A medical drama is a television program in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and set in a hospital. Most current medical dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his 1964 work on the nature of media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare".
City Hospital, which first aired in 1951, is generally considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the Dr. Kildare film series (1937-1947), starring a number of actors in the eponymous role, and Lionel Barrymore throughout the series.) Medic, which featured Richard Boone, ran two seasons, from 1954 to 1956. The genre became a staple of prime time television with the enormous popularity of Dr. Kildare and Ben Casey, both debuting in 1961. The BBC series Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962–1971) is an early example of another common variant of the genre in which a medical practice is used as a focus for stories detailing the life of a (usually small) community. The long running Australian series A Country Practice (1981–1993) is a later example of this subgenre. From 1969 to 1976, the series Marcus Welby, M.D. and Medical Center were extremely popular for their both orthodox and unorthodox way of presenting medical cases. In 1972, the first episode of M*A*S*H aired; the show's tone was generally comedic, but dark—poignant moments emanating from the death caused by war were not uncommon. This trend of comedy with undercurrents of darkness in medical TV shows can also be seen in Doogie Howser, M.D., House, Grey's Anatomy, Scrubs and Code Black
Doctor Doctor may refer to:
Doctor, Doctor is a live talk show broadcast on British television on Five hosted by the presenters Mark Porter (who is also a general practitioner) and Raj Persaud (who is also a psychiatrist). It is made by Princess Productions.
The television program comprises several educational sections to present medical and health information in slightly different formats to match different supporting resources. It includes a presentation on a common illness or conditions with audiovisual aids, an interview with a guest celebrity (or celebrities) who talk about an illness that they have suffered from (or had personal experience of), discussion between the presenters and a guest medical (or paramedical) expert to give added insight to a selected medical topic, and a live phone-in when the television doctors answer viewers telephone questions and a few email questions.
Doctor, Doctor was shown when Five's major morning show, The Wright Stuff is taking a break from broadcasting.
Most of these pricks are hypnotised
Staring at her tits and shiny thighs
Diamond jewel tips and their wiley eyes
But they just don’t recognise
I see her walk
Looking side to side
And everybody stops
Looking Petrified.
Move down the block causing quite a stir
And she’s looking pretty fresh man, I must concur
But I see through her exterior, and it’s not that
superior
The lip gloss bubble is bound to burst, you won’t be
the last, you can’t be the first.
She’s not much verse, mostly chorus
Between those ears, mostly sawdust
She’s mostly lovely, mostly never
(Blah, blah, blah, blah, whatever)
Doctor, Doctor
Can’t you see ?
My minds been playing
Jokes on me
And I’ve been trying to save my soul
I’ve been trying to do right
But all I’m getting is the tunnel
At the end of the line
Look at her now, she’s lapping it up
But in a sec, she’ll be slapping them up
And in the meantime, she loves jacking them up
And with a smile telling them their not making the cut.
Now why you looking at me like I’m making this up
And why you looking at me like I’m slighly unhinged
Like I’m a little bit singed after a JD and Prozac
binge
And just realised I try but can’t win.
I’m getting sicker, I can’t sleep
My eye lids flicker but I can’t delete
The image that I have running in my brain
A chance that I’ve missed and I can’t regain.
Everybody knows apparently
I must just be a transparency
The thing I’ve been hiding so hopelessly is
That I just want this bitch to notice me.
Doctor, Doctor
Can’t you see ?
My minds been playing
Jokes on me
And I’ve been trying to save my soul
I’ve been trying to do right
But all I’m getting is the tunnel
At the end of the line
Paranoid delusion, lovesick, lonely, lust
Nasty, jealous insecurity, that’s how I’m coming across
Paranoid delusion, lovesick, lonely, lust
Nasty, jealous insecure at least that’s how I’m coming
across.
I’m getting sicker, I can’t sleep
My eye lids flicker but I can’t delete
The image that I have running in my brain
A chance that I’ve missed and I can’t regain
Everybody knows apparently
I must just be a transparency
The thing I’ve been hiding so hopelessly is
That I just want this bitch to notice me.
Doctor, Doctor
Can’t you see ?
My minds been playing
Jokes on me
And I’ve been trying to save my soul
I’ve been trying to do right
But all I’m getting is the tunnel
At the end of the line.
Doctor, Doctor
Can’t you see ?
My minds been playing
Jokes on me
And I’ve been trying to save my soul
I’ve been trying to do right
But all I’m getting is the tunnel
At the end of the line.
Doctor, Doctor
Can’t you see ?
My minds been playing
Jokes on me
And I’ve been trying to save my soul
I’ve been trying to do right
But all I’m getting is the tunnel