Medical Center (1969)
Synopsis
Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
First Air Date: 1969-09-24
Last Air Date: 1976-03-15
Number of Seasons: 7
Number of Episodes: 170
Created By: Frank Glicksman, Al C. Ward
Networks: CBS
Top Cast
- Chad Everett as Joe Gannon
- James Daly as Paul Lochner
- Ivan Bonar as Dr. Nelson
- Barbara Baldavin as Nurse Holmby
- Sheila Larken as Nurse Anne Wittley
- Louise Sorel as N/A
- Lois Nettleton as N/A
- Belinda Montgomery as N/A
- Peter Haskell as N/A
- George Tobias as N/A
Seasons
None (1969)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Last 10 Yards
Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.
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Ep. 2: Victim
Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.
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Ep. 3: Emergency in Ward E
Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.
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Ep. 4: A Life is Waiting
The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).
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Ep. 5: The Battle of Lily Wu
A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.
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Ep. 6: The Crooked Circle
A story about drug addiction.
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Ep. 7: Thousands and Thousands of Miles
Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.
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Ep. 8: The Sharpest Edge
An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).
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Ep. 9: Jeopardy
Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.
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Ep. 10: The Fallen Image
A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.
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Ep. 11: The Loner
A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).
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Ep. 12: 24 Hours
Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).
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Ep. 13: The Adversaries
Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.
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Ep. 14: The Deceived
A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.
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Ep. 15: Moment of Decision
Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.
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Ep. 16: Runaway
Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.
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Ep. 17: Fright and Flight
A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.
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Ep. 18: A Duel with Doom
The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.
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Ep. 19: A Matter of Tomorrow
The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).
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Ep. 20: Care is no Cure
A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).
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Ep. 21: The Professional
A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.
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Ep. 22: The Combatants
A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.
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Ep. 23: The V.D. Story
A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.
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Ep. 24: His Brother's Keeper
Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.
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Ep. 25: The Rebel in White
An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.
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Ep. 26: Between Dark And Daylight
The story of a marriage tormented by lack of children.
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