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Status: Ended
First Aired: September 27, 1961
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 191
Networks: NBC
Genres: Drama

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Dr. Kildare(1961)

TMDB Rating: 5.5 (18 votes)

Overview

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

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Season 1

33 episodes • 1961

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Twenty-Four Hours	Sep 28, 1961
2	Immunity	Oct 5, 1961
3	Shining Image	Oct 12, 1961
4	Winter Harvest	Oct 19, 1961
5	The Million Dollar Property	Oct 26, 1961
6	Admitting Service	Nov 2, 1961
7	The Lonely Ones	Nov 9, 1961
8	Holiday Weekend	Nov 16, 1961
9	The Patient	Nov 23, 1961
10	For the Living	Nov 30, 1961
11	Second Chance	Dec 7, 1961
12	Hit and Run	Dec 14, 1961
13	Season to Be Jolly	Dec 21, 1961
14	Johnny Temple	Dec 28, 1961
15	My Brother, the Doctor	Jan 4, 1962
16	The Adminstartor	Jan 11, 1962
17	Oh My Daughter	Jan 25, 1962
18	The Search	Feb 1, 1962
19	The Glory Hunter	Feb 8, 1962
20	The Dragon	Feb 15, 1962
21	The Stepping Stone	Feb 22, 1962
22	The Bronc Buster	Mar 1, 1962
23	The Witch Doctor	Mar 8, 1962
24	The Roaring Boy-O	Mar 15, 1962
25	Solomon's Choice	Mar 29, 1962
26	A Very Present Help	Apr 5, 1962
27	One for the Road	Apr 12, 1962
28	The Horn of Plenty	Apr 19, 1962
29	The Chemistry of Anger	Apr 26, 1962
30	Something of Importance	May 3, 1962
31	A Distant Thunder	May 10, 1962
32	The Road to the Heart	May 17, 1962
33	Operation Lazarus	May 24, 1962

Season 2

34 episodes • 1962

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Gravida One	Sep 27, 1962
2	The Burning Sky	Oct 4, 1962
3	The Visitors	Oct 11, 1962
4	The Mask Makers	Oct 18, 1962
5	Guest Appenrance	Oct 25, 1962
6	Hastings Farewell	Nov 1, 1962
7	Breakdown	Nov 8, 1962
8	The Cobweb Chain	Nov 15, 1962
9	The Soul Killer	Nov 22, 1962
10	An Ancient Office	Dec 6, 1962
11	The Legacy	Dec 13, 1962
12	The Bed I've Made	Dec 20, 1962
13	A Time for Every Purpose	Dec 27, 1962
14	Love is a Sad Song	Jan 3, 1963
15	The Thing Speaks for Itself	Jan 10, 1963
16	The Great Guy	Jan 17, 1963
17	The Mosaic	Jan 31, 1963
18	Good Luck Charm	Feb 7, 1963
19	Jail Ward	Feb 14, 1963
20	A Trip to Niagara	Feb 21, 1963
21	A Place Among the Monuments	Feb 28, 1963
22	Face of Fear	Mar 7, 1963
23	Sister Mike	Mar 14, 1963
24	A Very Infectious Disease	Mar 21, 1963
25	Dark Side of the Mirror	Mar 28, 1963
26	The Sleeping Princess	Apr 11, 1963
27	Ship's Doctor	Apr 18, 1963
28	Tightrope Into Nowhere	Apr 25, 1963
29	The Balance and the Crucible	May 2, 1963
30	Gift Of Koodjanuk	May 9, 1963
31	An Island LikeA Peacock	May 16, 1963
32	To Each His Prison	May 23, 1963
33	A Hand Held Out in Darkness	May 30, 1963
34	What's God To Julis	Jun 6, 1963

Season 3

34 episodes • 1963Avg: 7.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Who Ever Heard Of Two-Headed Doll?	Sep 26, 1963	7.0
2	Good Samaritan	Oct 3, 1963	0.0
3	If You Can't Believe the Truth	Oct 10, 1963	0.0
4	Heart, an Imperfect Machine	Oct 17, 1963	0.0
5	A Game for Three	Oct 24, 1963	0.0
6	Exploiters	Oct 31, 1963	0.0
7	One Bright and Clear Thursday Morning	Nov 7, 1963	0.0
8	Eleventh Commandment	Nov 14, 1963	0.0
9	Four Feet in the Morning	Nov 21, 1963	0.0
10	Pack Rat and Prima Donna	Nov 28, 1963	0.0
11	Backslider	Dec 5, 1963	0.0
12	Charile Wade Makes Lots of Shade	Dec 12, 1963	0.0
13	Oracle	Dec 19, 1963	0.0
14	Vote of Confidence	Dec 26, 1963	0.0
15	Willing Suspension of Disbelief	Jan 9, 1964	0.0
16	Tyger Tyger (1)	Jan 16, 1964	0.0
17	Tyger Tyger (2)	Jan 23, 1964	0.0
18	Never Too Old for the Circus	Jan 30, 1964	0.0
19	Onions, Garlic and Flowers That Bloom in Spring	Feb 6, 1964	0.0
20	To Walk in Grace	Feb 13, 1964	0.0
21	Goodbye Mr. Jersey	Feb 20, 1964	0.0
22	Why Won't Anybody Listen?	Feb 27, 1964	0.0
23	Child Between	Mar 5, 1964	0.0
24	A Hundred Million Tomorrows	Mar 12, 1964	0.0
25	Tomorrow is a Fickle Girl	Mar 19, 1964	0.0
26	Quid Pro Quo	Mar 26, 1964	0.0
27	A Day to Remember	Apr 2, 1964	0.0
28	An Ungodly Act	Apr 9, 1964	0.0
29	Nickel's Worth Of Prayer	Apr 16, 1964	0.0
30	Night of the Beast	Apr 23, 1964	0.0
31	Middle Of Ernie Mann	Apr 30, 1964	0.0
32	Sense of Tempo	May 7, 1964	0.0
33	Speak Not in Angry Whispers	May 14, 1964	0.0
34	Dolly's Dilemma	May 21, 1964	0.0

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Season 4

32 episodes • 1964

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Man is a Rock	Sep 24, 1964
2	Maybe Love Will Save My Apartment House	Oct 1, 1964
3	Hand That Hurts, Hand That Heals	Oct 8, 1964
4	Last Leaves on the Tree	Oct 15, 1964
5	What's Different About Today?	Oct 22, 1964
6	Sound of a Faraway Hill	Oct 29, 1964
7	Candle in the Window	Nov 5, 1964
8	Rome Will Never Leave You (1)	Nov 12, 1964
9	Rome Will Never Leave You (2)	Nov 19, 1964
10	Rome Will Never Leave You (3)	Nov 26, 1964
11	Elusive Dik Dik	Dec 3, 1964
12	Catch a Crooked Mouse	Dec 17, 1964
13	Exchange of Gifts	Dec 24, 1964
14	Never is a Long Day	Dec 31, 1964
15	Lullaby for an Indian Summer	Jan 7, 1965
16	Take Care of My Little Girl	Jan 14, 1965
17	My Name is Lisa, and I am Lost	Jan 21, 1965
18	Please Let My Baby Live	Jan 28, 1965
19	No Mother To Giude Them	Feb 4, 1965
20	A Marriage Of Convience	Feb 11, 1965
21	Make Way for Tomorrow	Feb 18, 1965
22	Miracle for Margaret	Feb 25, 1965
23	Do You Trust Your Doctor?	Mar 4, 1965
24	All Brides Should be so Beatiful	Mar 11, 1965
25	She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (1)	Mar 18, 1965
26	She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not (2)	Mar 25, 1965
27	A Joruney To The Sunrise	Apr 1, 1965
28	Time Buyers	Apr 8, 1965
29	Music Hath Charms	Apr 15, 1965
30	Believe and Live	Apr 22, 1965
31	Reverence for Life	Apr 29, 1965
32	Wings of Hope	May 13, 1965

Season 5

58 episodes • 1965

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Behold the Great Man (1)	Sep 13, 1965
2	A Life for Life (2)	Sep 14, 1965
3	Web of Hate (3)	Sep 20, 1965
4	Horizontal Hero (4)	Sep 21, 1965
5	The Bell in the Schoolhouse Tolls for Thee (1)	Sep 27, 1965
6	Life in the Dance Hall: F-U-N (2)	Sep 28, 1965
7	Some Doors are Slamming (3)	Oct 5, 1965
8	Enough La Boheme for Everybody (4)	Oct 11, 1965
9	Now: the Mummy (5)	Oct 12, 1965
10	A Pyrotechnic Display (6)	Oct 18, 1965
11	With Helfire and Thunder (1)	Oct 19, 1965
12	Daily Flights to Olympus (2)	Oct 25, 1965
13	The Life Machine (1)	Oct 26, 1965
14	Toast the Golden Couple (2)	Nov 1, 1965
15	Wives and Losers (3)	Nov 2, 1965
16	Welcome Home, Dear Anna (4)	Nov 8, 1965
17	A Little Child Shall Lead Them (5)	Nov 9, 1965
18	Hour of Decision (6)	Nov 15, 1965
19	Aftermath (7)	Nov 16, 1965
20	Fathers and Daughters (1)	Nov 22, 1965
21	A Gift of Love (2)	Nov 23, 1965
22	The Tent-Dwellers (3)	Nov 29, 1965
23	Going Home (4)	Nov 30, 1965
24	Something Old, Something New (1)	Dec 6, 1965
25	To Visit One More Spring (2)	Dec 7, 1965
26	From Nigeria with Love (1)	Dec 13, 1965
27	In Roman Candel's Bright Glare (2)	Dec 14, 1965
28	When Shadows Fall (3)	Dec 20, 1965
29	With This Ring (4)	Dec 21, 1965
30	Perfect is too Hard to Be (1)	Dec 27, 1965
31	Duet for One Hand (2)	Dec 28, 1965
32	The Atheist and the True Believer (1)	Jan 3, 1966
33	A Quick Look at Glory (2)	Jan 4, 1966
34	A Sort of Falling in Love (3)	Jan 10, 1966
35	The Last to Believe in Miracles (4)	Jan 11, 1966
36	The Next Thing to Murder (5)	Jan 17, 1966
37	Never So Happy (6)	Jan 18, 1966
38	A Cry from the Street (1)	Jan 24, 1966
39	Gratitude Won't Pay the Bills (2)	Jan 25, 1966
40	Adrift in a Sea of Confusion (3)	Jan 31, 1966
41	These Hands That Heal (4)	Feb 1, 1966
42	Few Hearts, Few Flowers (1)	Feb 7, 1966
43	Some Tales for Halloween (2)	Feb 8, 1966
44	I Can Hear the Ice Melting (3)	Feb 14, 1966
45	No Other Road (4)	Feb 15, 1966
46	The Encroachment (1)	Feb 21, 1966
47	A Patient Lost (2)	Feb 22, 1966
48	What Happened to All the Sunshine and Roses? (3)	Feb 28, 1966
49	The Taste of Crow (4)	Mar 7, 1966
50	Out of a Concrete Tower (5)	Mar 8, 1966
51	The Art Of Taking A Powder	Mar 14, 1966
52	Read The Book,Then See The Picture (2)	Mar 15, 1966
53	A Sometimes Distant Spring (1)	Mar 21, 1966
54	Travel a Crooked Road (2)	Mar 22, 1966
55	Mercy Or Murder (1)	Mar 28, 1966
56	A Strange Sort of Accident (2)	Mar 29, 1966
57	New Doctor in Town (3)	Apr 4, 1966
58	Reckoning (4)	Apr 5, 1966

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