The Nurses 1962
What is The Nurses?
The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama that initially aired on CBS. The series premiered in 1962 and initially retained its original title.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1962
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 97
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Sep 27, 1962
- Networks
- CBS
- Genres
- Drama
- Updated
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The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama that initially aired on CBS. The series premiered in 1962 and initially retained its original title. It aired on CBS until 1965. During its run on CBS, the series underwent a title change, expanding to The Doctors and the Nurses for the second season. The Nurses was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera in 1965. The soap opera version of The Nurses then aired on ABC from 1965 to 1967. The series was a serialized primetime medical drama, and its transformation into a soap opera marked a change in format.
Should you watch it?
“Explore the serialized primetime medical drama that originally aired on CBS.”
- follows a medical drama format
- serialized primetime episodes
- title changed during its run
- format later shifted to a daytime soap opera
Watch it if you are interested in classic primetime medical dramas from the 1960s.
The tone reflects a historical primetime medical drama from the early 1960s.
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Episode guide
Season 1 · 32 episodes
- E1 Night Shift Sep 27, 1962
- E2 The Walls Came Tumbling Down Oct 4, 1962
- E3 Fly, Shadow Oct 11, 1962
- E4 The Barbara Bowers Story Oct 18, 1962
- E5 Doctor Lillian Oct 25, 1962
- E6 A Private Room Nov 1, 1962
- E7 The Prisoner Nov 8, 1962
- E8 A Strange and Distant Place Nov 15, 1962
- E9 Two Black Candles Nov 22, 1962
- E10 Lady Made of Stone Nov 29, 1962
- E11 Frieda Dec 6, 1962
- E12 The Soft Touch Dec 13, 1962
- E13 Image of Angela Dec 27, 1962
- E14 A Difference of Years Jan 3, 1963
- E15 Root of Violence Jan 10, 1963
- E16 Many A Sullivan Jan 17, 1963
- E17 Night Sounds Jan 24, 1963
- E18 The Third Generation
- E19 The Life
- E20 Circle of Choice
- E21 The Perfect Nurse
- E22 The Thunder of Ernie Bass
- E23 The Saturday Evening of Time
- E24 A Question of Mercy
- E25 Party Girl
- E26 A Dark World
- E27 You Could Die Laughing
- E28 Choice Among Wrongs
- E29 Express Stop from Lennox Avenue
- E30 Bitter Pill
- E31 Field of Battle
- E32 They Are As Lions
Season 2 · 36 episodes
- E1 No Score Sep 26, 1963
- E2 Show Just Cause Why You Should Weep Oct 3, 1963
- E3 Escape Route Oct 10, 1963
- E4 The Gift Oct 17, 1963
- E5 Strike Oct 24, 1963
- E6 The Horn of Plenty
- E7 The Helping Hand
- E8 Ordeal
- E9 The Guilt of Molly Kane
- E10 The Unwanted
- E11 Disaster Call
- E12 To Spend, To Give, To Want
- E13 The Witch of the East Wing
- E14 Rally Round, My Comrades
- E15 The Seeing Heart
- E16 Credo
- E17 The Rainbow Ride
- E18 The Intern Syndrome
- E19 Is There Room for Edward?
- E20 The Roamer
- E21 Nurse Is A Feminine Noun
- E22 The Imperfect Prodigy
- E23 For the Mice and the Rabbits
- E24 Climb A Broken Ladder
- E25 The Forever Child
- E26 A Kind of Loving
- E27 The Leopard Killer
- E28 The Gizmo on the EEG
- E29 The Human Transaction
- E30 To All My Friends on Shore
- E31 White On White
- E32 A Postcard from Yucatan
- E33 The Bystanders
- E34 Where Park Runs Into Freeland
- E35 The Warrior
- E36 The Love of a Smart Operator
Season 3 · 30 episodes
- E1 Once Bitten
- E2 The Suspect - Part 1
- E3 The Suspect - Part 2
- E4 Respect for One Another
- E5 No Shadow Where There Is No Sun
- E6 Hildie
- E7 The Outpost
- E8 The Family Resemblance
- E9 Time for You and Time for Me
- E10 So Some Girls Play the Cello
- E11 Rites of Spring
- E12 Next Stop, Valhalla
- E13 The Skill in These Hands
- E14 A Messenger to Everyone
- E15 Last Rites for a Rag Doll
- E16 The Patient Nurse
- E17 A Couple of Dozen Tiny Pills
- E18 A Question of Murder
- E19 Night of the Witch
- E20 Sixteen Hours to Chicago
- E21 Act of Violence - Part 1
- E22 A Dangerous Silence
- E23 Where There's Smoke
- E24 The Politicians
- E25 The April Thaw of Doctor Mai
- E26 Threshold
- E27 A39846 Apr 20, 1965
- E28 The Witnesses
- E29 The Heroine
- E30 An Unweeded Garden May 11, 1965
Frequently asked questions
When did The Nurses first air?
The series premiered on CBS on September 27, 1962.
When did the CBS run end?
The CBS run ended on May 11, 1965.
Was the title of the show ever changed?
Yes, for the third and final season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses.
Did the show ever become a daytime soap opera?
Yes, it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera that ran on ABC from 1965 to 1967.
What network originally broadcast the series?
The series originally aired on CBS.