Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
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Neil Patrick Harris
Doogie Howser
Max Casella
Vinnie Delpino
Belinda Montgomery
Katherine Howser
Lawrence Pressman
Benjamin Canfield
Kathryn Layng
Curly Spaulding
Markus Redmond
Raymond Alexander
James B. Sikking
David Howser
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26 episodes • 1989Avg: 9.3
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 19, 1989 | 8.0 |
| 2 | The Ice Queen Cometh | Sep 20, 1989 | 7.5 |
| 3 | A Stitch Called Wanda | Sep 27, 1989 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Frisky Business | Oct 4, 1989 | 8.5 |
| 5 | The Short Goodbye | Oct 11, 1989 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Simply Irresistible | Oct 18, 1989 | 6.0 |
| 7 | Vinnie Video Vici | Oct 25, 1989 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Blood and Remembrance | Nov 1, 1989 | 10.0 |
| 9 | She Ain't Heavy, She's My Cousin | Nov 8, 1989 | 10.0 |
| 10 | My Old Man and the Sea | Nov 15, 1989 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Tonight's the Night | Nov 22, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Every Dog Has His Doogie | Nov 29, 1989 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Dec 13, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Greed Is Good | Jan 3, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 15 | Attack of the Green-Eyed Monster | Jan 10, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 16 | It Ain't Over Till Mrs. Howser Sings | Jan 17, 1990 | 7.0 |
| 17 | Tough Guys Don't Teach | Jan 31, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 18 | I Never Sold Shower Heads for My Father | Feb 7, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 19 | Doogie's Awesome, Excellent Adventure | Feb 14, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Use a Slurpy, Go to Jail | Feb 28, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 21 | Whose Mid-Life Crisis Is It Anyway | Mar 14, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 22 | Vinnie's Blind Date | Mar 25, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 23 | And the Winner Is... | Mar 28, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 24 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Doogie | Apr 4, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 25 | The Grass Ain't Always Greener | Apr 25, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 26 | Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Grand | May 2, 1990 | 10.0 |
25 episodes • 1990Avg: 9.9Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doogenstein | Sep 12, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Guess Who's Coming to Doogie's | Sep 19, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Ask Dr. Doogie | Sep 26, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 4 | C'est la Vinnie | Oct 3, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Car Wars | Oct 10, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Doogie Sings the Blues | Oct 17, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Academia Nuts | Oct 24, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Revenge of the Teenage Dead | Oct 31, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Nautilus for Naught | Nov 7, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down | Nov 14, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Oh Very Young | Nov 28, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 12 | TV or Not TV | Dec 5, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 13 | A Woman Too Far | Dec 12, 1990 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Presumed Guilty | Jan 2, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 15 | To Live and Die in Brentwood | Jan 9, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Air Doogie | Jan 23, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 17 | A Life in Progress | Jan 30, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 18 | My Two Dads | Feb 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition | Feb 13, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Fatal Distraction | Feb 20, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 21 | The Doctor, the Wife, Her Son and the Job | Mar 13, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 22 | Planet of the Dateless | Mar 20, 1991 | 9.0 |
| 23 | Doogie's Wager | Apr 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 24 | A Kiss Ain't Just a Kiss | Apr 24, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 25 | Dances with Wanda | May 1, 1991 | 10.0 |
24 episodes • 1991Avg: 10.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Summer of '91 | Sep 25, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Doogie Has Left the Building (1) | Oct 2, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 3 | Doogie Has Left the Building (2) | Oct 9, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 4 | It's a Damn Shaman | Oct 16, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 5 | The Cheese Stands Alone | Oct 23, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 6 | Lonesome Doog | Oct 30, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 7 | When Doogie Comes Marching Home | Nov 13, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Doogstruck | Nov 20, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Room and Broad | Nov 27, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 10 | Doogiesomething | Dec 4, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Truth and Consequences | Dec 11, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 12 | It's a Wonderful Laugh | Dec 18, 1991 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Dangerous Reunions | Jan 8, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Mummy Dearest | Jan 22, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 15 | Double Doogie with Cheese | Feb 5, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 16 | The Show Musn't Go On | Feb 12, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 17 | If This Is Adulthood, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia | Feb 19, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 18 | What You See Ain't Necessarily What You Get | Mar 11, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 19 | My Father, My Self | Mar 19, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Educating Janine | Apr 1, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 21 | Sons of the Desert | Apr 22, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 22 | That's What Friends Are For | Apr 29, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 23 | Thanks for the Memories | May 6, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Club Medicine | May 13, 1992 | 10.0 |
22 episodes • 1992Avg: 9.7
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There's a Riot Going On | Sep 23, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 2 | Look Ma, No Pants | Sep 30, 1992 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Doogie Got a Gun | Oct 7, 1992 | 8.0 |
| 4 | Doogie Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Oct 14, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 5 | The Patient in Spite of Himself | Oct 21, 1992 | 9.0 |
| 6 | To Err is Human, to Give up Isn't a Bad Idea | Oct 28, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Doogie, Can You Hear Me? | Nov 11, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 8 | Nothing Compares 2 U | Nov 11, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 9 | Do the Right Thing ... If You Can Figure out What It Is | Nov 18, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 10 | The Big Sleep ... Not! | Nov 25, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 11 | Will the Real Dr. Howser Please Stand Up | Dec 9, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 12 | The Mother of All Fishing Trips | Dec 16, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Roommate with a View | Dec 30, 1992 | 10.0 |
| 14 | Spell It M-A-N | Jan 6, 1993 | 10.0 |
| 15 | It's a Tough Job ... But Why Does My Father Have to Do It? | Jan 13, 1993 | 10.0 |
| 16 | The Adventures of Sherlock Howser | Jan 20, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Love Means Constantly Having to Say You're Sorry | Jan 27, 1993 | 10.0 |
| 18 | You've Come a Long Way, Baby-Sitter | Feb 3, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Love Makes the World go 'Round ... or is It Money? | Feb 24, 1993 | 10.0 |
| 20 | Dorky Housecall, M.D. | Mar 10, 1993 | 10.0 |
| 21 | Eleven Angry People ... and Vinnie | Mar 17, 1993 | 10.0 |
| 22 | What Makes Doogie Run | Mar 24, 1993 | 10.0 |
