Matt Lincoln (1970)

Genre

medical drama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 17 episodes

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A community psychiatrist runs a telephone hotline and a free clinic for troubled teenagers in a busy city. He balances his private practice with helping young people in crisis alongside a small staff.

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What happens

Matt Lincoln is an American medical drama series which aired on ABC as part of its 1970–71 lineup. Based on a Universal made-for-TV movie called Dial Hot Line, Matt Lincoln starred Vince Edwards (best known as the lead in Ben Casey a few years earlier) as Dr. Matt Lincoln, a "community psychiatrist" who had founded a telephone hotline for troubled teenagers. He also operated a free walk-in clinic to help the needy with their mental health concerns, in addition to a private practice which apparently paid the bills for the other two endeavors. Community psychiatrist Dr. D.F. Muhich was a model for the Lincoln character as well as a consultant on the TV show. At the helpline, Matt was assisted by Tag (Chelsea Brown) and Jimmy (Felton Perry), two "hip" young blacks; Ann (June Harding), an attractive young white woman, and Kevin, a somewhat cynical police officer. Dean Jagger played Matt's father Dr. Lincoln Sr. The show's theme tune, "Hey, Who Really Cares" was written by Oliver Nelson and Linda Perhacs, and performed by God's Children, a band formed by Ray Jimenez and Willie Garcia, previously members of Thee Midniters. A full-length version of their recording under the title "Hey, Does Somebody Care" was issued as a single, while the original song appears on Perhacs' legendary album Parallelograms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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