Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)

Dr. Mark Sloan is a doctor at Community General Hospital, and he is a consultant for the police department. His son Steve Sloan is a detective for the department. He and his father, along ... See full summary »

Creator:

Joyce Burditt

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Barry Van Dyke

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Dr. Mark Sloan (179 episodes, 1993-2002)
Victoria Rowell	...	Amanda Bentley-Livingston (179 episodes, 1993-2002)
Barry Van Dyke	...	Steve Sloan (179 episodes, 1993-2002)
Charlie Schlatter	...	Dr. Jesse Travis (138 episodes, 1995-2002)
Michael Tucci	...	Norman Briggs (85 episodes, 1993-1997)

Storyline

Dr. Mark Sloan is a doctor at Community General Hospital, and he is a consultant for the police department. His son Steve Sloan is a detective for the department. He and his father, along with emergency room resident Dr. Jesse Travis and Dr. Amanda Bentley, who is the pathologist at the hospital help to solve some very strange murder cases in Diagnosis Murder.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | hospital | doctor | detective | diagnosis | 

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 October 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Diagnose - Mord

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (178 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although Dick Van Dyke was born in 1925, his character Dr Mark Sloan was supposed to have been born in 1937.

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Connections

Follows Diagnosis Murder (1992)

User Reviews

How could they ever cancel this show???

A big fat PFOOOEY for the executives that cancelled Diagnosis Murder! As you can see the show had followers all over the world. I sure do miss it. All that is left now is to watch the reruns. But as we say in Switzerland: As soon as the money-cow can't be milked anymore it is slaughtered. Which means Dick Van Dyke and his staff have served their purpose and are now dismissed. They didn't even get a fair chance to bring their ratings back on track. Just lose some points and you're OUT - no matter who or what you are. THAT's how it works nowadays, baby.

As already stated in other reviews DM had a remarkable wit and humour. It gave the classic whodunnit-tales always a nice and warm family-touch. Especially through the relationship of the main characters Dr. Mark Sloan and his son Steve (Dick and Barry Van Dyke). But it wasn't just a personality show à la "the Van Dykes meet Sherlock Holmes". Every single member of the cast was involved and had his or her big moment.

Oh, by the way: of COURSE you didn't see the doctors doing much work in the hospital, and of COURSE if you saw them in the hospital it had to do with a case they were working on. Otherwise the show would have been called "Emergency Room"... And another thing: I have been watching the series since it was first aired in Europe years ago - and I'm 32. So what's this nonsense about DM being an "old people show"? And if so, would that automatically make it bad??? Really, there are some weird people out there.

I truly hope that there will be a DVD-set sometime soon. This series really deserves a good treatment. And Dick Van Dyke is nothing less than an incredibly gifted Genius!