Television physicians are incredibly recognizable to the point of being cultural icons. For instance, can you name these shows?

Name the Show

The lead actor plays an antihero—an unusually brilliant, but ill-tempered doctor who faces off with both the hospital administration and with his patients (one real physician commented, “The way he treats sick people on the air sets doctor-patient relationships back a hundred years.”). The character has “excessive bad manners” and is “glum and sometimes even nasty.” He’s further described as “surly, snarling, growling, blunt and self-assured.”

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When it launched, this show was heralded as a groundbreaking portrayal of medicine because of its “unparalleled realism and honesty,” and a “no-compromise-with-truth” attitude in its portrayals hospital life. Many scenes were shot in actual hospitals, and on occasion the show used real footage of medical procedures. One producer expressed the show’s philosophy: “Our camera doesn’t go into surgery without filming the entire operation. People feel cheated if you just show the nurses’ faces. People lose faith in our program if we don’t show more.”

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