This medical drama told the stories of Dr. James Kildare, who starts the series as an intern under the tutelage of Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Kildare starts by ignoring his mentor's advice that "doctors keep patients alive, they don't tell them how to live." The series repeats this pattern throughout subsequent episodes, introducing character stories beside the medical drama. It is responsible for launching Richard Chamberlain's career.
This medical drama told the stories of Dr. James Kildare, who starts the series as an intern under the tutelage of Dr. Leonard Gillespie. Kildare starts by ignoring his mentor's advice that "doctors keep patients alive, they don't tell them how to live." The series repeats this pattern throughout subsequent episodes, introducing character stories beside the medical drama. It is responsible for launching Richard Chamberlain's career.
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Seasons (5)
Season 1
28 Sep 1961 – 24 May 1962 · 33 episodes
1Twenty-Four Hours28 Sep 1961
2Immunity5 Oct 1961
3Shining Image12 Oct 1961
4Winter Harvest19 Oct 1961
5The Million Dollar Property26 Oct 1961
6Admitting Service2 Nov 1961
7The Lonely Ones9 Nov 1961
8Holiday Weekend16 Nov 1961
9The Patient23 Nov 1961
10For The Living30 Nov 1961
11Second Chance7 Dec 1961
12Hit And Run14 Dec 1961
13Season To Be Jolly21 Dec 1961
14Johnny Temple28 Dec 1961
15My Brother, The Doctor4 Jan 1962
16The Adminstartor11 Jan 1962
17Oh My Daughter25 Jan 1962
18The Search1 Feb 1962
19The Glory Hunter8 Feb 1962
20The Dragon15 Feb 1962
21The Stepping Stone22 Feb 1962
22The Bronc Buster1 Mar 1962
23The Witch Doctor8 Mar 1962
24The Roaring Boy-O15 Mar 1962
25Solomon's Choice29 Mar 1962
26A Very Present Help5 Apr 1962
27One For The Road12 Apr 1962
28The Horn Of Plenty19 Apr 1962
29The Chemistry Of Anger26 Apr 1962
30Something Of Importance3 May 1962
31A Distant Thunder10 May 1962
32The Road To The Heart17 May 1962
33Operation Lazarus24 May 1962
Season 2
27 Sep 1962 – 6 Jun 1963 · 34 episodes
1Gravida One27 Sep 1962
2The Burning Sky4 Oct 1962
3The Visitors11 Oct 1962
4The Mask Makers18 Oct 1962
5Guest Appenrance25 Oct 1962
6Hastings Farewell1 Nov 1962
7Breakdown8 Nov 1962
8The Cobweb Chain15 Nov 1962
9The Soul Killer22 Nov 1962
10An Ancient Office6 Dec 1962
11The Legacy13 Dec 1962
12The Bed I've Made20 Dec 1962
13A Time For Every Purpose27 Dec 1962
14Love Is A Sad Song3 Jan 1963
15The Thing Speaks For Itself10 Jan 1963
16The Great Guy17 Jan 1963
17The Mosaic31 Jan 1963
18Good Luck Charm7 Feb 1963
19Jail Ward14 Feb 1963
20A Trip To Niagara21 Feb 1963
21A Place Among The Monuments28 Feb 1963
22Face Of Fear7 Mar 1963
23Sister Mike14 Mar 1963
24A Very Infectious Disease21 Mar 1963
25Dark Side Of The Mirror28 Mar 1963
26The Sleeping Princess11 Apr 1963
27Ship's Doctor18 Apr 1963
28Tightrope Into Nowhere25 Apr 1963
29The Balance And The Crucible2 May 1963
30Gift Of Koodjanuk9 May 1963
31An Island LikeA Peacock16 May 1963
32To Each His Prison23 May 1963
33A Hand Held Out In Darkness30 May 1963
34What's God To Julis6 Jun 1963
Season 3
26 Sep 1963 – 21 May 1964 · 34 episodes
1Who Ever Heard Of Two-Headed Doll?26 Sep 1963
2Good Samaritan3 Oct 1963
3If You Can't Believe The Truth10 Oct 1963
4Heart, an Imperfect Machine17 Oct 1963
5A Game For Three24 Oct 1963
6Exploiters31 Oct 1963
7One Bright and Clear Thursday Morning7 Nov 1963
8Eleventh Commandment14 Nov 1963
9Four Feet In The Morning21 Nov 1963
10Pack Rat and Prima Donna28 Nov 1963
11Backslider5 Dec 1963
12Charile Wade Makes Lots Of Shade12 Dec 1963
13Oracle19 Dec 1963
14Vote Of Confidence26 Dec 1963
15Willing Suspension Of Disbelief9 Jan 1964
16Tyger Tyger (1)16 Jan 1964
17Tyger Tyger (2)23 Jan 1964
18Never Too Old For The Circus30 Jan 1964
19Onions, Garlic and Flowers That Bloom In Spring6 Feb 1964
20To Walk In Grace13 Feb 1964
21Goodbye Mr. Jersey20 Feb 1964
22Why Won't Anybody Listen?27 Feb 1964
23Child Between5 Mar 1964
24A Hundred Million Tomorrows12 Mar 1964
25Tomorrow Is A Fickle Girl19 Mar 1964
26Quid Pro Quo26 Mar 1964
27A Day to Remember2 Apr 1964
28An Ungodly Act9 Apr 1964
29Nickel's Worth Of Prayer16 Apr 1964
30Night Of The Beast23 Apr 1964
31Middle Of Ernie Mann30 Apr 1964
32Sense Of Tempo7 May 1964
33Speak Not In Angry Whispers14 May 1964
34Dolly's Dilemma21 May 1964
Season 4
24 Sep 1964 – 13 May 1965 · 32 episodes
1Man Is A Rock24 Sep 1964
2Maybe Love Will Save My Apartment House1 Oct 1964
3Hand That Hurts, Hand That Heals8 Oct 1964
4Last Leaves On The Tree15 Oct 1964
5What's Different About Today?22 Oct 1964
6Sound Of A Faraway Hill29 Oct 1964
7Candle In The Window5 Nov 1964
8Rome Will Never Leave You (1)12 Nov 1964
9Rome Will Never Leave You (2)19 Nov 1964
10Rome Will Never Leave You (3)26 Nov 1964
11Elusive Dik Dik3 Dec 1964
12Catch A Crooked Mouse17 Dec 1964
13Exchange Of Gifts24 Dec 1964
14Never Is A Long Day31 Dec 1964
15Lullaby for an Indian Summer7 Jan 1965
16Take Care Of My Little Girl14 Jan 1965
17My Name Is Lisa, and I Am Lost21 Jan 1965
18Please Let My Baby Live28 Jan 1965
19No Mother To Giude Them4 Feb 1965
20A Marriage Of Convience11 Feb 1965
21Make Way For Tomorrow18 Feb 1965
22Miracle For Margaret25 Feb 1965
23Do You Trust Your Doctor?4 Mar 1965
24All Brides Should Be So Beatiful11 Mar 1965
25She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (1)18 Mar 1965
26She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (2)25 Mar 1965
27A Joruney To The Sunrise1 Apr 1965
28Time Buyers8 Apr 1965
29Music Hath Charms15 Apr 1965
30Believe And Live22 Apr 1965
31Reverence For Life29 Apr 1965
32Wings Of Hope13 May 1965
Season 5
13 Sep 1965 – 5 Apr 1966 · 58 episodes
1Behold The Great Man (1)13 Sep 1965
2A Life For Life (2)14 Sep 1965
3Web Of Hate (3)20 Sep 1965
4Horizontal Hero (4)21 Sep 1965
5The Bell In The Schoolhouse Tolls For Thee (1)27 Sep 1965
6Life In The Dance Hall: F-U-N (2)28 Sep 1965
7Some Doors Are Slamming (3)5 Oct 1965
8Enough La Boheme For Everybody (4)11 Oct 1965
9Now: The Mummy (5)12 Oct 1965
10A Pyrotechnic Display (6)18 Oct 1965
11With Helfire and Thunder (1)19 Oct 1965
12Daily Flights To Olympus (2)25 Oct 1965
13The Life Machine (1)26 Oct 1965
14Toast the Golden Couple (2)1 Nov 1965
15Wives and Losers (3)2 Nov 1965
16Welcome Home, Dear Anna (4)8 Nov 1965
17A Little Child Shall Lead Them (5)9 Nov 1965
18Hour of Decision (6)15 Nov 1965
19Aftermath (7)16 Nov 1965
20Fathers and Daughters (1)22 Nov 1965
21A Gift of Love (2)23 Nov 1965
22The Tent-Dwellers (3)29 Nov 1965
23Going Home (4)30 Nov 1965
24Something Old, Something New (1)6 Dec 1965
25To Visit One More Spring (2)7 Dec 1965
26From Nigeria with Love (1)13 Dec 1965
27In Roman Candel's Bright Glare (2)14 Dec 1965
28When Shadows Fall (3)20 Dec 1965
29With This Ring (4)21 Dec 1965
30Perfect Is Too Hard To Be (1)27 Dec 1965
31Duet For One Hand (2)28 Dec 1965
32The Atheist And The True Believer (1)3 Jan 1966
33A Quick Look At Glory (2)4 Jan 1966
34A Sort Of Falling In Love (3)10 Jan 1966
35The Last To Believe In Miracles (4)11 Jan 1966
36The Next Thing To Murder (5)17 Jan 1966
37Never So Happy (6)18 Jan 1966
38A Cry From The Street (1)24 Jan 1966
39Gratitude Won't Pay The Bills (2)25 Jan 1966
40Adrift In A Sea Of Confusion (3)31 Jan 1966
41These Hands That Heal (4)1 Feb 1966
42Few Hearts, Few Flowers (1)7 Feb 1966
43Some Tales For Halloween (2)8 Feb 1966
44I Can Hear The Ice Melting (3)14 Feb 1966
45No Other Road (4)15 Feb 1966
46The Encroachment (1)21 Feb 1966
47A Patient Lost (2)22 Feb 1966
48What Happened to All the Sunshine and Roses? (3)28 Feb 1966
49The Taste of Crow (4)7 Mar 1966
50Out of a Concrete Tower (5)8 Mar 1966
51The Art Of Taking A Powder14 Mar 1966
52Read The Book,Then See The Picture (2)15 Mar 1966