Doogie Howser, M.D.
A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 30m
- Released
- 1989
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1989
Storyline
A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.
Top credits
Neil Patrick Harris ā Dr. Doogie Howser
Max Casella ā Vinnie Delpino
Belinda Montgomery ā Katherine Howser
Lawrence Pressman ā Dr. Benjamin Canfield
Awards
3 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards āDid you know
ā¢ Actor Neil Patrick Harris reportedly drew inspiration from watching Robert Young in Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969). Learning that Young was ill and pondering death, Harris visited Young with tapes of this show and helped cheer him up.
ā¢ Steven Bochco partially modeled the character of Doogie Howser after his father, who had been a child prodigy as a violinist.
ā¢ Although Doogie and Vinnie were supposed to be the same age, Neil Patrick Harris is six years younger than Max Casella. Harris was sixteen during the first season, and Casella was twenty-two.
Episodes
97 episodes ā 4 seasons
User reviews
Interesting and unique show that quickly flat-lined
A Good Show, but the novelty of the Child M.D. wore off quick
Digging Doogie the Doctor
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
