The Doctors (1963)
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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Episode 1 - Whatsoever House I Enter
Release Date: 1963-04-01In 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 infant is close to death. Another operation, and the baby lives. The dead girl's father arrives at the hospital and hears the news. He confronts the mother of the surviving infant and presents her with the flowers he had bought someone else.
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Episode 2 - We Know Not What
Release Date: 1963-04-02A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
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Episode 3 - One and One Make Four
Release Date: 1963-04-03A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
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Episode 4 - One Too Many
Release Date: 1963-04-04A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
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Episode 5 - Button, Button
Release Date: 1963-04-05A child is rushed to the emergency room after she swallows a jagged fragment of a button.
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Episode 6 - Run With the Wind
Release Date: 1963-04-08A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 1963-04-09A patient's complaints and disobedience of hospital rules cause a staff crisis.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 1963-04-10Dr. Scott has to deal with a cynical divorcee, who is a diabetic, when she attempts to commit suicide.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 1963-04-11 -
Episode 10 - Little Mr. Nobody
Release Date: 1963-04-12An abandoned newborn is brought to the hospital and "adopted" by the staff in "Little Mr. Nobody."
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Episode 11 - Zip Guns Can Kill
Release Date: 1963-04-15 -
Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 1963-04-16Rev. Shafer must tell man he has failed police examination
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Episode 13 - Send No Flowers
Release Date: 1963-04-17 -
Episode 14 - The Useless Ones
Release Date: 1963-04-18An old-time musical star attempts to make a comeback.
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Episode 15 - The Helping Hand
Release Date: 1963-04-19Circumstances force a reluctant doctor to take on a surgical procedure that he does not feel ready to perform.
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 1963-04-22 -
Episode 17 - Episode 17
Release Date: 1963-04-23 -
Episode 18 - Episode 18
Release Date: 1963-04-24 -
Episode 19 - Episode 19
Release Date: 1963-04-25 -
Episode 20 - Episode 20
Release Date: 1963-04-26 -
Episode 21 - Episode 21
Release Date: 1963-04-29 -
Episode 22 - Episode 22
Release Date: 1963-04-30 -
Episode 23 - The Last Rites
Release Date: 1963-05-01A man staggers into the hospital begging for help for his daughter, whom he struck with his car.
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Episode 24 - At Midnight There's No Tomorrow
Release Date: 1963-05-02Dr. Hayes tries to comfort Dr. Scott after he loses a patient, and she reveals a deep attraction for him.
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Episode 25 - To Love or to Dive
Release Date: 1963-05-03 -
Episode 26 - Little Doctor
Release Date: 1963-05-06 -
Episode 27 - A Beau for Mrs. Deville
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Episode 28 - Father and Son
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Episode 29 - The Doll Who Limped
Release Date: 1963-05-09 -
Episode 30 - Doc, What Are the Odds?
Release Date: 1963-05-10 -
Episode 31 - Child Wife
Release Date: 1963-05-13 -
Episode 32 - Breakthrough
Release Date: 1963-05-14A man decides to allow his seriously ill wife to obtain enough medication to kill herself.
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Episode 33 - Episode 33
Release Date: 1963-05-15 -
Episode 34 - The Long Night
Release Date: 1963-05-16 -
Episode 35 - The Halloween Mask
Release Date: 1963-05-17 -
Episode 36 - A Heart Is a Boy's Need
Release Date: 1963-05-20 -
Episode 37 - The Blues Is a Riddle Song
Release Date: 1963-05-21 -
Episode 38 - The Young Spinning Wheels
Release Date: 1963-05-22 -
Episode 39 - Greater Love Hath No Man
Release Date: 1963-05-23 -
Episode 40 - The Forbidden Candystriper
Release Date: 1963-05-24 -
Episode 41 - Sick Little Rich Girl
Release Date: 1963-05-27A wealthy patient, young and pretty, disrupts the hospital.
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Episode 42 - A Single Tear
Release Date: 1963-05-28Tommy Regan is rejected by his mother when he accidentally hurts his baby sister with a toy airplane, but doesn't shed a tear.
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Episode 43 - Hold the Lamp High for Willy
Release Date: 1963-05-29A girl fears her blind fiance will find her ugly if his sight is restored.
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Episode 44 - Celebrity Blues
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Episode 45 - A Penny for Your Doubts
Release Date: 1963-05-31Nurse 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 Chaplain Sam Shafer about her fears.
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Episode 46 - The Disembodied Voice
Release Date: 1963-06-03Disturbing telephone calls plague a lovely psychiatrist.
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Episode 47 - Death Is a Constant Bell Ringer
Release Date: 1963-06-04A Vindictive mother-in-law refuses to authorize surgery on her son-in-law.
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Episode 48 - A Doctor in Spite of Herself
Release Date: 1963-06-05An innocent dinner date turns into a major crisis.
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Episode 49 - The Faint Heart Never Wins
Release Date: 1963-06-06Should a heart patient resume his career as a social worker?
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Episode 50 - Rewards Are Only for the Living
Release Date: 1963-06-07A surgeon encounters a problem in ethics.
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Episode 51 - ...And Not to Be
Release Date: 1963-06-10 -
Episode 52 - With Strings Attached
Release Date: 1963-06-11Mrs. Frank Collins decides to honor her late husband by donating a million dollars to Hope Memorial for a new wing.
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Episode 53 - The Count of Ten
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Episode 54 - Twice Born
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Episode 55 - The Salesman
Release Date: 1963-06-14 -
Episode 56 - Today I Am a Man
Release Date: 1963-06-17A teenager learns what it means to become a man when faced with a challenge.
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Episode 57 - Property Unclaimed
Release Date: 1963-06-18 -
Episode 58 - So Far from Home
Release Date: 1963-06-19Chaplain suspects head nurse is prejudiced against young Formosan nurse.
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Episode 59 - The Fallen Giant
Release Date: 1963-06-20A refugee surgeon will not face his own illness.
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Episode 60 - A Short, Happy Life
Release Date: 1963-06-21 -
Episode 61 - The Bride Wore White
Release Date: 1963-06-24A dedicated nurse tries to quit her profession and marry a wealthy patient.
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Episode 62 - Give and Live
Release Date: 1963-06-25While 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.
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Episode 63 - A Darn Good Sport
Release Date: 1963-06-26A circus acrobat trips over Dr. Jerry Chandler's bag and injures her knee. She sues him for negligence.
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Episode 64 - The Heart-Broken Husband
Release Date: 1963-06-27 -
Episode 65 - King of the Rock and Rollers
Release Date: 1963-06-28An insolent rock-and-roll singer learns an ironic lesson in dramas.
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Episode 66 - The Runaway President
Release Date: 1963-07-01 -
Episode 67 - Woman Against Fear
Release Date: 1963-07-02A 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.
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Episode 68 - Beware the Bee
Release Date: 1963-07-03A young man refuses to admit he is allergic to bees since it would force his widowed mother to give up her bee-keeping business.