The Doctors is a soap opera which aired on NBC Daytime from April 1, 1963, to December 31, 1982. There were 5280 episodes produced, with the 5000th episode airing in November 1981. The series was set in Hope Memorial Hospital in the fictional "Madison," located somewhere in New England. Originally, The Doctors was not supposed to be a conventional soap opera. It first aired in 1963 for a trial run as an anthology series with self-contained episodes about medical emergencies. When the show was brought back in 1964, the show adopted a serial form of storytelling. For most of the series,... storylines revolved around Hope Memorial Hospital's Chief of Staff Matthew Powers . The Doctors was considered to be more risqué in storyline choices than its rival, General Hospital . While the doctors on General Hospital worked in harmony with one another for the most part and in some cases were intimate friends, the physicians on The Doctors were much more cutthroat. For example, Dr. Powers was put on trial for murder, was forced to rescind his Chief of Staff position, and became very depressed.
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| On the air: | April 1, 1963-December 31, 1982 |
| Number of seasons: | 20 |
| Network: | NBC |
| Writers: | Douglas Marland |