One House and Several Other TV Doctors Quiz

Answer: Dr. Lisa Cuddy

Dr. House leads a diagnostic team in the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. He is confronted with the most mysterious illnesses, and uses logical deduction and elimination to find out what's wrong - in a way that reminds the audience of Sherlock Holmes. Hugh Laurie plays the self-declared genius Dr. House.
The hospital is lead by Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dean of Medicine. She frequently argues with Dr. House about proper procedures to be followed. Her role was portrayed by Lisa Edelstein during the first seven seasons. However, she's not around anymore in the eighth and final season.
Dr. James Wilson, the oncologist (role by Robert Sean Leonard), is one of the three colleagues of Dr. House who appear in each and every season. The other are the neurologist Dr. Eric Foreman (played by Omar Epps) and Dr. Robert Chase, specialised in intensive care (role by Jesse Spencer).
Dr. Allison Cameron, immunologist (played by Jennifer Morrison) is one of the main characters during the first six seasons. Jennifer Morrison appears as a special guest star in season eight.
Olivia Wilde plays the internist Dr. Remy Hadley during seasons four up till eight. During the seventh season, she's billed as a main character.

Answer: Green Wing

"Green Wing" (2004-2007, 18 episodes) is indeed the comedy we're looking for. In one scene a doctor dons his white coat, not realising a tiger's tale is sticking out of it. In another scene, Dr. Macartney reprimands Dr. Dear who signed a death certificate with a smiley. Many other scenes are unfit for a family audience.
The stars in this British sitcom are (in alphabetical order) Sally Breton, Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Michelle Gomez, Tamsin Greig, Pippa Haywood, Mark Heap, Katie Lyons, Stephen Mangan, Lucinda Raikes and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
"Emergency!" (1972-1978) was a TV series based upon the experiences of an ambulance crew in Los Angeles.
"Saint Elsewhere" (1982-1988) was a hospital drama in a fictional hospital near Boston.
"Chicago Hope" (1994-2000) was another hospital drama.

Answer: The Flying Doctors

The Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia (RFDS), the full name of the crew on which the series focuses, is based in Cooper's Crossing - a fictive village, but modelled on the small town of Minyip, Victoria, some 300 km northwest of Melbourne. The RFDS is indeed a real medical emergency unit, but the stories are of course somewhat romanticised.
"The Flying Doctors" ran for nine seasons, starting in 1986. Lenore Smith played nurse Kate Wellings in 211 of the total 221 episodes. Other stars are Andrew McFarlane (who plays Dr. Tom Callaghan), Robert Grubb (as Dr. Geoff Standish), Liz Burch (as Dr. Chris Randall) and Sarah Chadwick (as Dr. Rosie Lang).
"Rescue 911" was an American TV series with re-enactment of emergency calls, and sometimes a real-time emergency as well. It featured William Shatner as the protagonist.
"Baywatch" told the story of a team of lifeguards on a popular beach resort. Stars were David Hasselhoff (who attracted most of the female audience) and Pamela Anderson (whom most of the male audience found ravishing).
"Call the Midwife" was a TV series set in the poorer districts in London at the end of the fifties. The main character Jennifer Worth is portrayed by Vanessa Redgrave.

Answer: Nurse Jackie

"Nurse Jackie" is the series we're looking for. Edie Falco plays Jackie Peyton, a nurse overwhelmed with various stressful situations: a quite demanding job, marital problems, two kids growing up, recurring back aches. So Jackie starts with some painkillers to cure her back aches, but she gets addicted and soon abuses all kind of painkillers.
"Do No Harm" revolves around a neurosurgeon, who suffers from split personalities.
"The Interns" ran from 1970 until 1971. It focused on a hospital doctor training five interns, who of course all have their own personal worries. Racism and sexism are tackled in this series, for one of the interns is a woman (rather unusual at that time), and another intern is of African-American descent (which at that time also was rather peculiar).
The 2009 TV series "Mercy" feels like any other hospital series, except that the main roles are for the nurses, not for the Doctors.

Answer: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Jane Seymour is an actress best known for her TV work. She played the title role in "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and a leading character in the miniseries "War and Remembrance", "The Onedin Line", "Mad Men" and "Our Mutual Friend". She also played Solitaire in the Bond movie "Live and Let Die".
Dr. Quinn (the title character) was the fifth child of a doctor settled in Boston. After the Civil War, she travelled west and started her own practice in Colorado Springs. The inhabitants of this town were not too keen on having a female doctor around, but of course Dr. Quinn attracted some romantic attention. Indeed, she was proposed to five times (by four different characters). The show ran for 149 episodes between 1993 and 1998.
"Emily Owens, M.D." focused on the experiences of a young intern in a hospital. The title role was played by Mamie Gunner.
"Doogie Howser, M.D." told the story of a young physician juggling his demanding job and a troubled personal life. The title role was filled by Neil Patrick Harris.
Pernell Roberts played "Trapper John, M.D.". His character (with the family name McIntyre) was the head surgeon in San Francisco Memorial Hospital. The series focused on various ailments and their cure.

Answer: Silent Witness

"Silent Witness" started in 1996 with Dr. Sam Ryan (played by Amanda Burton) as the coroner who investigated each and every suspicious death in the series. In 2004 Dr. Sam Ryan was promoted to a college professor, and various other pathologists stepped in: Professor Leo Dalton (played by William Gaminara), Dr. Harry Cunningham (role by Tom Ward) and Dr. Nikki Alexander (role by Emilia Fox). As soon as the character Sam Ryan left the series, it focused more on the murder intrigues than on the troubled life of the main character.
"Body of Proof" starred Dana Delany as Dr. Megan Hunt, the pathologist who has various altercations with her colleagues and superiors in each and every episode.
"Medical Investigation" (2004-2005) focused on a government agency trying to prevent major epidemics. The leading roles were for Neal McDonough, Kelli Williams, Christopher Gorham, Anna Belknap and Troy Winbush.
"Quincy, M.E." was an American TV series about the eponymous medical examiner played by Jack Klugman. It ran from 1976 until 1983.

Answer: Tru Calling

"Tru Calling" (2003-2005) was a series about Tru Davies, a former medical student who made a living by working at the local morgue. One day she discovered that she could go back in time for 24 hours, just enough time to prevent their present victims to be murdered.
The title role was filled by Eliza Dushku, who gradually got disappointed by the way her character was portrayed. Some other protagonists were displeased with their roles as well. So the series was cancelled after just a few episodes of the second season.
"Strong Medicine" (2000-2006) was a TV series set at a hospital facility reserved for women only.
"Three Rivers" (2009-2010) introduced the character of Dr. Andy Yablonsky (played by Alex O'Loughlin), head of the organ transplant surgical division of a Pittsburgh hospital. The focus was not only on the surgical team but also on the patients - both the organ recipients and the organ donors. Stories were told from these three points of view.
"Royal Pains" started in 2009 with the character of Dr. Hank Lawson (played by Mark Feuerstein) wrongfully charged with the death of a patient he operated on. Dr. Lawson then decided to leave the hospital and establish himself as a general practitioner in the Hamptons, dealing with the various ailments of the rich and famous.

Answer: M.A.S.H.

"M.A.S.H." told us the events of a crew of mobile army hospital during the Korean War. It started in 1972 and ended in 1983 with the episode "Goodbye, Farewell And Amen", which episode attracted a whopping 121 million viewers. Not a single other TV emission had such an audience before, and this record was only broken in 2010 by the Super Bowl.
Stars for "M.A.S.H." included Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce, Loretta Swit as Major Margaret Houlihan (better known as "Hot Lips") and Jamie Farr as Corporal Maxwell Klinger.
"Inspector Morse" ended with the episode "The Remorseful Day", in which the main character solves a last crime just before dying. This TV series was not a medical series, but two of the recurring characters were the coroner Max (played by Peter Woodthorpe) and his successor Dr. Laura Hobson (role by Clare Holman).
"Die Schwarzwaldklinik" ended in 1989 on a merry note (with a marriage) with the episode "Hochzeit mit Hindernissen" ("Marriage with Obstacles"). Klausjurgen Wüssow played the main character, Professor Klaus Brinkman.
The TV series "Crossing Jordan" ended quite abruptly in 2007 with the episode "Crash", where the medical team is stranded in a mountain range after a plane crash. Jill Hennessy starred as Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh. 

Answer: E.R.

Clooney started his career with a minor appearance in the 1978 TV series "Centennial". His first major role was in the hospital comedy "E/R" in 1984-1985, and his breakthrough came in the hospital series "ER" (not to be confused with the aforesaid sitcom) in 1994-1999. It is rather amazing that both his first major role and his breakthrough role are in similar series with almost the same name, but I suppose this is pure coincidence.
In the series "ER", Clooney played the character of Dr. Doug Ross. He was one of the main characters from the start until 1999, and then showed up once more in the final season (2009).
"LA Doctors" was another hospital series, starring Ken Olin, Matt Craven and Rick Roberts. It ran from 1998 until 1999.
"Frasier" was a TV series about an eponymous psychiatrist and radio councillor. The main roles were for Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin and John Mahoney.
In "The Cosby Show", Bill Cosby portrayed the gynaecologist Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable. But the show focused on his family life, and his job was only mentioned on a few occasions.

Answer: Nip/Tuck

"Nip/Tuck" (2003-2010) featured Dylan Walsh as Dr. Sean McNamara, Julian Mahon as his colleague Dr. Christian Troy, Joely Richards as Sean's wife Julia and John Hensley as Sean's son Matt. Dr. McNamara and Dr. Troy ran a private practice specialized in plastic surgery, and they were both coping with various personal issues. Dr. McNamara frequently quarrelled with the rest of his family, and Dr. Troy was addicted to booze and women.
The previous paragraph seems to hint "Nip/Tuck" was a typical medical drama series. But that's *not* the case. There was various content suitable only for adults, there were quite amazing plot twists, and some episodes dealt with issues no other TV drama tackled before. Most reviews on IMDB stress the controversial nature of the show.
"Scrubs" (2001-2010) was a rather typical hospital series, about the experiences of a young intern.
"Diagnosis: Murder" (1993-2002) featured Dick van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, an internist from a police family. He and the pathologist Amanda Bentley-Livingston (role by Victoria Rowell) assisted the LAPD to solve various murders. Barry van Dyke played the LAPD Detective Steve Sloan, Mark's son. An interesting coincidence is that Barry in real life was Dick's son as well.
"Medical Story" was a TV anthology that ran just one season, from September 1975 to January 1976. It dealt with various medical issues. There was no fixed cast, and each episode was a stand-alone.