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196320 Seasons111 EpisodesEndedThe Doctors
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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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Season 1 (1963)
68 EpisodesEP 01
EP 1
01.Whatsoever House I Enter
30m
1963-04-01
01.Whatsoever House I Enter
30m
Aired 1963-04-01
In 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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EP 02
EP 2
02.We Know Not What
30m
1963-04-02
02.We Know Not What
30m
Aired 1963-04-02
A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
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EP 03
EP 3
03.One and One Make Four
30m
1963-04-03
03.One and One Make Four
30m
Aired 1963-04-03
A father is furious with the suggestion that his son has psychological problems.
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EP 04
EP 4
04.One Too Many
30m
1963-04-04
04.One Too Many
30m
Aired 1963-04-04
A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
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EP 05
EP 5
05.Button, Button
30m
1963-04-05
05.Button, Button
30m
Aired 1963-04-05
A child is rushed to the emergency room after she swallows a jagged fragment of a button.
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EP 06
EP 6
06.Run With the Wind
30m
1963-04-08
06.Run With the Wind
30m
Aired 1963-04-08
A cynical divorcee who is a diabetic attempts to commit suicide.
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EP 07
EP 7
07.Episode 7
30m
1963-04-09
07.Episode 7
30m
Aired 1963-04-09
A patient's complaints and disobedience of hospital rules cause a staff crisis.
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EP 08
EP 8
08.Episode 8
30m
1963-04-10
08.Episode 8
30m
Aired 1963-04-10
Dr. Scott has to deal with a cynical divorcee, who is a diabetic, when she attempts to commit suicide.
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EP 09
EP 9
09.Episode 9
30m
1963-04-11
09.Episode 9
30m
Aired 1963-04-11
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EP 10
EP 10
10.Little Mr. Nobody
30m
1963-04-12
10.Little Mr. Nobody
30m
Aired 1963-04-12
An abandoned newborn is brought to the hospital and "adopted" by the staff in "Little Mr. Nobody."
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EP 11
EP 11
11.Zip Guns Can Kill
30m
1963-04-15
11.Zip Guns Can Kill
30m
Aired 1963-04-15
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EP 12
EP 12
12.Episode 12
30m
1963-04-16
12.Episode 12
30m
Aired 1963-04-16
Rev. Shafer must tell man he has failed police examination
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EP 13
EP 13
13.Send No Flowers
30m
1963-04-17
13.Send No Flowers
30m
Aired 1963-04-17
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EP 14
EP 14
14.The Useless Ones
30m
1963-04-18
14.The Useless Ones
30m
Aired 1963-04-18
An old-time musical star attempts to make a comeback.
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EP 15
EP 15
15.The Helping Hand
30m
1963-04-19
15.The Helping Hand
30m
Aired 1963-04-19
Circumstances force a reluctant doctor to take on a surgical procedure that he does not feel ready to perform.
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EP 16
EP 16
16.Episode 16
30m
1963-04-22
16.Episode 16
30m
Aired 1963-04-22
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EP 17
EP 17
17.Episode 17
30m
1963-04-23
17.Episode 17
30m
Aired 1963-04-23
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EP 18
EP 18
18.Episode 18
30m
1963-04-24
18.Episode 18
30m
Aired 1963-04-24
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EP 19
EP 19
19.Episode 19
30m
1963-04-25
19.Episode 19
30m
Aired 1963-04-25
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EP 20
EP 20
20.Episode 20
30m
1963-04-26
20.Episode 20
30m
Aired 1963-04-26
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EP 21
EP 21
21.Episode 21
30m
1963-04-29
21.Episode 21
30m
Aired 1963-04-29
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EP 22
EP 22
22.Episode 22
30m
1963-04-30
22.Episode 22
30m
Aired 1963-04-30
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EP 23
EP 23
23.The Last Rites
30m
1963-05-01
23.The Last Rites
30m
Aired 1963-05-01
A man staggers into the hospital begging for help for his daughter, whom he struck with his car.
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EP 24
EP 24
24.At Midnight There's No Tomorrow
30m
1963-05-02
24.At Midnight There's No Tomorrow
30m
Aired 1963-05-02
Dr. Hayes tries to comfort Dr. Scott after he loses a patient, and she reveals a deep attraction for him.
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EP 25
EP 25
25.To Love or to Dive
30m
1963-05-03
25.To Love or to Dive
30m
Aired 1963-05-03
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EP 26
EP 26
26.Little Doctor
30m
1963-05-06
26.Little Doctor
30m
Aired 1963-05-06
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EP 27
EP 27
27.A Beau for Mrs. Deville
30m
1963-05-07
27.A Beau for Mrs. Deville
30m
Aired 1963-05-07
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EP 28
EP 28
28.Father and Son
30m
1963-05-08
28.Father and Son
30m
Aired 1963-05-08
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EP 29
EP 29
29.The Doll Who Limped
30m
1963-05-09
29.The Doll Who Limped
30m
Aired 1963-05-09
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EP 30
EP 30
30.Doc, What Are the Odds?
30m
1963-05-10
30.Doc, What Are the Odds?
30m
Aired 1963-05-10
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EP 31
EP 31
31.Child Wife
30m
1963-05-13
31.Child Wife
30m
Aired 1963-05-13
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EP 32
EP 32
32.Breakthrough
30m
1963-05-14
32.Breakthrough
30m
Aired 1963-05-14
A man decides to allow his seriously ill wife to obtain enough medication to kill herself.
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EP 33
EP 33
33.Episode 33
30m
1963-05-15
33.Episode 33
30m
Aired 1963-05-15
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EP 34
EP 34
34.The Long Night
30m
1963-05-16
34.The Long Night
30m
Aired 1963-05-16
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EP 35
EP 35
35.The Halloween Mask
30m
1963-05-17
35.The Halloween Mask
30m
Aired 1963-05-17
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EP 36
EP 36
36.A Heart Is a Boy's Need
30m
1963-05-20
36.A Heart Is a Boy's Need
30m
Aired 1963-05-20
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EP 37
EP 37
37.The Blues Is a Riddle Song
30m
1963-05-21
37.The Blues Is a Riddle Song
30m
Aired 1963-05-21
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EP 38
EP 38
38.The Young Spinning Wheels
30m
1963-05-22
38.The Young Spinning Wheels
30m
Aired 1963-05-22
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EP 39
EP 39
39.Greater Love Hath No Man
30m
1963-05-23
39.Greater Love Hath No Man
30m
Aired 1963-05-23
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EP 40
EP 40
40.The Forbidden Candystriper
30m
1963-05-24
40.The Forbidden Candystriper
30m
Aired 1963-05-24
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EP 41
EP 41
41.Sick Little Rich Girl
30m
1963-05-27
41.Sick Little Rich Girl
30m
Aired 1963-05-27
A wealthy patient, young and pretty, disrupts the hospital.
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EP 42
EP 42
42.A Single Tear
30m
1963-05-28
42.A Single Tear
30m
Aired 1963-05-28
Tommy 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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EP 43
EP 43
43.Hold the Lamp High for Willy
30m
1963-05-29
43.Hold the Lamp High for Willy
30m
Aired 1963-05-29
A girl fears her blind fiance will find her ugly if his sight is restored.
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EP 44
EP 44
44.Celebrity Blues
30m
1963-05-30
44.Celebrity Blues
30m
Aired 1963-05-30
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EP 45
EP 45
45.A Penny for Your Doubts
30m
1963-05-31
45.A Penny for Your Doubts
30m
Aired 1963-05-31
Nurse 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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EP 46
EP 46
46.The Disembodied Voice
30m
1963-06-03
46.The Disembodied Voice
30m
Aired 1963-06-03
Disturbing telephone calls plague a lovely psychiatrist.
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EP 47
EP 47
47.Death Is a Constant Bell Ringer
30m
1963-06-04
47.Death Is a Constant Bell Ringer
30m
Aired 1963-06-04
A Vindictive mother-in-law refuses to authorize surgery on her son-in-law.
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EP 48
EP 48
48.A Doctor in Spite of Herself
30m
1963-06-05
48.A Doctor in Spite of Herself
30m
Aired 1963-06-05
An innocent dinner date turns into a major crisis.
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EP 49
EP 49
49.The Faint Heart Never Wins
30m
1963-06-06
49.The Faint Heart Never Wins
30m
Aired 1963-06-06
Should a heart patient resume his career as a social worker?
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EP 50
EP 50
50.Rewards Are Only for the Living
30m
1963-06-07
50.Rewards Are Only for the Living
30m
Aired 1963-06-07
A surgeon encounters a problem in ethics.
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EP 51
EP 51
51....And Not to Be
30m
1963-06-10
51....And Not to Be
30m
Aired 1963-06-10
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EP 52
EP 52
52.With Strings Attached
30m
1963-06-11
52.With Strings Attached
30m
Aired 1963-06-11
Mrs. Frank Collins decides to honor her late husband by donating a million dollars to Hope Memorial for a new wing.
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EP 53
EP 53
53.The Count of Ten
30m
1963-06-12
53.The Count of Ten
30m
Aired 1963-06-12
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EP 54
EP 54
54.Twice Born
30m
1963-06-13
54.Twice Born
30m
Aired 1963-06-13
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EP 55
EP 55
55.The Salesman
30m
1963-06-14
55.The Salesman
30m
Aired 1963-06-14
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EP 56
EP 56
56.Today I Am a Man
30m
1963-06-17
56.Today I Am a Man
30m
Aired 1963-06-17
A teenager learns what it means to become a man when faced with a challenge.
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EP 57
EP 57
57.Property Unclaimed
30m
1963-06-18
57.Property Unclaimed
30m
Aired 1963-06-18
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EP 58
EP 58
58.So Far from Home
30m
1963-06-19
58.So Far from Home
30m
Aired 1963-06-19
Chaplain suspects head nurse is prejudiced against young Formosan nurse.
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EP 59
EP 59
59.The Fallen Giant
30m
1963-06-20
59.The Fallen Giant
30m
Aired 1963-06-20
A refugee surgeon will not face his own illness.
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EP 60
EP 60
60.A Short, Happy Life
30m
1963-06-21
60.A Short, Happy Life
30m
Aired 1963-06-21
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EP 61
EP 61
61.The Bride Wore White
30m
1963-06-24
61.The Bride Wore White
30m
Aired 1963-06-24
A dedicated nurse tries to quit her profession and marry a wealthy patient.
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EP 62
EP 62
62.Give and Live
30m
1963-06-25
62.Give and Live
30m
Aired 1963-06-25
While 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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EP 63
EP 63
63.A Darn Good Sport
30m
1963-06-26
63.A Darn Good Sport
30m
Aired 1963-06-26
A circus acrobat trips over Dr. Jerry Chandler's bag and injures her knee. She sues him for negligence.
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EP 64
EP 64
64.The Heart-Broken Husband
30m
1963-06-27
64.The Heart-Broken Husband
30m
Aired 1963-06-27
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EP 65
EP 65
65.King of the Rock and Rollers
30m
1963-06-28
65.King of the Rock and Rollers
30m
Aired 1963-06-28
An insolent rock-and-roll singer learns an ironic lesson in dramas.
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EP 66
EP 66
66.The Runaway President
30m
1963-07-01
66.The Runaway President
30m
Aired 1963-07-01
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EP 67
EP 67
67.Woman Against Fear
30m
1963-07-02
67.Woman Against Fear
30m
Aired 1963-07-02
A 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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EP 68
EP 68
68.Beware the Bee
30m
1963-07-03
68.Beware the Bee
30m
Aired 1963-07-03
A young man refuses to admit he is allergic to bees since it would force his widowed mother to give up her bee-keeping business.
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