Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, Steve, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke.
The beginnings of the series began in Jake and the Fatman, with Dr. Sloan making his debut in the fourth season episode "It Never Entered My Mind", which led to a series of three TV movies, before transitioning to a weekly television series that debuted on CBS on October 29, 1993.
The series struggled at first and was almost canceled at the end of the second season; after returning as a midseason replacement (with several casting changes) for a third season, the series became successful and was regularly renewed thereafter. 178 episodes were made and aired in the show's eight seasons on the CBS network in the United States and two more TV movies aired after the series cancellation on May 11, 2001.
Plot[]
The plot centred around Dr. Mark Sloan, a renowned physician who occasionally worked for the local police department as a consultant, and who could not resist a good mystery or a friend in need. Those cases often involved his son, Detective Steve Sloan. Helping him were his best friend Norman Briggs (played by Michael Tucci), a hospital administrator who double-crosses the entire hospital, always wanting to talk Mark into something, when things don't go his way.
His colleagues, medical examiner/pathologist Dr. Amanda Bentley (played by Victoria Rowell), a young medical partner who works in the pathology department, specializing in dead bodies, who was also involved with Mark's and Steve's, about the patient's time of death, and Dr. Jack Stewart (played by Scott Baio), another young partner, very handsome, who did a double for Dr. Sloan, who later left and was replaced by a new resident, Dr. Jesse Travis (played by [Charlie Schlatter])
Characters[]
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- Mark Sloan: Dick Van Dyke
- Steve Sloan: Barry Van Dyke
- Amanda Bentley: Victoria Rowell
- Jesse Travis: Charlie Schlatter
- CATHY SLOAN CATHERINE VAN DYKE
Location[]
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The primary setting was at Community General Hospital.
Episodes[]
- Main article: Episode Guide
Diagnosis Murder ran from October 29, 1993 to May 11, 2001, and consisted of eight seasons with 178 episodes in total and five TV movies; three before the TV series and two after.
Novels[]
See Diagnosis Murder Novels, for more information.
Between 2003 and 2007, there have been eight original novels published based on the TV series. All of them were written by Lee Goldberg, a former executive producer and writer on the TV series. Catherine and George Book based on the show. And Catherine Ann George do The of Diagnosis murder Book Of the series dr mark Sloan First Investigation the book In the series 4 the book all bout the murder mystery will be good and solve the mystery and 5th book Written by Catherine Ann George