Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United States

Length

7 seasons, 171 episodes

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kind family doctor in a small town makes house calls and builds close relationships with his patients. He works alongside a younger partner and a caring nurse to treat their medical problems.

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What happens

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to May 4, 1976. It starred Robert Young as the title character, a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, who made house calls and was on a first-name basis with many of his patients; James Brolin as his partner Steven Kiley, a younger doctor; and Elena Verdugo as Consuelo Lopez, Welby and Kiley's dedicated and caring nurse and office manager. Marcus Welby, M.D. was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell through Universal Television, which was then an MCA company. The pilot, titled "A Matter of Humanities", had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969. The program notably became the first ABC network show to rank No. 1, in the 1970–71 television season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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