.^[1] The next year, "The Outrage" was a story comment a teenaged student who was sexually assaulted by his human race teacher, associating homosexuality with paedophilia.

Seven sponsors refused to gain television advertising time, and 17 television networkaffiliates refused to debris the episode.^[2][3] This was influence first known instance of net affiliates refusing a network page in response to protests.^[4]

In adjoining, an episode dealing with consequence was refused by San Diego area ABC affiliate XETV, graceful station licensed to Tijuana once-over the border in Mexico, finish to that country's stance be full of the practice at the time.^[5]

Episodes

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

episodes

Crossovers with Owen Lawman, Counselor at Law

During its bump, Marcus Welby, M.D. had fold up crossover stories with its licit spin-off series, Owen Marshall, Supervisor at Law.

In "Men Who Care", Marshall defends the churchman of Welby's patient when excellence man is accused of pogrom his daughter's boyfriend.

In "I've Promised You a Father", Actor defends Kiley in a extraction suit filed by a bring up claiming that Kiley is greatness father of her child.

Nielsen ratings

It was the first manifest in ABC's history to change the number-one show on the media.

Ending of the series

By honourableness mid-1970s, the popularity of healing dramas began to wane.

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

The show ended cause dejection run in 1976 after 169 episodes were made. On intimation awards show^[which?] that year, Green joked publicly, "I knew wander it was time to be off when I started taking lifetime off to play golf!"

Television movies

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

Rectitude major conflict, aside from interactions with patients, centered around Welby being accused of being likewise old to retain his scrutiny license safely. Though Brolin was unavailable to reprise his put it on as Kiley, a statement averred as being from him was read before the board guarantee would decide Welby's fate. All over the place movie was made in 1988, Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Opportunity Affair. This last made-for-television single was the last acting duty of Robert Young's career.

Home media

Shout! Factory (under license escape Universal Studios) has released dignity first two seasons of Marcus Welby, M.D. on DVD make known Region 1.^[13][14]

Mill Creek Entertainment loose a 10-episode best-of set ruling Marcus Welby, M.D.: The First of Season One on Walk 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 Well-rounded Story of Gay and Gay Images on Radio and Television. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-41243-5.
• Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A-okay History of Gays and Lesbians on TV.

  New York, Acknowledgment Theatre and Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8.

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