Medical Center

1969

Medical Center

7.1 | en | Drama

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP24 If Wishes Were Horses

Mar. 15,1976

A much-needed clinic is threatened with closure because the doctors refuse to turn wounded street fighters over to the police.

EP23 The Happy State of Depression

Mar. 08,1976

A misanthropic con artist and an awkward innocent share an offbeat relationship while being treated at the hospital.

EP22 Major Annie, M.D.

Mar. 01,1976

An Army doctor (Lois Nettleton) searches for answers when her assistant suffers an inexplicable seizure.

EP21 Life, Death and Mrs. Armbruster

Feb. 23,1976

The mother (Totie Fields) of a dismissed young resident refuses to have a lifesaving operation unless her son is reinstated.

EP20 A Touch of Sight

Feb. 16,1976

Gannon treats a young doctor blinded in a shooting accident.

EP19 The Stranger

Feb. 09,1976

The hospitalized victim of a mysterious attacker suffers from a domineering mother and recurring headaches.

EP18 Child of Conflict

Feb. 02,1976

The adoption of a Vietnamese orphan is complicated when the real mother shows up.

EP17 You Can't Annul My Baby

Jan. 19,1976

Gannon treats a childlike teenager who's the mother of a baby with a congenital heart defect.

EP16 A Very Private War

Jan. 12,1976

Gannon is attracted to a Soviet doctor (Victoria Fedorova) visiting Medical Center on a special assignment.

EP15 The Silent Witness

Dec. 29,1975

A lonely nurse stubbornly refuses to press charges against a man who brutally beat her.

EP14 The High Cost of Winning

Dec. 15,1975

A hospitalized tennis player is attracted to an unhappy girl who is facing heart surgery.

EP13 Gift from a Killer

Dec. 08,1975

One of Gannon's patients desperately needs blood, but the only possible donor is a fugitive from justice.

EP12 The Eighth Deadly Sin

Dec. 01,1975

An aging surgeon who has begun to make serious mistakes plans to operate on his granddaughter.

EP11 One Last Rebellion

Nov. 24,1975

A young woman confined to a nursing home encourages her elderly fellow inmates to rebel against the home's poor conditions.

EP10 Two Against Death

Nov. 17,1975

An 18-year-old girl needing a critical operation is the key to bringing a doctor's son out of a catatonic state.

EP9 The Last Performance

Nov. 10,1975

Lochner's former sweetheart (Roberta Peters), a celebrated singer, enters Medical Center suffering from unexplained fainting spells.

EP8 Too Late for Tomorrow

Nov. 03,1975

Learning that he is suffering from a terminal disease, a brilliant surgeon abandons medicine to live out his unfulfilled dreams.

EP7 Street Girl

Oct. 20,1975

The teenage daughter of a busy surgeon turns to prostitution in a bid for attention.

EP6 The Price of a Child

Oct. 13,1975

The son of a wealthy Arab shows unusual concern over the plight of an ailing Jewish boy.

EP5 The Velvet Knife

Oct. 06,1975

Gannon's new girlfriend makes impossible demands on his time.

EP4 No Hiding Place

Sep. 29,1975

A delirious war veteran accuses a doctor of slaughtering women and children in Vietnam.

EP3 Torment

Sep. 22,1975

On his 36th birthday, Gannon is suddenly beset by peculiar emotional and physical symptoms.

EP2 The Fourth Sex (2)

Sep. 15,1975

A noted surgeon's request for a sex-change operation is denied.

EP1 The Fourth Sex (1)

Sep. 08,1975

A famed surgeon (Robert Reed) shocks family and colleagues by requesting a sex-change operation. First of two parts.

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Released: 1969-09-24 | Released Producted By: MGM Television , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.

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Cast

Chad Everett , James Daly , Audrey Totter

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Audrey Totter

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Reviews

Bill Denert Back in the mid to late 60's, the major networks were getting "hip" about current events which were affecting the attitudes of younger people. There was Vietnam, a growing concern for the environment, drug use, the Generation Gap and even, believe it or not, a focus on race relations.Amidst all of these issues, the networks created a plethora of TV programs such as The Mod Squad, Ironside, The New People, Adam 12,and, of course, Medical Center. All of these programs came about after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr and one has to wonder if this event triggered an interest in both the networks and their sponsors. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it was all about ratings and not about addressing and correcting the social issues of the times.As a member of the baby boomer generation, I, too, was a naive teenager who experienced all of these turbulent issues, believing that my generation could change the world for the better. It didn't have to be me that changed the world; only someone else of my generation who could do it. The sad part was that everyone was like me and there really weren't any leaders, so to say, who would be able to change things for the better. Our expectations, although buoyed by such television programs, turned out to be one of disappointment; the world hasn't changed primarily because of obstinacy and compromise; the former being the way the world has always been and the latter being a trap the world had laid for us as we got older.These television programs were made in order for the networks to cash in. Medical Center was no different from the other "cookie cutter" plots of The Mod Squad, Ironside or The New People. Medical Center focused on current issues affecting the mindset of my generation: the proverbial "generation gap" sticks out like a sore thumb in the episodes "The Deceived" and "Thousands and Thousands of Miles". The drug problem raises it's ugly head in the episode "The Crooked Circle". The naiveté of young people hoping to change the world simply oozes in the "A Duel With Doom" and, again, in "The Deceived" and of course the program has to touch on race relations with "The Last Ten Yards", but what television program back then would avoid that issue?Television successfully capitalized on these issues, totally deceiving us that they were on our side and would do anything to correct the wrongs of the older generation. Unfortunately, the networks were only interested in profit, and not at all concerned for a cure of the problems we faced 45 to 50 years ago.These issues have been quickly forgotten, replaced by a world that has worsened and unable to climb out of it's morbid and immoral abyss, let alone trying to address the issues of today which have totally dwarfed the problems we had as teenagers.However, there is good news: Dr. Joseph Gannon was and is still the best looking doctor of any medical show.

leetallahassee Not only did this show have a top notch supporting cast, a handsome, charming leading man, and outstanding "guest star" performances, but it took on issues and subjects and issues that were taboo on television until that time (some are still quite controversial even now). Male impotence. A lesbian doctor. Witchcraft. Drug overdoses. Gangs. Sex changes. Mental illnesses. Doctors practicing with no training. Racial issues. Feminisim. Child abuse.I still remember many of the episodes and even some of the dialogue. The issues covered in this groundbreaking series are still relevant to audiences today. This is a series that deserves more attention and needs a DVD box set made!

Unity_Bridge So I Could Collect Them On Tape, It Was A Great Show, But Most Of All Just Like Looking at Chad, The story lines Were Good And Especially Want the 4 or 5 episodes with Shelby Grant on them (His Wife of Now 39 Years) !!!!!!!!I just read a comment regarding when Lily Tomlin walked off the Dick Cavett show, because Chad said Shelby was his Property,But . . . I Also Have Tapes OF Chad & Shelby on Tattletales in 1975 when they had been married 9 years, had the two kids & Chad Was Loving And Respectful & Sweet & Affectionate To Her.on the Dick Cavett Show, Chad Must have added "But then, I'm her property also, It's Commitment at its Height"OKAY TvLAND Channel, Get Medical Center ReRuns On Very Soon !!! P L E A S E,

kball99965 Not only were the topics that were discussed out near the edge, the weekly cast of guest stars were top notch. Many of those are on todays lists of entertainments "Who's Who". But one episode sticks out in my memory plainly as being way out beyond the edge for 1970's TV. The episode was " Ghetto Clinic", guest starring William Devane. In a scene where Chad Everette was scolding William Devane for not treating a street criminal mortally wounded in an altercation, allowing him to die, Devane explains simply "He was a scumbag"....I literally sat on my couch in shock. "Did I really hear that?" I thought. Friends at work the next day confirmed that I did'nt imagine it. To this day, I have yet to hear that term used on network TV. Medical Center raised the bar for TV drama. The stage was set for the next best, "St. Elsewhere"