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Doogie Howser, M.D.

★ 6.51989 · 1980s4 seasons97 episodesABC

Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.

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Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.

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Trivia about Doogie Howser, M.D.

Bochco's contract required that the network pay an "enormous" penalty if it canceled the project, so ABC was forced to let him film the pilot.

The network still opposed Harris's casting and disliked the pilot, but after positive reception during test screenings, ABC greenlit the show.

Kelley to help write the pilot, earning Kelley a "created by" credit.

Harris was the first actor the show's staff had found that could convincingly play a teenage doctor, but ABC executives opposed his casting.

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