Doc (1975 TV series)

Doc
Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, 1975.
Genre	Sitcom
Directed by	Jeff Bleckner Burt Brinckerhoff Bob Claver Marty Cohan Joan Darling Robert Moore Mel Shapiro Dennis Steinmetz Howard Storm
Starring	Barnard Hughes
Theme music composer	Stan Daniels
Composer(s)	Richard DeBenedictis Patrick Williams
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	29
Production
Executive producer(s)	Stan Daniels Ed. Weinberger
Producer(s)	Norman Barasch Laurence Marks Carroll Moore Paul Wayne
Running time	30 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 13, 1975 – October 30, 1976

Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976.

Synopsis

Doc starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kind-hearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family. The series costarred Elizabeth Wilson as Joe's wife Annie, Judith Kaplan as his daughter Laurie, John Harkins as Laurie's husband, and Mary Wickes as Joe's nurse, Tully.

During the first season, the show had good ratings, partially due to its timeslot (Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., sandwiched between mega-hits The Jeffersons and The Mary Tyler Moore Show). CBS however thought the ratings should be better considering the scheduling and ordered the show to be redone. When it returned in the fall of 1976, the format had been substantially retooled, with Dr. Bogert now a widower, working at a down and out city clinic. Mary Wickes was the only other cast member from the first season to remain, but she departed after the first episode. Ratings slipped and the series was canceled in October 1976.

Cast

Actor	Role	Notes
Barnard Hughes	Dr. Joe "Doc" Bogert	Season 1 & 2
Elizabeth Wilson	Annie Bogert	Season 1
Judith Kahan	Laurie Bogert Fenner	Season 1
John Harkins	Fred Fenner	Season 1
Mary Wickes	Nurse Beatrice Tully	Season 1 & 2
Irwin Corey	Happy Miller	Season 2
Audra Lindley	Janet Scott	Season 2
David Ogden Stiers	Stanley Moss	Season 2
Herbie Faye	Ben Goldman	Season 2
Ray Vitte	Woody Henderson	Season 2

Episode list

Season 1

Ep	Code	Episode Title	Airdate
1	-	"Doc"	August 8, 1975
2	884-687	"Get Me to Church"	September 13, 1975
3	884-692	"The Other Woman"	September 20, 1975
4	884-690	"Upstairs, Downstairs"	September 27, 1975
5	884-863	"Quartet"	October 4, 1975
6	884-864	"Not My Bag"	October 11, 1975
7	884-688	"Doc vs. Dog"	October 18, 1975
8	884-691	"A Thief for All Seasons"	October 25, 1975
9	884-683	"Fred's Wild Oats"	November 1, 1975
10	884-684	"Doc Heal Thyself"	November 8, 1975
11	884-686	"Benson Hedges"	November 15, 1975
12	884-685	"Operation Goldman"	November 29, 1975
13	884-689	"My Son, The Doctor"	December 6, 1975
14	884-693	"The Rivalry"	December 13, 1975
15	884-685	"Facts of Life"	December 20, 1975
16	903-555	"And Baby Makes Eight"	January 3, 1976
17	903-554	"A Little Bit of Soap"	January 10, 1976
18	903-561	"Greatest Expectations"	January 17, 1976
19	903-561	"Nurse Annie"	January 24, 1976
20	903-563	"A Quiet Anniversary"	January 30, 1976
21	884-685	"Oldies but Goodies"	February 7, 1976
22	903-557	"Death of a Turtle"	February 14, 1976
23	903-552	"My Son, The Father"	February 21, 1976
24	903-558	"All Work and No Pay"	February 28, 1976

Season 2

Ep	Code	Episode Title	Airdate
1	-	"Doc"	September 18, 1976
2	-	"Carry On Nurse, Please"	September 25, 1976
3	903-553	"Come Scrub with Me"	October 2, 1976
4	903-556	"EKG and Vote for Me"	October 9, 1976
5	-	"Westside Clinic and Deli"	October 9, 1976

External links

• Doc at the Internet Movie Database
• Doc at TV.com