long before Meredith Grey or Doogie Howser, this show shaped the modern medical drama
- Written by Kit MacFarlane, Lecturer, Creative Writing and Literature, University of South Australia
Wikimedia CommonsMost of us can think of a TV medical drama that stood out at some point in our lives.
The Good Doctor (2017–24) is finishing its seven-year run. Grey’s Anatomy (2005–) is in its 20th year. ER (1994–2009) dominated the 1990s.
The 1980s brought St Elsewhere (1982–88) and Doogie Howser, M.D....





