Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993)

A teenaged genius deals with the usual problems of growing up: having a girlfriend, going to parties, hanging out with his best friend, all this on top of being a licensed physician in a ... See full summary »

Creators:

Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley

Stars:

Neil Patrick Harris, Max Casella, Belinda Montgomery

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Dr. Doogie Howser (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Max Casella	...	Vinnie Delpino (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Belinda Montgomery	...	Katherine Howser (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Lawrence Pressman	...	Dr. Benjamin Canfield (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Kathryn Layng	...	Nurse Curly Spaulding (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
James Sikking	...	Dr. David Howser (97 episodes, 1989-1993)
Markus Redmond	...	Raymond Alexander (71 episodes, 1990-1993)
Lucy Boryer	...	Janine Stewart (61 episodes, 1989-1993)
Mitchell Anderson	...	Dr. Jack McGuire (51 episodes, 1989-1991)
Lisa Dean Ryan	...	Wanda Plenn (46 episodes, 1989-1992)

Storyline

A teenaged genius deals with the usual problems of growing up: having a girlfriend, going to parties, hanging out with his best friend, all this on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.

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Plot Keywords:

doctor | best friend | teenager | genius | family relationships | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 September 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Doogie Howser

Filming Locations:

Stage 18, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Steven Bochco Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (97 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Steven Bochco partially modeled the character of Doogie Howser after his father who had been a child prodigy himself as a violinist.

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Goofs

In the Season One opening credits, the article discussing Doogie graduating from high school says that he is 12-years-old in the first line. The next article, however, says that he graduated from Princeton, a college, at age 10. This was later changed, in Season 2, from 12 to 9-years old.

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Connections

Referenced in Big Time Rush: Big Time Pranks (2010)

User Reviews

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.