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The Nurses

TV·1962–1965·3 seasons, 98 episodes·CBS·Drama·1h

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The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama which aired on CBS from September 27, 1962 to May 11, 1965. It was originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962; for the second season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera. The soap opera, also called The Nurses, ran on ABC from 1965 to 1967.

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Episodes by season

Season0132Episodes1962–63AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Night ShiftSeptember 27, 1962
  2. S01E02The Walls Came Tumbling DownOctober 4, 1962
  3. S01E03Fly, ShadowOctober 11, 1962
  4. S01E04The Barbara Bowers StoryOctober 18, 1962
  5. S01E05Doctor LillianOctober 25, 1962
  6. S01E06A Private RoomNovember 1, 1962
  7. S01E07The PrisonerNovember 8, 1962
  8. S01E08A Strange and Distant PlaceNovember 15, 1962
  9. S01E09Two Black CandlesNovember 22, 1962
  10. S01E10Lady Made of StoneNovember 29, 1962
  11. S01E11FriedaDecember 6, 1962
  12. S01E12The Soft TouchDecember 13, 1962Nurse Thorpe (Shirl Conway) swamped with hospital routine, decides to go into private nursing which, she is led to believe, is a “soft touch
  13. S01E13Image of AngelaDecember 27, 1962
  14. S01E14A Difference of YearsJanuary 3, 1963
  15. S01E15Root of ViolenceJanuary 10, 1963A nurse attending a teen-aged boy brought to the hospital with a fractured skull, presumably after having been attacked by a street gang, le
  16. S01E16Many A SullivanJanuary 17, 1963A New England fisherman suffers a heart attack while at sea and is flown to the New York hospital for attention.
  17. S01E17Night SoundsJanuary 24, 1963Norman Ruskin is recuperating after a minor operation and strikes up a friendly relationship with Miss Lucas. One night late at her post jus
  18. S01E18The Third Generation
  19. S01E19The Life
  20. S01E20Circle of Choice
  21. S01E21The Perfect Nurse
  22. S01E22The Thunder of Ernie Bass
  23. S01E23The Saturday Evening of Time
  24. S01E24A Question of Mercy
  25. S01E25Party Girl
  26. S01E26A Dark World
  27. S01E27You Could Die Laughing
  28. S01E28Choice Among Wrongs
  29. S01E29Express Stop from Lennox AvenueExpress Stop from Lennox Avenue is an episode of the TV program The Nurses.
  30. S01E30Bitter Pill
  31. S01E31Field of Battle
  32. S01E32They Are As Lions

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0236Episodes1963AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01No ScoreSeptember 26, 1963
  2. S02E02Show Just Cause Why You Should WeepOctober 3, 1963
  3. S02E03Escape RouteOctober 10, 1963
  4. S02E04The GiftOctober 17, 1963
  5. S02E05StrikeOctober 24, 1963
  6. S02E06The Horn of Plenty
  7. S02E07The Helping Hand
  8. S02E08Ordeal
  9. S02E09The Guilt of Molly Kane
  10. S02E10The Unwanted
  11. S02E11Disaster Call
  12. S02E12To Spend, To Give, To Want
  13. S02E13The Witch of the East Wing
  14. S02E14Rally Round, My Comrades
  15. S02E15The Seeing Heart
  16. S02E16Credo
  17. S02E17The Rainbow Ride
  18. S02E18The Intern Syndrome
  19. S02E19Is There Room for Edward?
  20. S02E20The Roamer
  21. S02E21Nurse Is A Feminine NounNurse Is A Feminine Noun is an episode of TV program The Nurses.
  22. S02E22The Imperfect Prodigy
  23. S02E23For the Mice and the Rabbits
  24. S02E24Climb A Broken Ladder
  25. S02E25The Forever Child
  26. S02E26A Kind of Loving
  27. S02E27The Leopard Killer
  28. S02E28The Gizmo on the EEG
  29. S02E29The Human Transaction
  30. S02E30To All My Friends on Shore
  31. S02E31White On White
  32. S02E32A Postcard from Yucatan
  33. S02E33The Bystanders
  34. S02E34Where Park Runs Into Freeland
  35. S02E35The Warrior
  36. S02E36The Love of a Smart Operator

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0330Episodes1965AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Once Bitten
  2. S03E02The Suspect - Part 1
  3. S03E03The Suspect - Part 2
  4. S03E04Respect for One Another
  5. S03E05No Shadow Where There Is No Sun
  6. S03E06Hildie
  7. S03E07The Outpost
  8. S03E08The Family Resemblance
  9. S03E09Time for You and Time for Me
  10. S03E10So Some Girls Play the Cello
  11. S03E11Rites of Spring
  12. S03E12Next Stop, Valhalla
  13. S03E13The Skill in These Hands
  14. S03E14A Messenger to Everyone
  15. S03E15Last Rites for a Rag Doll
  16. S03E16The Patient Nurse
  17. S03E17A Couple of Dozen Tiny Pills
  18. S03E18A Question of Murder
  19. S03E19Night of the Witch
  20. S03E20Sixteen Hours to Chicago
  21. S03E21Act of Violence - Part 1
  22. S03E22A Dangerous Silence
  23. S03E23Where There's Smoke
  24. S03E24The Politicians
  25. S03E25The April Thaw of Doctor Mai
  26. S03E26Threshold
  27. S03E27A39846April 20, 1965Jean Pierre Aumont plays Dr. DiCarlo, a European pathologist now stationed at Alden General Hospital, who shows more than general interest i
  28. S03E28The Witnesses
  29. S03E29The Heroine
  30. S03E30An Unweeded GardenMay 11, 1965

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