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Yes, thanks for this! Looking online, it's from the September 7, 1968 issue of TV guide. It's accompanied by a photo of Laryssa Lauret and her kids. I wish they would have ran it without her wearing that silly black wig; or included a picture of her as a blonde; I would have loved to have seen her natural hair! Reading it, the article seems more inspired by the Cold War than whatever popularity she had on The Doctors. 

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Thanks @DRW50 Seems like everyone else could see the problems with The Doctors except those who could actually do something about it.

At that time Katherine on Y&R and Phoebe on AMC were very popular characters with younger viewers  and Meg Mundy was a powerhouse so of course put her on the chopping block...

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I think The Doctors could have survived if NBC had left it in its 2:00 timeslot.  I dont know what Fred Silverman was thinking in making AW an hour and a half a day, once that did not work, creating Texas and making that show an hour instead of a half hour.  I saw the 1980 episodes and they are way better than what is being written on soaps today.  

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One of the programmers who worked for him, without giving his or her name, said that they did the 90 minute show because they couldn't think of anything better to try. Meaning they were just itching to change it somehow & how wasn't important only that they did so was. 

I am not now watching The Doctors. I watched it live first run through but in discussion with some fans I was surprised that RetroTV is removing the copyright credit lines from some episodes. Does anyone know why they're doing that? 

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Actor Mark Goddard, who played Lt. Paul Reed on The Doctors during its final year, has passed away.

Here is a short obituary.   (Hopefully, a better one will become available):

Mark Goddard, who played Major Don West, the hot-tempered pilot of the Jupiter 2, on the 1960s CBS adventure series Lost on Space, has died. He was 87. 

Goddard died Tuesday in Hingham, Massachusetts, his wife Evelyn Pezzulich told The Hollywood Reporter

Goddard had worked as a regular on the Four Star Television series Johnny Ringo and The Detectives when he was approached by his agent about coming aboard the new Lost on Space, created and produced by Irwin Allen.

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Saturday 1980 episode airdates and links for October 2023

Saturday 2-4pm RetroTV airdates and commercial free links for this month (links shared from the It's Real Good TV phone app)

The airdates on the website from Feb 12-July 20,1980 (July 19 & 20,1980 were actually on a Saturday & Sunday) are about 2-4 days ahead,so please disregard the Watch The Doctors social media posts promoting the dates,they are wrong.
When the 1980 episodes were first posted on July 11,most of the airdates were correct.
The July 21-Sept 29,1980 airdates look to be correct.
October 7,2023
Feb 28,1980 (listed on the website as March 3,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5IjN

Feb 29,1980 (listed on the website as March 4,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5IzN

March 3,1980 (listed on the website as March 5,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cDN

March 4,1980 (listed on the website as March 6,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cTN

October 14,2023
March 5,1980 (Listed on the website as March 7,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cjN

March 6,1980 (Listed on the website as March 10,1980)
First appearance of Larry Riley as Calvin Barnes
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5czN

March 7,1980 (Listed on the website as March 11,1980)
First appearance of Tom Urich as Jim Nelson
https://player.lightcast.com/1cDN0ETO

March 10,1980 (Listed on the website as March 12,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cDO

October 21,2023
March 11,1980 (Listed on the website as March 13,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5cTO

March 12,1980 (Listed on the website as March 14,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN1kzN

March 13,1980 (Listed on the website as March 17,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gTM

March 14,1980 (Listed on the website as March 18,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UjN5gjM

October 28,1980
March 17,1980 (Listed on the website as March 19,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQTM

March 18,1980 (Listed on the website as March 20,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQjM
Final appearance of Jennifer Houlton as Greta Powers.

March 19,1980 (Listed on the website as March 21,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQzM

March 20,1980 (Listed on the website as March 24,1980)
https://player.lightcast.com/1UzNyQDN

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