Diagnosis Murder 

Dr. Mark Sloan has a knack for getting into trouble, negotiating the twists and turns of mysteries and solving crimes with the help of his son, Steve, a homicide detective.

Creator:

Joyce Burditt

Stars:

Dick Van Dyke, Barry Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dick Van Dyke	...	Dr. Mark Sloan / ... 178 episodes, 1993-2001
Victoria Rowell	...	Amanda Bentley-Livingston / ... 178 episodes, 1993-2001
Barry Van Dyke	...	Steve Sloan 178 episodes, 1993-2001
Charlie Schlatter	...	Dr. Jesse Travis 137 episodes, 1995-2001
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 | doctor | hospital | 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:

Diagnosis Murder

Filming Locations:

30760 Broad Beach Road, Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dean Hargrove Productions, Fred Silverman Company, Viacom Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 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, in the final season in 2001 it is shown that his character Dr Mark Sloan was born in 1937. However in the episode "Death by Extermination" from the second series in 1994 Dr Sloan describes himself as being in his sixties.

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Goofs

Dr. Mark Slone often undertakes actions which would result in evidence and investigations being compromised. Since he has never been a police officer, these actions could result in cases being dropped or overturned upon appeal. There is no way that a District Attorney would allow Slone and his colleagues to perform the actions that they do in the show.

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Connections

Referenced in The IT Crowd: Fifty-Fifty (2006)

User Reviews

New fan since end of Seinfeld

I never watched this show in prime time. Then I started watching it on Pax TV at 10pm and I was hooked. Now I watch it in prime time rather than watching Frasier. I love the plots and the tongue in cheek dialogue. I especially love their theme shows filled with old TV stars. I like Dick Van Dyke in this better than as Rob Petrie.

This is decent TV. I've also started watching all the Murder She Wrote reruns on A&E. I'm tired of the hackneyed sex-obsessed teeny bopper shows on regular TV. No-I'm not a senior citizen!