Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced by MGM Television.
1969-09-24
S01 E01 · 1969-09-24 · 60 min
Bru Wiley, a college football star up for Heisman honors and a top pro career, ignores his failing health.
S01 E02 · 1969-10-01 · 60 min
Although the father of a 7-year-old with severe internal injuries insists the child fell off an embankment, Dr. Gannon suspects the child was beaten.
S01 E03 · 1969-10-08 · 60 min
Focuses on the psychological interplay between two patients in serious shape.
S01 E04 · 1969-10-15 · 60 min
The question of a therapeutic abortion divides Nora Caldwell (Barbara Rush) and her husband Dan (John McMartin).
S01 E05 · 1969-10-22 · 60 min
A Vietnamese war victim (France Nuyen) is being treated at the medical center.
S01 E06 · 1969-10-29 · 60 min
A story about drug addiction.
S01 E07 · 1969-11-12 · 60 min
Jenny Webb (Brooke Bundy), with a hemorrhaging kidney and a baby on the way, is rejected by her angry father and uncaring boyfriend.
S01 E08 · 1969-11-19 · 60 min
An intradepartmental dispute pits Gannon against the new acting chief of surgery (John Marley).
S01 E09 · 1969-11-26 · 60 min
Dr. Gannon tries to prove that the suddenly violent behavior of student Greg Soreson stems from an organic ailment.
S01 E10 · 1969-12-03 · 60 min
A U.S. ambassador (Walter Pidgeon) has a heart condition that could jeopardize a crucial meeting.
S01 E11 · 1969-12-10 · 60 min
A patient (Lee Grant) learns a lesson about life from a little boy (Fabian Gregory).
S01 E12 · 1969-12-17 · 60 min
Gannon stakes his reputation on the integrity of a student nurse (Belinda Montgomery).
S01 E13 · 1969-12-31 · 60 min
Interns Steve Seagren and Katherine Kenter are both being considered for a much-prized residency.
S01 E14 · 1970-01-07 · 60 min
A student facing kidney failure gets no comfort from her alienated family or her disinterested ex-husband.
S01 E15 · 1970-01-14 · 60 min
Dr. Lochner's emotions conflict with his professional judgment when he faces a crisis concerning his own daughter.
S01 E16 · 1970-01-21 · 60 min
Dr. Gannon tries to bridge a gap between a 17-year-old and his gruff immigrant father.
S01 E17 · 1970-02-04 · 60 min
A blind student's recovery depends on recalling the horrible event that caused her loss of sight.
S01 E18 · 1970-02-11 · 60 min
The director of a foundation for teenage parolees lays his life on the line to save one of his charges.
S01 E19 · 1970-02-25 · 60 min
The story of a dedicated head nurse (Mercedes McCambridge).
S01 E20 · 1970-03-04 · 60 min
A sensitive story about Gannon's love for an incurably ill woman (Shelby Grant).
S01 E21 · 1970-03-11 · 60 min
A former gridiron idol (Forrest Tucker) finds living with his own legend unbearable.
S01 E22 · 1970-03-18 · 60 min
A research specialist (William Shatner) clashes with Gannon over a possible cancer cure.
S01 E23 · 1970-03-25 · 60 min
A story about the need to treat venereal disease as a medical problem divorced from social stigma.
S01 E24 · 1970-04-01 · 60 min
Dr. Martin Lambert is blind to the fact that his older son suffers from a muscular disorder and that he has neglected his younger son.
S01 E25 · 1970-04-08 · 60 min
An ambitious black resident (Georg Stanford Brown) is convinced that Gannon is preventing him from performing surgery.
S01 E26 · 1970-04-15 · 60 min
The story of a marriage tormented by lack of children.
1970-09-16
S02 E01 · 1970-09-16 · 60 min
A surgeon's (George Grizzard) career may be ended by multiple sclerosis.
S02 E02 · 1970-09-23 · 60 min
A dedicated research scientist's vital work on a new drug is threatened when anonymous letters accuse him of being a homosexual.
S02 E03 · 1970-09-30 · 60 min
A story about the feelings of parents whose teenagers are drug addicts. Gannon tries to save a 16-year-old girl from heroin addiction. His efforts are continually frustrated by her father, a professor who refuses to acknowledge the problem.
S02 E04 · 1970-10-07 · 60 min
A brooding young doctor (Gary Lockwood) is suspected of murdering a woman on hospital grounds.
S02 E05 · 1970-10-14 · 60 min
A woman doctor (Vera Miles) battles male prejudice.
S02 E06 · 1970-10-21 · 60 min
William Devane guests as the maverick director of a free clinic. The maverick director of a ghetto clinic endangers its future by his refusal to follow rules in making reports on his patients to the police.
S02 E07 · 1970-10-28 · 60 min
The problems of parents with mentally disabled children are explored in this episode. Dr. Gannon recommends treatment for Jenny, an abnormally active little girl. What do you do with a gifted child? Doc Gannon believes in a school for exceptional youngsters, and since he is the godfather of the child, he pushes a bit. Gannon's adversary is Mom, who takes an opposing position, and the friction between the two sparks the hour.
S02 E08 · 1970-11-04 · 60 min
The problems of a doctor who has trouble adjusting to civilian life after serving in Vietnam. Dr. Eric Canford, a brilliant surgeon, comes back from war service with a drinking problem but refuses to admit it is affecting his work.
S02 E09 · 1970-11-11 · 60 min
Modern medicine clashes with black magic as Gannon tries to save a girl afflicted with Addison's Disease-and a belief in the all-pervading, healing powers of Satan. (60 mins)
S02 E10 · 1970-11-18 · 60 min
The problems of a patient who may face radical surgery. Doc Gannon demonstrates his noble side for the ladies, protecting Sandra Polk, a patient, when her husband becomes jealous. Suspicious professor Tink Polk flares up over his wife's appointments with Gannon while Joe, of course, remains Simon pure, merely keeping his patient's illness from her husband at her request.
S02 E11 · 1970-11-25 · 60 min
Blinded in an attack, Gannon is still being stalked by a would-be killer.
S02 E12 · 1970-12-02 · 60 min
A hallucinating patient accuses Gannon of fathering her unborn child.
S02 E13 · 1970-12-09 · 60 min
Gannon is accused of shielding a seriously injured cop who allegedly shot a student without provocation.
S02 E14 · 1970-12-16 · 60 min
A brash, long-haired surgeon (Gary Lockwood) runs afoul of his colleagues.
S02 E15 · 1970-12-30 · 60 min
Gannon tries to save the life of a seriously ill Indian chief and enroll the chief's son in a physician's-assistant training program.
S02 E16 · 1971-01-06 · 60 min
An intern who thinks his fiancee is ""wholesome"" doesn't know she contracted syphilis before they met.
S02 E17 · 1971-01-13 · 60 min
A deadly story of sibling conflict.
S02 E18 · 1971-01-27 · 60 min
A missing radium implant could contaminate the entire hospital.
S02 E19 · 1971-02-03 · 60 min
A mentally disabled teenager (Pamela Franklin) has been abandoned by her mother.
S02 E20 · 1971-02-10 · 60 min
The story of a troubled former vaudeville star (Jack Carter).
S02 E21 · 1971-02-17 · 60 min
The high cost of hospital care is dramatized.
S02 E22 · 1971-02-24 · 60 min
An insight into Lochner's personal life with his ex-wife (Dina Merrill) and daughter (Charlotte Stewart).
S02 E23 · 1971-03-03 · 60 min
A once-brilliant surgeon (Richard Kiley) has become totally withdrawn. Dr—Thomas Patton, once a brilliant surgeon, now specializes in pathology, where he works only with the dead. Nor can anything reawaken his interest in the living, not even the needs of his critically ill ex-wife.
S02 E24 · 1971-03-10 · 60 min
An aging doctor mistakenly believes that his medical practice is as good as ever. Pat Hingle as Dr. Farrring, a septuagenarian heart-transplant recipient whose mistaken faith in his new-found stamina could have tragic consequences for a young cancer patient.
1971-09-15
S03 E01 · 1971-09-15 · 60 min
A fugitive (William Windom) is torn between freedom and love for his anemic son.
S03 E02 · 1971-09-22 · 60 min
A character study of an ambitious surgeon (Steve Lawrence).
S03 E03 · 1971-09-29 · 60 min
A highly respected country doctor's (Forrest Tucker) long career as a bogus physician is about to be exposed.
S03 E04 · 1971-10-06 · 60 min
Artificial insemination plays a part in the story of a heart patient who risks her life to protect her sterile husband's pride.
S03 E05 · 1971-10-13 · 60 min
Character studies of two critically ill patients who are jeopardizing their lives.
S03 E06 · 1971-10-20 · 60 min
A distinguished surgeon (Barry Sullivan) is losing the use of his hands.
S03 E07 · 1971-10-27 · 60 min
A troubled husband (Bradford Dillman) is being treated for psychological impotence.
S03 E08 · 1971-11-03 · 60 min
A drama about mental retardation.
S03 E09 · 1971-11-10 · 60 min
An iron-willed lady (Jo Van Fleet) is determined to spend her life in a wheelchair.
S03 E10 · 1971-11-17 · 60 min
A surgeon's (Earl Hilliman) past comes back to haunt him: the once-convicted sex offender is now charged with child molesting.
S03 E11 · 1971-11-24 · 60 min
A student nurse (Susan Strasberg) is plagued by a bad marriage and a mysterious respiratory illness.
S03 E12 · 1971-12-01 · 60 min
Medical quackery is the target of a drama in which a charming fraud (George Maharis) is risking the life of a young patient.
S03 E13 · 1971-12-08 · 60 min
A lung-cancer victim (Suzanne Pleshette) is determined to keep her nightmare a secret.
S03 E14 · 1971-12-15 · 60 min
An 11-year-old orphan's chance for adoption is threatened by a mysterious illness.
S03 E15 · 1971-12-29 · 60 min
Change-of-pace suspense drama about Gannon's involvement with an ailing tycoon and his conflict-ridden household. First of two parts.
S03 E16 · 1972-01-05 · 60 min
Dr. Lochner's sister is the prime suspect in the conclusion of a murder story.
S03 E17 · 1972-01-19 · 60 min
Gannon's romance with a woman doctor is plagued by a secret past.
S03 E18 · 1972-01-26 · 60 min
Bubonic plague is the villain in a medical conflict over the unidentified victim.
S03 E19 · 1972-02-02 · 60 min
A doctor (Michael Callan) is driven back to alcoholism by the fear of losing his dying wife.
S03 E20 · 1972-02-09 · 60 min
A doctor (Monte Markham) is torn between a career in hospital administration and a return to surgical practice.
S03 E21 · 1972-02-16 · 60 min
A surgeon is offered a grim choice: his kidnapped wife will be saved if he can arrange the death of a certain patient.
S03 E22 · 1972-02-23 · 60 min
A car-crash victim (Craig Stevens) awakes from a three-year coma to a nightmare: the crash killed his daughter and left him with an unforgiving wife.
S03 E23 · 1972-03-01 · 60 min
A woman (Ida Lupino) mysteriously turns against Gannon after he saves her husband's life.
S03 E24 · 1972-03-08 · 60 min
A rape-murder mystery takes a grim twist with a confession by a young intern's fiance.
1972-09-20
S04 E01 · 1972-09-20 · 60 min
A doctor (William Windom) has a premonition that his wife will die in surgery.
S04 E02 · 1972-09-27 · 60 min
A woman refuses an emergency operation for fear it will endanger her pregnancy.
S04 E03 · 1972-10-04 · 60 min
The story of a growing attachment between an injured teenager and his critically ill roommate.
S04 E04 · 1972-10-11 · 60 min
A drama about deafness and family strife.
S04 E05 · 1972-10-18 · 60 min
Tragedy for a 42-year-old intern: he's fallen in love with a critically ill patient.
S04 E06 · 1972-10-25 · 60 min
A hospital volunteer (Geraldine Page) has a horrifying secret.
S04 E07 · 1972-11-01 · 60 min
A drama about an unemployed man married to a doctor.
S04 E08 · 1972-11-08 · 60 min
The ugly-duckling story is no fairy tale to a patient who thinks she's so second-rate that she wants to die.
S04 E09 · 1972-11-15 · 60 min
Superstition vs. science as a critically ill woman refuses medical help.
S04 E10 · 1972-11-22 · 60 min
A brilliant researcher is taking great pains to conceal his past.
S04 E11 · 1972-11-29 · 60 min
A nun has secrets that are hindering her recovery from a beating and rape.
S04 E12 · 1972-12-06 · 60 min
Problems for a college football hero include a drug habit, a serious illness and a disabled wife.
S04 E13 · 1972-12-13 · 60 min
A doctor's puzzling spells of fatigue are hampering her work.
S04 E14 · 1972-12-20 · 60 min
A tortured relationship evolves between a lonely widow and the doctor who blames himself for her husband's death.
S04 E15 · 1973-01-03 · 60 min
The success of a new surgical procedure is threatened by the surgeon's worry over his wife's erratic behavior.
S04 E16 · 1973-01-10 · 60 min
A woman convict's bitterness is threatening her success in a medical training program.
S04 E17 · 1973-01-17 · 60 min
The story of a desperately lonely hospital volunteer (Ruth Buzzi).
S04 E18 · 1973-01-24 · 60 min
A high-wire performer's illness might kill her if she continues her career.
S04 E19 · 1973-01-31 · 60 min
A surgeon's new procedure might save his dying wife, if he can conquer his drug addiction in time to operate.
S04 E20 · 1973-02-07 · 60 min
Drama about the future of an illegitimate child whose father has been critically injured.
S04 E21 · 1973-02-14 · 60 min
A famous doctor's (Celeste Holm) own vital surgery must be delayed to help a man with a live bomb lodged in his chest.
S04 E22 · 1973-02-21 · 60 min
An ailing boy's divorced parents can't agree whether to permit surgery.
S04 E23 · 1973-02-28 · 60 min
A woman (Stefanie Powers) refuses to admit symptoms of a serious illness.
S04 E24 · 1973-03-07 · 60 min
Dr. Lochner's one-time fiancee has a beautiful daughter who's gravely ill.
1973-09-10
S05 E01 · 1973-09-10 · 60 min
A young woman is stricken with hysterical paralysis after seeing her mother with a lover.
S05 E02 · 1973-09-17 · 60 min
An emergency call to a mountain community leads Gannon to a patient guarded by mysterious, gun-toting townsfolk.
S05 E03 · 1973-09-24 · 60 min
Bent on proving his virility, an aging surgeon becomes involved with a young patient.
S05 E04 · 1973-10-01 · 60 min
A lesbian psychiatrist is plagued by prejudice against her life style.
S05 E05 · 1973-10-08 · 60 min
The horror of crib death is explored in this story about a couple who lose their 4-month-old child.
S05 E06 · 1973-10-22 · 60 min
Romance ends for Gannon when his girlfriend's husband, missing for six years in Vietnam, comes home to reclaim his wife and son.
S05 E07 · 1973-10-29 · 60 min
A champion diver is ignoring an illness that could end her career.
S05 E08 · 1973-11-12 · 60 min
A wounded child from war-torn Northern Ireland baffles Gannon by showing no desire to get well.
S05 E09 · 1973-11-19 · 60 min
An idealistic young resident falls in love with an ailing prostitute.
S05 E10 · 1973-11-26 · 60 min
Compulsive gambling is ruining the life of a once-fine surgeon.
S05 E11 · 1973-12-03 · 60 min
Gannon is receiving bloodcurdling murder threats that contain only one clue: the would-be killer is someone on the hospital staff.
S05 E12 · 1973-12-10 · 60 min
A derelict fakes her way into the hospital for free room and board, unaware that she is suffering from a serious disease.
S05 E13 · 1974-01-07 · 60 min
An arrogant young resident refuses to submit to authority.
S05 E14 · 1974-01-14 · 60 min
Sparks fly when Gannon and the newly-appointed chief of surgery begin to clash on medical opinions.
S05 E15 · 1974-01-21 · 60 min
A proud man must decide whether to live with a dangerous illness, or submit to surgery which might cause impotence.
S05 E16 · 1974-01-28 · 60 min
Gannon's patient needs a kidney transplant, and her only hope of a compatible donor is her father — a convict who is serving time for murder.
S05 E17 · 1974-02-11 · 60 min
A seriously ill surgeon tries to hide his condition long enough to perform lifesaving surgery on his ex-wife.
S05 E18 · 1974-02-18 · 60 min
While investigating conditions in a mental hospital, Gannon falls in love with an amnesiac whose blinding headaches have gone untreated by the staff.
S05 E19 · 1974-02-25 · 60 min
Determined to save a critically ill patient, a surgeon is hiding his own serious malady from his colleagues.
S05 E20 · 1974-03-04 · 60 min
A young genius becomes the center of a custody battle between his critically ill mother and a wealthy, would-be benefactress.
S05 E21 · 1974-03-11 · 60 min
An accused rapist may not live to see a fair trial. The victim's boyfriend has already beaten him severely, and is waiting to finish the job.
S05 E22 · 1974-03-25 · 60 min
An impoverished ventriloquist may lose custody of his orphaned nephew when the boy develops a serious heart condition.
S05 E23 · 1974-04-01 · 60 min
A staff doctor thinks a patient's baffling symptoms are the result of a voodoo curse.
S05 E24 · 1974-04-15 · 60 min
A critically ill scientist is determined to attend an important European conference, despite Gannon's warnings that the trip might kill her.
1974-09-09
S06 E01 · 1974-09-09 · 60 min
After learning that his wife is a pornographic-movie star, a gifted surgeon wants to leave the hospital.
S06 E02 · 1974-09-16 · 60 min
A cancer patient doesn't know whether to believe her faith-healer husband's assurances that he can cure her.
S06 E03 · 1974-09-23 · 60 min
A patient refuses to divulge information about herself that might prevent a deadly epidemic.
S06 E04 · 1974-09-30 · 60 min
A husband anguishes over the responsibility he feels toward his ill wife and the love he feels for her best friend.
S06 E05 · 1974-10-07 · 60 min
A mechanic is oddly reluctant to consent to an operation for his wheelchair-bound daughter (Deborah Winters).
S06 E06 · 1974-10-21 · 60 min
A former priest (Tim O'Connor) is captivated by a second-rate nightclub singer (Rita Moreno) who faces a dangerous operation.
S06 E07 · 1974-10-28 · 60 min
A convict who agrees to participate in a cancer-research experiment tries to sabotage the project.
S06 E08 · 1974-11-04 · 60 min
A socialite (Vera Miles) tries to bribe a handsome tennis pro (Peter Coffield) into romancing her dying daughter (Pamela Franklin).
S06 E09 · 1974-11-11 · 60 min
Job and social discrimination against cured cancer patients is the theme of this story about a woman (Shirley Knight) who undergoes a mastectomy.
S06 E10 · 1974-11-18 · 60 min
A Jewish researcher is harassed by young anti-Semites who are led by a hospital orderly (David Macklin).
S06 E11 · 1974-11-25 · 60 min
A heart patient's recovery is endangered when she falls in love with a mentally disabled young man.
S06 E12 · 1974-12-02 · 60 min
A pregnant young widow (Brooke Bundy), arrested for unlawful midwifery, learns that she has cervical cancer.
S06 E13 · 1974-12-09 · 60 min
A conniving young patient (Belinda J. Montgomery) tries to drive a wedge between a wealthy woman (Kim Hunter) and her clinging son (David Soul).
S06 E14 · 1974-12-16 · 60 min
An adolescent girl needs surgery, but she won't help Gannon locate her parents so he can get their consent.
S06 E15 · 1974-12-30 · 60 min
An orphan's need for open-heart surgery may frighten away prospective parents.
S06 E16 · 1975-01-06 · 60 min
A former movie star's will to live is undermined by a failing marriage and ill health.
S06 E17 · 1975-01-13 · 60 min
A pregnant nurse dosen't want to raise a second child without the help of her errant husband.
S06 E18 · 1975-02-03 · 60 min
A European princess (Suzy Kendall) escapes her bodyguard and winds up in Gannon's arms.
S06 E19 · 1975-02-10 · 60 min
The ailing and neglected wife of a charismatic politician asks Gannon to keep her presence in the hospital a secret.
S06 E20 · 1975-02-24 · 60 min
A convicted child molester will be granted parole only if he takes a drug that might cause impotence.
S06 E21 · 1975-03-03 · 60 min
Camaraderie turns to rivalry when 12 medical students compete for seven internships.
S06 E22 · 1975-03-10 · 60 min
A hospital explosion traps Gannon and five others in the basement.
S06 E23 · 1975-03-17 · 60 min
A woman is torn between her desire to live with her lover in Greece, and her duty to her brother, who needs transfusions of her blood.
S06 E24 · 1975-03-24 · 60 min
1975-09-08
S07 E01 · 1975-09-08 · 60 min
A famed surgeon (Robert Reed) shocks family and colleagues by requesting a sex-change operation. First of two parts.
S07 E02 · 1975-09-15 · 60 min
A noted surgeon's request for a sex-change operation is denied.
S07 E03 · 1975-09-22 · 60 min
On his 36th birthday, Gannon is suddenly beset by peculiar emotional and physical symptoms.
S07 E04 · 1975-09-29 · 60 min
A delirious war veteran accuses a doctor of slaughtering women and children in Vietnam.
S07 E05 · 1975-10-06 · 60 min
Gannon's new girlfriend makes impossible demands on his time.
S07 E06 · 1975-10-20 · 60 min
A study of teen-age prostitution: the daughter of a successful surgeon takes to the streets in a desperate bid for attention.
S07 E07 · 1975-10-29 · 60 min
The son of a wealthy Middle Eastern oil magnate upsets Medical Center operations with his "money buys everything" attitude.
S07 E08 · 1975-11-03 · 60 min
Learning that he is suffering from a terminal disease, a brilliant surgeon abandons medicine to live out his unfulfilled dreams.
S07 E09 · 1975-11-10 · 60 min
Lochner's former sweetheart (Roberta Peters), a celebrated singer, enters Medical Center suffering from unexplained fainting spells.
S07 E10 · 1975-11-17 · 60 min
An 18-year-old girl needing a critical operation is the key to bringing a doctor's son out of a catatonic state.
S07 E11 · 1975-11-24 · 60 min
A young woman confined to a nursing home encourages her elderly fellow inmates to rebel against the home's poor conditions.
S07 E12 · 1975-12-01 · 60 min
An aging surgeon who has begun to make serious mistakes plans to operate on his granddaughter.
S07 E13 · 1975-12-08 · 60 min
One of Gannon's patients desperately needs blood, but the only possible donor is a fugitive from justice.
S07 E14 · 1975-12-15 · 60 min
A hospitalized tennis player is attracted to an unhappy girl who is facing heart surgery.
S07 E15 · 1975-12-29 · 60 min
A lonely nurse stubbornly refuses to press charges against a man who brutally beat her.
S07 E16 · 1976-01-12 · 60 min
Gannon is attracted to a Soviet doctor (Victoria Fedorova) visiting Medical Center on a special assignment.
S07 E17 · 1976-01-19 · 60 min
Gannon treats a childlike teenager who's the mother of a baby with a congenital heart defect.
S07 E18 · 1976-02-02 · 60 min
The adoption of a Vietnamese orphan is complicated when the real mother shows up.
S07 E19 · 1976-02-09 · 60 min
The hospitalized victim of a mysterious attacker suffers from a domineering mother and recurring headaches.
S07 E20 · 1976-02-16 · 60 min
Gannon treats a young doctor blinded in a shooting accident.
S07 E21 · 1976-02-23 · 60 min
The mother (Totie Fields) of a dismissed young resident refuses to have a lifesaving operation unless her son is reinstated.
S07 E22 · 1976-03-01 · 60 min
An Army doctor (Lois Nettleton) searches for answers when her assistant suffers an inexplicable seizure.
S07 E23 · 1976-03-08 · 60 min
A misanthropic con artist and an awkward innocent share an offbeat relationship while being treated at the hospital.
S07 E24 · 1976-03-15 · 60 min
A much-needed clinic is threatened with closure because the doctors refuse to turn wounded street fighters over to the police.
Joe Gannon
Paul Lochner