Dr. med. Marcus Welby

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Television series
German title Dr. med. Marcus Welby
Original title Marcus Welby, MD
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1969-1976
Production
company		 Universal Television , NBCUniversal Television Distribution
length 60 minutes
Episodes 169 in 7 seasons
genre Doctor series
hospital series
soap opera
idea David Victor
production David J. O'Connell
music Leonard Rosenman
First broadcast September 23, 1969 on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 6, 1972 on ARD
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Dr. med. Marcus Welby is an American medical series thatairedon ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976. The television series was developed by David Victor and produced by him with David J. O'Connell.

content

Marcus Welby is an experienced and sensitive family doctor who knows many of his patients by first name and also makes house calls. The doctor served in the US Navy during World War II and is a widower. He owns a sailboat and loves the ocean.

He shares the private practice in Santa Monica with his younger colleague Dr. med. Steve Kiley. Both are supported by the friendly medical assistant Consuelo Lopez. The doctors work regularly with the nearby Lang Memorial Hospital.

Welby's sometimes unorthodox ways of treating his patients stand in contrast to the classic conventional medical positions of his colleague Kiley. So in the storylines there are often technical conflicts between the two and the age difference is often reflected in the storyline. The generational difference between the doctors is already shown in the opening credits of the television series: Welby drives a sedan , while Kiley drives a motorcycle.

Other recurring characters on the series include Welby's girlfriend Myra Sherwood ( Anne Baxter ), his daughter Sandy (initially Christine Belford , later Anne Schedeen ) and their son Phil (Gavin Brendan), and Kathleen Faverty ( Sharon Gless ), who works closely with Welby and Kiley .

At the beginning of the final season in 1975, Kiley marries his friend Janet Blake (played by Pamela Hensley ), who works as a public relations director.

background

Members of the American Academy of Family Physicians served as technical advisors to the series, reviewing each script for medical accuracy.

In the second year the series was broadcast, both Young and Brolin won an Emmy in the “Outstanding Dramatic Series” category. The series was nominated several times for the Golden Globe Award ; In 1972 Young finally won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Dr. Welby. The exterior shots of Lang Memorial Hospital were actually Saint John's Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica.

In addition to guest appearances by well-known stars of the time such as David Cassidy , Larry Hagman , Lee Majors or William Shatner , there were two crossover episodes with Owen Marshall - criminal defense attorney . In Love Kills (Engl. Men Who Care ) defended Marshall the father of a patient when he is accused of murdering his friend of his daughter, and I promised you have a father (Engl. I've Promised You a Father ) defended Marshall Kiley on paternity lawsuit when a nurse claims Kiley is the father of her child.

In the on March 12, 1974 aired episode Love at First Sight (English. Designs ) Young plays alongside his former colleague Jane Wyatt from the television series Father Knows Best ; Wyatt then plays a fashion designer who has a bitter paraplegic husband and falls in love with Welby, but who hides her marriage from Welby.

The television series is an early example of product placement on television. Welby consumed many bottles of high-proof malt liqueur of a certain brand below deck of his sailing boat and was thus inspired to new types of treatment methods.

In the mid-1970s, doctor series' popularity declined in the United States and the ratings for Dr. med. Marcus Welby , for Medical Center of CBS , as well as the day of formats such as General Hospital and The Doctors declined.

In the fall of 1975, the series (Broadcast Syndication) began and other stations began to broadcast older episodes. In order to avoid confusion, these were published under the title Robert Young, Family Doctor , as ABC was still broadcasting new episodes at the time.

The television series was discontinued in 1976 after a good six years and a total of 169 episodes in seven seasons.

Controversy

The television series sparked controversy and protests on several occasions .

The episode Childhood Patterns ( The Other Martin Loring ), broadcast on February 20, 1973, tells the story of Martin Loring , a middle-aged married man who is believed to have psychosomatic health problems due to his repressed homosexuality . Welby tells Loring that he is not really gay, but that his depression results from a fear of actually being homosexual. After the end of his fictitious marriage and driven by the fear of losing custody of his son, Loring tries to take his own life. Welby then advises him to see a psychiatrist and assures him that he will "win his fight" and one day lead "a normal life".

The US Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) occupied ABC's New York City headquarters on the day it aired as part of a "zap" (a form of direct political action used in the United States in the 1970s) and protested against equating homosexuality with an illness.

The following year the episode It Wasn't an Accident ( The Outrage ) led to nationwide demonstrations . The episode, broadcast on October 8, 1974, tells the story of 14-year-old student Ted Blakely, who is raped by his teacher . The National LGBTQ Task Force, founded in 1973, recommended that ABC not air the episode because it would link homosexuality to pedophilia . Since ABC nevertheless decided to broadcast it, there were protests by LGBT groups, seven advertisers refused to book TV advertising time and 17 local stations (affiliates) refused to broadcast. It was the first time in US history that local television networks refused to air an episode of a television series due to protests.

Another episode that dealt with the topic of abortion was not broadcast by the ABC local station XETV-TDT in the greater San Diego area because the station also had a broadcast license for neighboring Tijuana on the Mexican border and the topic conflicted with the point of view of the country at that time.

Relays and quotas

The theming of various medical topics made the series an instant hit for ABC and a ratings hit in the early years. The television series has seven seasons with 24 episodes each, with the exception of the first season with 26 episodes. The second season (1970–1971) reached number one in the US ratings, the Nielsen Ratings , making it the first format in ABC history to take first place on the list.

Season consequences Season start Season end Nielsen rating
1 26th 23rd September 1969 April 14, 1970 Rank 8 (Rating 23.7)
2 24 September 22, 1970 March 30, 1971 Rank 1 (Rating 29.6)
3 24 September 14, 1971 March 14, 1972 Rank 3 (Rating 27.8)
4th 24 September 12, 1972 March 6, 1973 Rank 13 (Rating 22.9)
5 24 September 11, 1973 March 12, 1974 Not in the first 30
6th 24 September 10, 1974 March 11, 1975 Not in the first 30
7th 24 September 9, 1975 May 4th 1976 Not in the first 30

Television films

The pilot film Dr. med. Marcus Welby (Engl. A Matter of Humanities ) was broadcast on March 26, 1969 as "ABC Movie of the Week" for the first time in the USA and on January 6, 1972 in Germany; some of this was also used in two pilot episodes.

On May 16, 1984, the television film Chefarzt Dr. Welby (Engl. The Return of Marcus Welby, MD ), in which Young and Verdugo revived their roles. A final film release followed on December 19, 1988 with the television film Paris is Worth a Journey ( Marcus Welby, MD: A Holiday Affair ).

DVD publications

Shout! Factory released the first two English-language seasons of Marcus Welby, MD on DVD (Region 1) in 2010 under license from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment . The provider KSK also published the first two seasons of the series on DVD in German in 2010 (region 2), but only incompletely with 15 or 14 episodes per season.

On March 22, 2011, Mill Creek Entertainment released a collection of the ten best episodes of the first season under the title Marcus Welby, MD: The Best of Season One .

Season consequences Release date
1 26th May 4, 2010
2 24 October 12, 2010

bibliography

  • Alwood, Edward (1998). Straight News: Gays, Lesbians and the News Media . Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08437-4 .
  • Capsuto, Steven (2000). Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television . Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-41243-5 .
  • Tropiano, Stephen (2002). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV . New York, Applause Theater and Cinema Books. ISBN 1-55783-557-8 .

Web links

Commons : Marcus Welby, MD  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Source references

  1. ↑ a b Howard Markel, MD: A Perfect Doctor, but Behind the Times (s) . In: The New York Times , June 13, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2019. 
  2. ↑ Capsuto, page 92
  3. ↑ Capsuto, pp. 106-109
  4. ^ Tropiano, pages 18-21
  5. ↑ Alwood, page 150
  6. ↑ John O'Connor: Welby Tackles Child Molestation (en) . In: The New York Times , October 8, 1974. Retrieved July 16, 2019. 
  7. ↑ Laurie Becklund: Broadcasters' Battle of the Border --- a Lucrative Market Is at Stake . In: Los Angeles Times , October 29, 1978. 
  8. ↑ ClassicTVHits.com: TV Ratings> 1960's . Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ ClassicTVHits.com: TV Ratings> 1970's . Archived from the original on January 8, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ ClassicTVHits.com: TV Ratings> 1970's . Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ ClassicTVHits.com: TV Ratings> 1970's . Archived from the original on April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2010. Marcus Welby, MD - Shout! Factory Newsletter Announces Spring DVD for Season 1
  13. ↑ Marcus Welby, MD DVD news: Announcement for Marcus Welby, MD - Season 2 . TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved on April 20, 2015.
  14. ↑ Marcus Welby, MD DVD news: Announcement for Marcus Welby, MD: The Best of Season 1 . TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved on April 20, 2015.