Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 19, 1989
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 97
Networks: ABC
Genres: Drama, Comedy

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Doogie Howser, M.D.(1989)
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TMDB Rating: 6.5 (110 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

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

Season 2

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

Season 3

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

Season 4

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

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