TV series / 1954

Medic

Name: Medic
Genre: Drama
Released: 1954-09-13
Cast: Richard Boone, Paul Newlan, Beverly Garland, Dennis Hopper, Lorna Thayer

Episode directors John BrahmBernard GirardTed PostAnton Leader

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Jack Gage

Drama

★ 6.3/10Audience rating

Medic is an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures. Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to create realism which would typify medical shows from then on. Moser had previously written for the radio shows Dragnet and Dr. Kildare. He went on to write the television series Ben Casey.

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Medic is an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures.

Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to create realism which would typify medical shows from then on. Moser had previously written for the radio shows Dragnet and Dr. Kildare. He went on to write the television series Ben Casey.