Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series)
| Doctor Doctor | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Norman Steinberg |
| Directed by |
Robert Berlinger Peter Bonerz Zane Buzby Art Dielhenn Richard Dubin David Frankel Michael Lembeck John Neal Norman Steinberg John Whitesell James Widdoes |
| Starring |
Matt Frewer Julius Carry Beau Gravitte Maureen Mueller Tony Carreiro Audrie J. Neenan Anne Ramsay Sarah Abrell Jane Brucker Dakin Matthews Inga Swenson |
| Theme music composer |
Ahmet Ertegün Leroy Kirkland Jesse Stone Danny Taylor |
| Opening theme | "Good Lovin'" |
| Composer(s) | Artie Butler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 (1 unaired) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Norman Steinberg |
| Producer(s) | David Frankel Bruce Chevillat George E. Crosby Martin Rips Joseph Staretski |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Nikndaph Productions Reeves Entertainment Group |
| Distributor |
Sony Pictures Television FremantleMedia (outside North America) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | June 12, 1989 – April 6, 1991 |
Doctor Doctor is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. It began a short run in June 1989, and was picked up for a full season the following fall. A second season followed in fall 1990, but the show was cancelled at the end of the 1990-1991 season, due to low ratings. One episode, "Long Day's Journey Into Deirdre", remains unaired in the US (although it was aired as part of series runs in Australia and Great Britain).
The show features Matt Frewer as Dr. Mike Stratford, a partner in the medical practice Northeast Medical Partners in Providence, Rhode Island. Most of the comedy surrounds Dr. Stratford's zany antics, tempered by his commitment to his profession and his patients. Though at first serving as "straight men" for Frewer's manic style of comic acting, the other characters gained more depth as the series progressed, and the plots sometimes focused on issues such as AIDS, breast cancer, and homophobia.
Mike Stratford (Matt Frewer): General practitioner, novelist, and TV medical expert, Mike is devoted to his patients, sometimes offering his services for free, much to the consternation of his partners in the practice. His many responsibilities sometimes plays havoc with his love life, as is exemplified in the pilot episode where his unhappy girlfriend has to resort to making a doctor's appointment to see him. The least willing to "maximize the practice," as Grant once suggested, Mike's greatest ambition is to be like Marcus Welby, M.D..
Abraham (Abe) Butterfield (Julius J. Carry III): Mike's best friend and medical partner, an uptight, ambitious African-American who is anxious to have the “perfect life,” leading him to become at times overly controlling with his wife and son. Though at times exasperated by Mike's endless pranks and off-the-wall comments, Abe is usually the first to go out on a limb for his friend.
Grant Linowitz (Beau Gravitte): Accomplished, ambitious heart surgeon and the medical partner with whom Mike initially disagrees with the most, Grant is at times egocentric, vain and shallow with a taste for the finer things in life, though these qualities are later downplayed somewhat as the series progressed. He becomes a good friend of Mike’s brother Richard.
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