Docteur Doogie

Original title: Doogie Howser, M.D.

TV Series
1989–1993
TV-PG
30m

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6.5/10

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Medical Drama Sitcom Teen Comedy Teen Drama Comedy Drama Family

A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

10K

YOUR RATING

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2,408

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Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 8 wins & 10 nominations total

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Trivia
Actor Neil Patrick Harris reportedly drew inspiration from watching Robert Young in Docteur Marcus Welby (1969). Learning that Young was ill and pondering death, Harris visited Young with tapes of this show and helped cheer him up.

Goofs
In the opening credits a newspaper clipping is shown, stating that Doogie Howser graduated from high school at the age of 12, but in the next newspaper clipping it says that he graduated from Princeton at age 10. It's not possible to graduate from college before graduating high school. This was not changed until season 3.

Connections
Featured in Télémaniacs (1992)

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Great Program Wrongly Dismissed As A Kids' Show

I loved this show! I used to watch it every week. Unfortunately, I think too many people dismissed "Doogie Howser, M.D." as kids' or teens' faire because of the main character(Doogie) and the premise(boy genius becomes m.d. at age 14).

The truth is, the writing was consistently sharp and witty, and pretty mature. Plus, this program was one of Steven Bochco's creations, as in Steven Bochco, the man behind Hill Street Blues(which won something like, I don't know, 2,000 awards). I'm surprised this last fact alone didn't get Doogie Howser more respect. Oh, well. If you get a chance,definitely check out the reruns.