Doogie Howser
| Doogie Howser, M.D. | |
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| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by |
Steven Bochco David E. Kelley |
| Starring |
Neil Patrick Harris Max Casella Belinda Montgomery Lawrence Pressman Mitchell Anderson (seasons 1–2) Kathryn Layng Lisa Dean Ryan (season 2; recurring previously and after) Lucy Boryer (seasons 2–4; recurring previously) Markus Redmond (seasons 2–4) James B. Sikking |
| Theme music composer | Mike Post |
| Composer(s) | Mike Post |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 97 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Steven Bochco Linda Morris (seasons 3–4) Vic Rauseo (seasons 3–4) |
| Producer(s) | Nat Bernstein Joe Ann Fogle Scott Goldstein Jill Gordon Nick Harding Mark Horowitz Mitchel Lee Katlin Phil Kellard Tom Moore Linda Morris Vic Rauseo |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 21–23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
20th Century Fox Television (1989-1992) 20th Television (1992-1993) Steven Bochco Productions |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original release | September 19, 1989 – March 24, 1993 |
Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American comedy-drama television series that ran for four seasons on ABC from September 19, 1989, to March 24, 1993, totaling 97 episodes. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, it stars Neil Patrick Harris in the title role as a teenage physician who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager.
Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser (Harris) is the son of David (James B. Sikking) and Katherine Howser (Belinda Montgomery). As a child, he twice survived early-stage pediatric leukemia after his father—a family physician—discovered suspicious bruising. The experience contributed to the younger Howser's desire to enter medicine.
Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic memory, Howser participates in a longitudinal study of child prodigies until his 18th birthday. He earned a perfect score on the SAT at the age of six, completed high school in nine weeks at the age of nine, graduated from Princeton University in 1983 at age 10, and finished medical school four years later. At age 14, Howser was the youngest licensed doctor in the country. As a newspaper article (one of several noting some of Doogie's aforementioned accomplishments that are shown in the series' opening title sequence) stated, he "can't buy beer... [but] can prescribe drugs".
The series begins on Howser's 16th birthday; the cold open of the pilot episode shows him stopping his field test for his driver's license to help an injured person at the scene of a traffic accident. Howser is a second year resident surgeon at Eastman Medical Center in Los Angeles, and still lives at home with his parents. His best friend and neighbor, Vinnie Delpino (Max Casella), is a more typical teenager—climbing through Howser's bedroom window to visit—and connects him to life outside of medicine. Howser has kept a diary on his computer since 1979; episodes typically end with him making an entry in it, making observations about the situations he had experienced or learned in the episode.
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