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''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' is an American comedy-drama television series that ran for four seasons on ABC from September 19, 1989, to July 28, 1993, totaling 97 episodes. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, it stars Neil Patrick Harris in the title role as a teenage physician who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. ==Plot== Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser (Harris) is the son of David (James B. Sikking) and Katherine Howser (Belinda Montgomery). As a child, he twice survived early-stage pediatric leukemia〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/105/doogie-howser-md-pilot )〕 after his father – a family physician – discovered suspicious bruising. The experience contributed to the younger Howser's desire to enter medicine. Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic memory, Howser participates in a longitudinal study of child prodigies until his 18th birthday.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/30193/doogie-howser-md-the-summer-of-91 )〕 He earned a perfect score on the SAT at the age of six, completed high school in nine weeks at the age of nine,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/30198/doogie-howser-md-doogstruck )〕 graduated from Princeton University in 1983〔Courie, Katie. (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2009/07/15/pages/7894/index.xml )〕 at age 10, and finished medical school four years later. At age 14, Howser was the youngest licensed doctor in the country. He started residency at age 15. As a newspaper article (one of several noting some of Doogie's aforementioned accomplishments that are shown in the series' opening title sequence) stated, he "can't buy beer... () can prescribe drugs". The series begins on Howser's 16th birthday; the cold open of the pilot episode shows him stopping his field test for his driver's license to help an injured person at the scene of a traffic accident. Howser is a second year resident surgeon〔He began his residency in September 1988, a year before the pilot. (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/54/doogie-howser-md-every-dog-has-his-doogie )〕 at Eastman Medical Center in Los Angeles, and still lives at home〔1782 Amalfi Drive, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272. (【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/30173/doogie-howser-md-lonesome-doog )〕 with his parents. His best friend and neighbor, Vinnie Delpino (Max Casella), is a more typical teenager – climbing through Howser's bedroom window to visit – and connects him to life outside of medicine. Howser has kept a diary on his computer since 1979;〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/30211 )〕 episodes typically end with him making an entry in it, making observations about the situations he had experienced or learned in the episode. Howser seeks acceptance by both others his age and his professional colleagues. Many episodes also deal with wider social problems: AIDS awareness, racism, homophobia, sexism, gang violence, access to quality medical care, and losing one's virginity are topics, along with aging, body issues, and friendship. Howser initially has a girlfriend, Wanda Plenn (Lisa Dean Ryan), however they break up after she leaves for college; he also begins a trauma surgery fellowship and moves into his own apartment. Bochco intended to end the show with a "season-long story arc for Doogie where he becomes disaffected with the practice of medicine and quits medicine to become a writer".〔''Doogie Howser M.D.'', Season 1 DVD〕 ABC abruptly canceled the show due to low ratings, preventing Bochco and the show's writers from implementing the storyline other than Howser's resignation from Eastman and departure for Europe in the final episode. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doogie Howser, M.D.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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