Doc (1975 TV series)

Doc
Main cast: front-Elizabeth Wilson (Annie Bogert), Barnard Hughes (Joe "Doc" Bogert). Back: Irwin Corey (Happy Miller), Mary Wickes (Nurse Beatrice Tully).
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ed. Weinberger Stan Daniels
Directed by	Jeff Bleckner Burt Brinckerhoff Bob Claver Marty Cohan Joan Darling Robert Moore Mel Shapiro Dennis Steinmetz Howard Storm
Starring	Barnard Hughes
Theme music composer	Stan Daniels
Composer(s)	Richard DeBenedictis Patrick Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	29
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stan Daniels Ed. Weinberger
Producer(s)	Norman Barasch Laurence Marks Carroll Moore Paul Wayne
Running time	30 mins.
Production company(s)	MTM Enterprises
Distributor	20th Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 13, 1975 – October 30, 1976

Doc is an American sitcom produced by MTM Enterprises which aired on CBS from September 13, 1975 to October 30, 1976.

Doc starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kind-hearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family. The series costarred Elizabeth Wilson as Joe's wife Annie, Judith Kahan as his daughter Laurie, John Harkins as Laurie's husband, and Mary Wickes as Joe's nurse, Tully.

During the first season, the show had good ratings, partially due to its timeslot (Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., sandwiched between mega-hits The Jeffersons and The Mary Tyler Moore Show). CBS however thought the ratings should be better considering the scheduling and ordered the show to be redone. When it returned in the fall of 1976, the format had been substantially retooled, with Dr. Bogert now a widower, working at a down and out city clinic. Mary Wickes was the only other cast member from the first season to remain, but she departed after the first episode. Ratings slipped and the series was canceled in October 1976.