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American medical comedy-drama television series (1989–1993)

Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American medicalsitcom that ran for four seasons on ABC from September 19, 1989, to March 24, 1993, totaling 97 episodes. Created by Steven Bochco and David E.

Kelley, the show stars a young Neil Patrick Harris in the title role as a teenage physician who balances the challenge of practicing medicine with the everyday problems of teenage life.^[1]

Plot

Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser (Harris) is the son of David (James B. Sikking) and Katherine Howser (Belinda Montgomery).

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As a child, he twice survived early-stage pediatric leukemia^[2] after his father—a family physician—discovered suspicious bruising. The experience contributed to the younger Howser's desire to enter medicine.

Possessing a genius intellect and a photographic memory,^[3] Howser participates in a longitudinal study of child prodigies until his 18th birthday.^[4] He e