Diagnosis Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke.
The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman (Dr. Mark Sloan made his first appearance in episode 4.19 "It Never Entered My Mind"), became a series of three TV movies, and then a weekly television series that debuted on CBS on October 29, 1993.
The series struggled at first and was almost canceled at the end of the second season, it returned as a midseason replacement in the third season, and was regularly renewed thereafter. 178 episodes were made and aired in the show's eight seasons on the CBS network in the United States and two more TV movies aired after the series' cancellation on May 11, 2001.
Since 1997, the popular show used to air in reruns on ABC Family (formerly The Family Channel).
Currently, Diagnosis: Murder airs on Sundays on the Hallmark Channel in America, weekdays on the Hallmark Channel and BBC One in the United Kingdom, weekdays on Foxtel's TV1 channel in Australiachannel and weekdays on YLETV1 channel in Finland.
The show was produced by Viacom Productions and is currently distributed by CBS Television Distribution, the syndication arm of CBS Paramount Television.
The first three TV movies were shot in Vancouver, B.C. The first two seasons of the series were shot in Denver, CO and all the subsequent seasons in Los Angeles.
Shortly:
-Format: crime
-First aired on CBS on October 29, 1993 (USA). Last episode aired May 11, 2001.
-Created by: Joyce Burditt
-8 seasons; 178 episodes+ 5 TV-movies.
-Running time: 60 min.
-Original channel: CBS
-Settings in Los Angeles; Community General Hospital and "the beach house" are the common places.
-Characters:
Dr. Mark Sloan (Dick Van Dyke)
Lieautenant Detective Steve Sloan (Barry Van Dyke)
Dr, a medical examiner/pathologist Amanda Bentley (Victoria Rowell)
Dr. Jack Stewart (Scott Baio)
Dr. Jesse Travis (Charlie Schlatter)
administrator of Community General Hospital Norman Briggs (Michael Tucci)
Nurse Delores Mitchell (Delores Hall).
Diagnosis Murder in a different languages:
Detective in corsia, Un Italy
Diagnóstico aseninato Spain
Diagnoosi: murha Finland
Diagnose - Mord Germany
Diagnostic: meurtre France
Dr. Mark Sloan Japan (English title)
Mordmysterier Denmark
Mort suspecte France (new title)
Books and DVD
There's also eight books about Diagnosis Murder. They are written by Lee Goldberg. The books are:
1. The Silent Partner
2. The Death Merchant
3. The Shooting Script
4. The Waking Nightmare
5. The Past Tense
6. The Dead Letter
7. The Double Life
8. The Last Word
Read more about the books from Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder site.
Seasons 1-3 are available on DVD.
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