The Doctors and the Nurses (1962)

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The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama that was broadcast in the USA on CBS from September 27, 1962, to May 11, 1965. For the second season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera. The soap opera, also called The Nurses, ran on ABC from 1965 to 1967.

Original Release

09/27/1962 on CBS

US Release

09/27/1962

Cast

Name

Character

Shirl Conway

Liz Thorpe

Zina Bethune

Gail Lucas

Michael Tolan

Dr. Alex Tazinski / Alex Tazinski / Dr. Somers / Dr. Tazinski

Joseph Campanella

Dr. Ted Steffen / Dr. Adam Nemets

Hilda Simms

Nurse Ayres / Miss Ayres

Stephen Brooks

Dr. Ned Lowry / Lucas Kiley

Judson Laire

Mr. Henry / Thomas Henry / Tom Henry / Henry

Kermit Murdock

Dr. Sanger / Dr. McMann / Dr. Sanderson / Levitt / The Staff Internist

Edward Binns

Dr. Anson Kiley / Dr. Anson Kelly / Kiley

Dana Elcar

Dr. Fuller / Dr. Fellowes / Dr. Lovett / Dr. Zach Fuller / Dr. Zack Fuller

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	Once Bitten	Tuesday, 22 September 1964
2	The Prisoner: Part 1	Tuesday, 29 September 1964
3	The Prisoner: Part 2	Tuesday, 06 October 1964
4	The Respect of One for Another	Tuesday, 13 October 1964
5	No Shadow Where There Is No Sun	Tuesday, 20 October 1964
6	Hildie	Tuesday, 27 October 1964
7	The Outpost	Tuesday, 10 November 1964
8	The Family Resemblance	Tuesday, 17 November 1964
9	Time for You and Time for Me	Tuesday, 24 November 1964
10	So Some Girls Play the Cello	Tuesday, 01 December 1964
11	Rites of Spring	Tuesday, 08 December 1964
12	Next Stop, Valhalla	Tuesday, 15 December 1964
13	The Skill in These Hands	Tuesday, 22 December 1964
14	A Messenger to Everyone	Tuesday, 29 December 1964
15	The Last Rites of a Rag Doll	Tuesday, 05 January 1965
16	The Patient Nurse	Tuesday, 12 January 1965
17	A Couple of Dozen Tiny Pills	Tuesday, 19 January 1965
18	A Question of Murder	Tuesday, 26 January 1965
19	Night of the Witch	Tuesday, 02 February 1965
20	Sixteen Hours to Chicago	Tuesday, 09 February 1965
21	Act of Violence	Tuesday, 23 February 1965
22	A Dangerous Silence	Tuesday, 02 March 1965
23	Where There's Smoke	Tuesday, 09 March 1965
24	The Politician	Tuesday, 16 March 1965
25	The April Thaw of Doctor Mai	Tuesday, 30 March 1965
26	Threshold	Tuesday, 06 April 1965
27	A39846	Tuesday, 20 April 1965
28	The Witnesses	Tuesday, 27 April 1965
29	The Heroine	Tuesday, 04 May 1965
30	An Unweeded Garden	Tuesday, 11 May 1965