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{{short description|American mystery medical crime drama television series (1993–2001)}}
[[Image:DiagMurder.jpg|frame|right|The cast, circa [[1994]]: [[Victoria Rowell]], [[Michael Tucci]], [[Barry Van Dyke]], [[Scott Baio]], and [[Delores Hall]], with [[Dick Van Dyke]] in the center]]
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{{Infobox television
| image = Diagnosis murder title card original.png
| caption = Title screen used in seasons 1 and 2
| genre = {{Plainlist|
* [[Crime fiction|Crime]]
* [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]]
* [[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]
}}
| creator = [[Joyce Burditt]]
| starring = {{Plain list|
*[[Dick Van Dyke]]
*[[Scott Baio]]
*[[Victoria Rowell]]
*[[Barry Van Dyke]]
*[[Michael Tucci]]
*[[Delores Hall]]
*[[Charlie Schlatter]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = {{Plain list|
*[[Dick DeBenedictis|Richard "Dick" DeBenedictis]]
*[[Joel Goldsmith]] (Season 6)
}}
| language = English
| country = United States
| num_seasons = 8
| num_episodes = 178 (+ pilot and 5 TV movies)
| list_episodes = List of Diagnosis: Murder episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plain list|
*[[Fred Silverman]]
*[[Dean Hargrove]]
*[[Dick Van Dyke]]
*[[Lee Goldberg]]
*[[Chris Abbott]]
*[[William Rabkin]]
*Michael Gleason
*Tom Chehak
*Gerald Sanoff
*Joel Steiger
}}
| location = [[Denver]]<br />[[Los Angeles]]
| camera =
| runtime = 45 minutes
| company = {{Plain list|
*[[Dean Hargrove Productions]]
*[[The Fred Silverman Company]]
*[[Viacom Productions]]
}}
| network = [[CBS]]
| first_aired = {{start date|1993|10|29}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2001|5|11}}
}}


'''''Diagnosis: Murder''''' was a one-hour [[mystery]] [[television series]] that ran from [[1993]] to [[2001]]. An initial [[TV movie]] was produced in [[1992]]. Both starred [[Dick Van Dyke]] as Dr. Mark Sloan, a [[physician]] who occasionally worked for the local [[police department]] as a consultant. Van Dyke's real-life son [[Barry Van Dyke]] played Detective Steve Sloan, Dr. Sloan's son. 178 episodes aired in the show's eight seasons on the [[CBS]] network.
'''''Diagnosis: Murder''''' is an American [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] [[medical drama|medical]] [[crime drama]] television series starring [[Dick Van Dyke]] as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son Steve, a homicide detective played by Van Dyke's real-life son [[Barry Van Dyke|Barry]]. The series began as a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of ''[[Jake and the Fatman]]'' (Dr. Mark Sloan made his first appearance in the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of the show, "It Never Entered My Mind"), became a series of three [[television film]]s, and then a weekly television series that premiered on [[CBS]] on October 29, 1993. [[Joyce Burditt]], who created the show, wrote the ''Jake and the Fatman'' episode.


The series struggled at first and was almost cancelled at the end of the second season, but it returned as a [[Mid-season replacement|midseason replacement]] in the third season, and was regularly renewed thereafter. During the show's eight seasons, [[List of Diagnosis: Murder episodes|178 episodes]] were produced and aired on the CBS network in the United States, and two more TV movies aired after the series' final episode aired on May 11, 2001. The show is currently distributed by [[CBS Television Distribution]].
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In the ''[[Jake and the Fatman]]'' episode, Dr. Mark Sloan was a widower with no sons. Dr. Amanda Bentley is played by [[Cynthia Gibb]] in the TV movies and, finally, by [[Victoria Rowell]] in the TV series. [[Stephen Caffrey (actor)|Stephen Caffrey]] played Dr. Jack Parker in the movies, a role that went to [[Scott Baio]] as Dr. Jack Stewart in the weekly series (first two seasons).
[[Category:Crime television series]]

The first two TV movies were shot in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], and the third was shot in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. The first eight episodes of the series were also shot (and set) in Denver, before quickly (and without explanation) shifting to Los Angeles for the remainder of the show's run. Since 1997, reruns of the show have been shown in syndication and on [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]] (formerly ABC Family and originally CBN Satellite Service), [[Ion Television]] (formerly PAX-TV), [[Hallmark Channel]], [[10 Bold]], [[CBS Justice|CBS Action]] and [[MeTV]]. In the UK it is currently being shown on [[Great! TV]].

==Plot==
The plot centered around [[Dr. Mark Sloan (Diagnosis: Murder)|Dr. Mark Sloan]] ([[Dick Van Dyke]]), a former United States Army doctor who served in a [[Mobile Army Surgical Hospital|MASH]] unit. After his service ended, Dr. Sloan became a renowned [[physician]] and began consulting with the local [[police]], and found himself unable to resist a good mystery or a friend in need. Cases often involved his son, [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Detective Steve Sloan]] ([[Barry Van Dyke]]), and [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Norman Briggs]] ([[Michael Tucci]] in seasons 1–4), a hospital administrator and a close friend of his. Also assisting Dr. Sloan are his colleagues, [[medical examiner]]/[[pathology]] [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Dr. Amanda Bentley]] ([[Victoria Rowell]]) and Dr. Jack Stewart ([[Scott Baio]] in the first two seasons), who is later replaced by a new resident, [[Dr. Jesse Travis]] ([[Charlie Schlatter]] from season 3 onward).<ref>{{cite web|author=Howard Rosenberg |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-10-29-ca-50847-story.html |title=TV REVIEW : 'Diagnosis Murder' Is DOA |work= Los Angeles Times |date=October 29, 1993 |access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>

==Episodes==
{{Main|List of Diagnosis: Murder episodes}}
''Diagnosis: Murder'' had a total of eight seasons and 178 episodes which were broadcast on CBS between 1993 and 2001.
{{:List of Diagnosis: Murder episodes}}

==Cast==
{{Overly detailed|section|date=December 2018}}

===Main===
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! rowspan="2" | Character
!! rowspan="2" | Played by
!! rowspan="2" | Occupation
!! colspan="10" | Seasons
|-
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)#TV films (1992–1993)|Movies (1992–93)]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 1|1]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 2|2]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 3|3]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 4|4]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 5|5]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 6|6]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 7|7]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder season 8|8]]
! width="5%" | [[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)#TV films (2002)|Movies (2002)]]
|-
| [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters#Mark Sloan|Mark Sloan]] || [[Dick Van Dyke]] || Doctor || colspan="10" {{CMain}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Amanda Bentley]] || [[Cynthia Gibb]] || rowspan="2" | Doctor || colspan="1" {{CMain}} || colspan="9" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[Victoria Rowell]] || colspan="1" {{CNone}} || colspan="9" {{CMain}}
|-
| [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Jack Parker]] || [[Stephen Caffrey (actor)|Stephen Caffrey]] || Doctor || colspan="1" {{CMain}} || colspan="9" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters#Steve Sloan|Steve Sloan]] || [[Barry Van Dyke]] || Police detective/lieutenant || colspan="10" {{CMain}}
|-
| [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Jack Stewart]] || [[Scott Baio]] || Doctor || colspan="1" {{CNone}} || colspan="2" {{CMain}} || colspan="7" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[Norman Briggs]] || [[Michael Tucci]] || Administrator || colspan="1" {{CNone}} || colspan="4" {{CMain}} || colspan="5" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[Delores Mitchell]] || [[Delores Hall]] || Secretary || colspan="1" {{CNone}} || colspan="2" {{CMain}} || colspan="7" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Jesse Travis]] || [[Charlie Schlatter]] || Doctor || colspan="3" {{CNone}} || colspan="7" {{CMain}}
|}

[[File:DiagMurder.jpg|thumb|alt=Cast of Diagnosis: Murder between 1993 and 1995|The cast, 1993–1995: Victoria Rowell, Michael Tucci, Barry Van Dyke, Scott Baio, and Delores Hall, with Dick Van Dyke in the center]]

*[[Dr. Mark Sloan (Diagnosis: Murder)|Dr. Mark Sloan]] (played by [[Dick Van Dyke]]), Former army doctor and Chief of Internal Medicine at [[Community General Hospital]], and [[protagonist]] of the series. Son of a [[police officer]] and father of another, in whose cases he often gets involved. He is a medical consultant to the LAPD. Dick Van Dyke was considered for the lead role after the positive reviews he received from his dramatic role in the 1990 movie ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]''{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} (although the character he played in the movie was [[villain]] and very different from the role of Mark Sloan). In the pilot, the character had interests in [[tap dance]] and clarinet playing; however, these were considered distracting and were toned down and eventually removed from the character as the series developed.
*[[Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan]] (played by [[Barry Van Dyke]]), a [[detective]] [[sergeant]] (later [[lieutenant]] from season 2 onward) in the Robbery/Homicide Division of the [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] and Dr. Mark Sloan's son. After an [[earthquake]] destroyed his apartment, he lived in a separate apartment in his father's beach house in [[Malibu, California]]. Steve often uses his "patented" dive to apprehend criminals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-05-tv-448-story.html |title=WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Diagnosis: Here's a part that came very naturally to actor Barry Van Dyke – Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=June 5, 1994 |access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>
*[[Dr. Amanda Bentley]] (played by [[Cynthia Gibb]] in the TV movies set before the series), later Bentley-Livingston (played there by [[Victoria Rowell]]), resident [[Pathology]] at Community General Hospital and assistant County [[Medical Examiner]], who is also Dr. Mark Sloan's [[double act]] and medical partner, involving in each of Mark's & Steve's cases, after the accident. As a favorable character of the show, she also dated Jack and was later Jesse's best friend. During the series, she married a [[military]] man named Colin Livingston, and they had one son named C.J. She named her only biological child Colin Jesse Livingston after his father and [[Dr. Jesse Travis]], who delivered the baby alone in the back of his beloved [[VW convertible]], with Mark assisting over cell phone. Her husband was overseas at the time and unfortunately unreachable. Depending on the episode, she later divorced her husband or he was killed in an [[airplane]] crash. Later in the series, she [[adopt]]ed another boy, Deon.
* [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Dr. Jack Stewart]] (played by [[Stephen Caffrey (actor)|Stephen Caffrey]] in the TV movies, [[Scott Baio]] in the series from 1993 to 1995, seasons 1–2), a doctor at Community General Hospital and Steve's best friend, whom he often helped in his cases. He left to open his own [[family medicine]] in [[Colorado]]. Jack Stewart does reappear in a couple of Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder books, "The Silent Partner" and "The Last Word". In the first three TV Movies his name was Jack Parker.
*[[Dr. Jesse Travis]] (played by [[Charlie Schlatter]], 1995–2001, seasons 3–8), a [[Residency (medicine)|residency]] and handsome student at Community General Hospital who Mark took under his wing and who became best friends with Amanda. He later went into business with Steve as partners in a barbecue restaurant. Another favorable/[[list of breakout characters]] of the series, he often got involved in Mark and Steve's cases, with good intentions but not always good results. In the crossover double episode "Murder Two", he himself became the prime suspect of a rival doctor's killing, hence he badgered Mark to call his old friend [[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Ben Matlock]] (played by Dick's real-life best friend [[Andy Griffith]]) for help. The hospital staff thought he wrote the tell-all book "Big City Hospital" as Dr. Anonymous but later found out it was written by someone else. Jason Tucker was a character in the book who sounded exactly like Jesse, which is why the hospital staff thought it was him.
*[[Norman Briggs]] (played by [[Michael Tucci]], 1993–1997, seasons 1–4), [[business administration]] at Community General Hospital and a close friend of Dr. Mark Sloan, even though he is often exasperated by him.
* [[List of Diagnosis: Murder characters|Delores Mitchell]] (played by [[Delores Hall]], 1993–1995, seasons 1–2), Dr. Sloan's lively [[secretary]].

===Notable guest stars===
One unique aspect of the series was that it frequently appropriated characters from various classic television series, or featured veteran actors playing characters inspired by or similar to their classic roles.
* [[Rob Petrie]] (played by Van Dyke himself in ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'') features in a cameo in the episode "Obsession, Part 2" where Dr. Sloan is in a radio station, and walks past a studio where (through use of [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]), Rob is trying his hand at radio [[Disc jockey]]. The footage of Rob as a DJ is taken from the ''Dick Van Dyke Show'' episode "One Hundred Terrible Hours". This scene moves ''Diagnosis: Murder'' into the realm of fantasy as Petrie is shown in black and white (with Sloan visible in a color insert behind him), after which Sloan breaks the [[fourth wall]] and looks at the audience before the story continues.
* [[Mike Connors]] reprised his titular character of ''[[Mannix]]'' in the season 4 episode "Hard-Boiled Murder." The episode's story was a sequel to the ''Mannix'' episode "Little Girl Lost."
* [[Andy Griffith]] reprised his titular role of Ben Matlock from [[Dean Hargrove]]'s ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'' series in Season 4 two-parter "Murder Two" (1997). In a sense, this brought ''Diagnosis: Murder'' full circle, as its parent series, ''Jake and the Fatman'', was inspired by a Season 1 episode of ''Matlock'' in 1986.
* [[Barbara Bain]] reprised her role of Cinnamon Carter of ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' in season 5 episode "Discards."
* [[Peter Graves (actor)|Peter Graves]], who starred alongside Barbara Bain on ''Mission: Impossible'' as Jim Phelps did not return as his character, but did make a very brief cameo in "Must Kill TV" and the same scene is seen in part 1 of the Series 6 episode ''Trash TV'' Part 1 as "Dr. Sloane" [sic] in a ''Mission: Impossible''-style illusion of his first TV pilot of "Doctor Danger," later replaced during the show.
* [[Robert Culp]] also guest starred in the episode "Discards" as Dane Travis, a retired [[espionage]], tennis [[professional]], and Dr. Travis' father. The character was similar to his Kelly Robinson character from ''[[I Spy (1965 TV series)|I Spy]]'', though Travis was said to have worked with the [[Mission: Impossible|Impossible Missions Force]] (also seen on ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'').
* "Discards" also featured appearances by former TV spies [[Patrick Macnee]] (''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]''), [[Robert Vaughn]] (''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'') and [[Phil Morris (actor)|Phil Morris]] (the 1988 version of ''[[Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''), though they did not play their original characters.
* [[Jack Klugman]] also guest starred in season 4 episode "Physician, Murder Thyself," as a character very similar to his famous role on ''[[Quincy, M.E.]]''. He guest-starred again, in season 6 episode "Voices Carry" as police detective Harry Trumble, the former fiance of Dr. Mark Sloan's late wife. Trumble reappeared in Lee Goldberg's ''Diagnosis Murder'' novel "The Past Tense."
* [[George Takei]], [[Walter Koenig]], [[Majel Barrett]], [[Wil Wheaton]], and [[Grace Lee Whitney]] (all from ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' or ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''), as well as [[Bill Mumy]] (from ''[[Lost in Space]]''), were guest stars in [[Diagnosis: Murder season 6|"Alienated!"]] one sixth season episode, which involved an apparent [[extraterrestrial life]] [[alien abduction]] and coverup.
* The episode "Drill for Death" included appearances by several actors associated with the ''[[M*A*S*H]]'' franchise: [[Elliott Gould]] and [[Sally Kellerman]] from the original [[MASH (film)|movie]]; [[Jamie Farr]], [[Loretta Swit]] and [[William Christopher]] from the [[M*A*S*H (TV series)|television series]]; and [[Christopher Norris (actress)|Christopher Norris]] from the sequel series ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''.
* [[Randolph Mantooth]] and [[Robert Fuller (actor)|Robert Fuller]], who worked together on NBC's ''[[Emergency!]]'' appeared together in a 1997 episode about the [[Malibu, California]] brushfires.
* The episode "Must Kill TV" features a number of small cameos by television personalities such as [[Erik Estrada]] and [[Joyce Brothers|Dr. Joyce Brothers]] playing themselves and a larger one from [[Stephen J. Cannell]] as an over-the-top producer of action TV. The role is reprised in the two-parter "Trash TV."
* The episode "Food Fight" (1998) features [[Erin Moran]], [[Pat Morita]], [[Don Most]], [[David Lander]], [[Leslie Easterbrook]] and [[Conrad Janis]]. All of these actors starred alongside [[Scott Baio]] in ''[[Happy Days]]'' or its spin-offs, ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'', ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]'' and ''[[Mork & Mindy]]''.
* The episode "Promises to Keep" (1998) features characters introduced in the ''[[Promised Land (1996 TV series)|Promised Land]]'' (a spin-off of ''[[Touched by an Angel]]'') episode "Total Security" (1998) crossover into the show.
* A somewhat special case is the appearance of [[Jennifer Ringley]] (the internet's first web-based lifecaster with her pioneering [[Jennifer Ringley|JenniCam]] website from 1996 to 2003) in the 1998's episode ''"[[Diagnosis: Murder season 6|Rear Windows '98]]"'', where she played a fictionalized version of herself (with a website called ''"Joannecam"'') who is killed in the first minute.

Over the run of the show, various episodes guest starred at least eight different members of the Van Dyke family:
* [[Dick Van Dyke]] and son [[Barry Van Dyke]] in the lead roles.
* Dick's brother, [[Jerry Van Dyke]].
* One of Dick's daughters, [[Stacy Van Dyke]].
* Barry's children: Carey Van Dyke, [[Shane Van Dyke]], Wes Van Dyke and Taryn Van Dyke.

===Smaller recurring roles===
* [[Joanna Cassidy]] (Season 7) plays Madison Wesley, a doctor friend of Mark Sloan, and Dean of [[Community General Hospital|Community General]]'s Medical School. She is in 8 episodes.
* Kim Little (Seasons 5 and 6) plays Susan Hillard, Jesse's longtime girlfriend, for 10 episodes. In the season 7 episode "Bringing Up Barbie" It is mentioned that she left Jesse to go to Oregon with a male Chiropractor. But in the Diagnosis Murder books which take place after Season 6, she appears in almost every book and Jesse and Susan get married in the book "The Dead Letter".
* [[Susan Gibney]] (Seasons 5–7) plays Detective Tanis Archer, Steve's partner in 4 episodes. Susan Gibney was also in three other episodes as two different characters.
* Charmin Lee (Seasons 7–8) is Steve's second partner Detective Cheryl Brooks, who is in 11 episodes between seasons 7 and 8.
* [[Martin Kove]] (Seasons 6–7) is Captain Newman, for 3 episodes.
* [[Shane Van Dyke]] (Seasons 4–8) is Alex Smith, a third year [[medical school]], who appears in 14 episodes during seasons 7 and 8. He is also seen as a boxing student in ''Never Say Die'' and an actor in ''Frontier Dad''. (Both these episodes star the rest of Barry Van Dyke's children also.)
* Carey Van Dyke (Seasons 4–8) plays various characters: Mr. Kelso, Terry Marshall, Kyle Lewis, Brendan Kelly, Carl Simpson, and Craig Wilson. In the TV movie "A Town without Pity" he plays a character named "Billy".
* Kevin McNally II (Seasons 3–8) as the ubiquitous [[Emergency medical technician|Emergency Medical Technician]] in 19 episodes.
* [[Tim Conway]] plays Tim Conrad, an old friend of Mark's and a comedian, in 2 episodes. Conway and Van Dyke had previously worked together on ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]''.
* [[Harry Lennix]] (Seasons 5–6) plays FBI Agent Ron Wagner and Amanda's love interest in 6 episodes.
* [[Fred Dryer]] (Season 5) plays Police Chief Masters in 3 episodes.
* [[Nancy Youngblut]] (seasons 4–5) plays Nurse Nancy Rush in 2 episodes.
* [[Mariette Hartley]] (1st and 2nd TV movies only) plays Kate Hamilton the Administrator at Community General Hospital.
* [[Vernee Watson-Johnson]] (1st and 2nd TV movies only) plays Esther Wiggins Dr. Mark Sloan's secretary.
* [[Kimberly Quinn (actress)|Kimberly Quinn]] (episode "Dance of Danger" and the TV movie "Without Warning") plays Ellen Sharp, a tabloid news reporter in whom Steve Sloan is interested. Steve proposes to her in the TV movie "Without Warning" and she says yes.
* [[Robert Bailey Jr.]] (Season 7) plays Colin Jesse, or C.J. for short, Amanda Bentley's son. He was born in season three of the show and is played by Robert Bailey Jr. in three of the episodes he appeared in. C.J. appeared in a few more episodes before Season 7 as a different child actor.
* [[Aaron Meeks]] (Season 7) plays Deon a boy who Dr. Amanda Bentley adopts. He appears in 3 episodes.

==Locations and administrators ==

===Denver, Colorado location ===
The first season’s filming commenced in July 1993 in Denver, Colorado. Much of the cast as well as the production company personnel from Viacom stayed in the (then) Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown, located at 19th Street between Curtis and Arapahoe. Among the reasons that production of ''Diagnosis: Murder'' was located in Denver was because the same production people had already been working there since about 1990 filming the new ''Perry Mason'' made for TV movies.

At that same time, [[Raymond Burr]] and his associates were busily filming their episodes for ''Perry Mason''. In and around the Embassy Suites Hotel at that time, it was not unusual to see several semi-trailers parked street-side in support of the production at various office or exterior locations in and around downtown Denver.

Both series were produced by the Hargrove, Silverman team with Viacom. Therefore, the business decision to combine both productions at the same location was evident. While the ''Perry Mason'' series was often filmed in a special courtroom constructed for the production within The Denver City and County Building, ''Diagnosis: Murder'' was temporarily set at the then recently closed St. Luke’s Hospital on 19th Street just east of downtown.

When Raymond Burr became terminally ill later that summer, he no longer was seen at the hotel after having filmed his last episode, ''The Case of the Killer Kiss.'' (1993) In fact, upon his demise, [[Paul Sorvino]] was seen entering the hotel building to begin filming what was to be the last ''Perry Mason'' episode ever filmed in Denver, – ''A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives'' (1993). Upon completion of that filming, Viacom and the entire production company left Denver in late September, early October 1993, including that of ''Diagnosis: Murder''. Thus, only the ''Diagnosis: Murder'' episodes filmed from mid-July through September 1993 were shot in Denver, after which production shifted permanently to Los Angeles.

===Community General Hospital===
Community General Hospital is the main set for the show. It is six to seven floors depending on the episode. It holds about 400 beds, with three trauma rooms, two psych wards, and one Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Mark Sloan is Chief of Internal Medicine. The [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts]] in [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles]], was used as the exterior of Community General Hospital in the final three seasons of the show.

'''List of Administrators at Community General Hospital'''
# '''Russell Havilland''' (was The Administrator at Clairemont Hospital in the Pilot of ''Diagnosis: Murder'', "It Never Entered My Mind". He was murdered and Dr. Mark Sloan was framed for his murder.)
# '''Kate Hamilton''' (was The Administrator at Community General Hospital in The 1st and 2nd ''Diagnosis: Murder'' TV Movies. It was said in the ''Diagnosis: Murder'' book "The Shooting Script" that Kate Hamilton decided to sell her home and use the proceeds to open a nonprofit food bank in the inner city.)
# '''Norman Briggs''' (was The Administrator of Community General Hospital for the first 4 seasons of ''Diagnosis: Murder''. According to the book "The Shooting Script" it sounds like Norman was fired by the new owners Healthcorp International.)
# '''Harold Lomax''' (he appeared in a few episodes like "Do No Harm" and "Today is The Last Day of the Rest of My Life". In the book "The Shooting Script" When Community General Hospital was sold to Healthcorp International they brought in General Harold Lomax who'd spent ten years running battlefield medical operations for the U.S. Marine Corps. Harold Lomax later resigned with an Extreme case of Irritable Bowel syndrome and left behind a hospital literally in ruins, decimated by a serial bomber "Catlin Sweeney" who was stalking Mark for putting her brother "Carter Sweeney" in prison.)
# '''Noah Dent''' (he appeared in the books "The Shooting Script" and "The Last Word". He ended up being hired by the new owners of the hospital "Hollywood International" and had a personal vendetta against Mark Sloan for Catching "Tanya" who murdered a rapist who raped her and killed a homeless War Veteran who saw her kill him. He ended up firing Mark, Amanda, and Jesse's girlfriend Susan. Jesse ended up finding out and blackmailed him into giving everyone back their jobs. He ended up leaving Community General Hospital.)
# '''Janet Dorcott''' (she appeared in the book "The Last Word". She ended up firing Jesse and Susan Travis, after being framed for murder and Amanda Bentley was also fired for selling body parts from dead bodies and fired Mark because she blamed him for all the scandal around Community General Hospital.)

===BBQ Bob's===
BBQ Bob's is a restaurant that Jesse Travis and Steve Sloan co-own starting in the sixth season. Mark Sloan is also a silent partner. It is located in a small strip mall very close to Community General Hospital. Other stores around it include a jewelry store, travel agency and a bank. It is often frequented by the hospital staff as an alternative to the hospital cafeteria. All staff members get discounts. The exterior of BBQ Bob's was based on a storefront at the Whizin's Center in Agoura, California, where exterior scenes of BBQ Bob's were occasionally filmed.

===Mark's house===
In the first two seasons of the show Mark Sloan lived in a house in Denver, Colorado. No explanation is given when the show shifts to California for all the remaining episodes.

===The Sloans' beach house===
Starting in the third season, Mark and Steve Sloan live in a beach house at 3231 Beach Drive, Malibu, with Steve in the basement. The basement was often redressed to act as other sets. The actual house is on Broad Beach Road in Malibu, California. The house was later used as a filming location for the [[Disney Channel]] show ''[[Hannah Montana (TV series)|Hannah Montana]]''.

==Pilot and TV movies==

=== Pilot ===
The pilot episode was called "It Never Entered My Mind" from ''Jake and the Fatman.'' Mark Sloan was a widower with no sons. The hospital is called '''Clairemont Hospital''' instead of Community General Hospital, and there is no Jack or Amanda. His friends who helped him clear his name are
# '''Richard''' ([[Steven Eckholdt]])
# '''Josie''' ([[Ally Walker]])
# '''Thad''' ([[Kristoff St. John]])

===TV movies===
{{Main|Diagnosis: Murder (film series)}}
''Diagnosis: Murder'' had five [[TV movie]]s between 1992 and 2002, three of which aired prior to the TV series.
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)|Diagnosis of Murder]]'', the first TV movie was filmed in July 1991 and aired before the regular series, January 5, 1992, on [[CBS]].
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)|The House on Sycamore Street]]'', the second TV movie, aired before the regular series, May 1, 1992, on [[CBS]].
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)|A Twist of the Knife]]'', the third TV movie, aired before the regular series, February 13, 1993, on [[CBS]].
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)|A Town Without Pity]]'', the fourth TV movie, aired after the end of the regular series, February 6, 2002, on [[CBS]].
*''[[Diagnosis: Murder (film series)|Without Warning]]'', the fifth and final TV movie, aired after the end of the regular series, April 26, 2002, on [[CBS]].

==Backdoor pilots==
Fred Silverman insisted that every season the series devote one episode as a [[television pilot]]. The following are known backdoor pilots.

===Season One===
# '''Sister Michael Wants You''' – [[Delta Burke]] starred as Sister Michael, a crime solving [[nun]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937–2012|date=2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786474455|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iHsjAwAAQBAJ&q=Sister+Michael+Wants+You&pg=PA271|access-date=February 21, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

===Season Two===
# '''How to Murder Your Lawyer''' – [[Mitchell Whitfield]] and [[Leah Remini]] starred as crime solving lawyers Arnold Baskin and Agnes Benedetto.
# '''Georgia on My Mind''' – A possible backdoor pilot{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} about a female private investigator, Georgia ([[Daphne Ashbrook]]).

===Season Four===
# '''An Explosive Murder''' – Starred [[Tracey Gold]] as undercover officer Amy Dawson.

===Season Five===
# '''A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste''' – An unsold backdoor pilot for an untitled series. [[Rachel York]] played Randy Wolfe who's apparently an expert at everything.
# '''Retribution Parts One and Two''' – "Retribution" was a backdoor pilot for a spinoff called ''The Chief'' that would have starred [[Fred Dryer]] as Police Chief Masters.

===Season Six===
# '''[[Diagnosis: Murder season 6|Blood Ties]]''' – Starred two vice unit detectives, Detective Amy Devlin ([[Kathy Evison]]) and Detective Taylor Lucas ([[Zoe McLellan]]). It was a backdoor pilot for a TV series that would have been named ''Whistlers''.

==International==
* Australia: [[10 Bold]]
*Canada: [[CTV Television Network]] and [[BOOK television]]
* Czech republic: [[Prima televize]]
* Estonia: [[TV3 (Estonia)|TV3]].
* France: [[France 2]]
* Finland: [[Yle]].
* Germany: [[ProSieben]], [[Kabel eins]] and [[Sat.1 Gold]].
* Hungary: [[Viasat 3]] and [[Duna (TV channel)|Duna]].
* Ireland: [[RTÉ2]].
* Italy: [[Rete 4]] and [[Canale 5]].
* Japan: [[NHK]] and [[Super! drama TV]].
* Philippines: [[TV5 (Philippine TV network)|TV5]]
* Slovenia: [[Pop (Slovenian TV channel)|Pop]] and [[TV3 Slovenia]].
* Spain: [[Telecinco]]
* Sweden: [[Kanal 5 (Swedish TV channel)|Kanal 5]], [[Kanal 9]] and [[Tv4 Play]]
* United Kingdom: [[BBC One]] (until November 2011), [[BBC Two]] (until March 2007), [[Alibi (TV channel)|Alibi]], the [[Hallmark Channel]] and [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] since January 2014. Now being repeated on CBS Justice since March 2017.
* United States: [[CBS]] (original run) [[Ion Television]] ran reruns of the show from the summer of 2003 to the spring of 2005. [[Hallmark Channel]] (ran reruns until the fall of 2008), [[Hallmark Movies & Mysteries]] (movies and 2-parts only). Currently airing on [[Starz Encore]] Suspense weeknights at 10pm ET and weekdays at 11 am ET on [[MeTV]]
* Turkey: [[TNT (American TV network)|TNT Turkey]].

==Home media==
On September 12, 2006, [[CBS Home Entertainment]] (with distribution by [[Paramount Pictures]]) released the complete Season 1 of ''Diagnosis: Murder'' on [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]] DVD. The set included the ''Jake and the Fatman'' episode 4.19, "It Never Entered My Mind," which introduced the character of Dr. Mark Sloan. It did not however, include the TV movies that were made prior to the show's premiere. Seasons 2 and 3 are also now available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/23925/diagnosis-murder-complete-1st-season/ |title=Diagnosis Murder – Complete 1st Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/28591/diagnosis-murder-the-second-season/ |title=Diagnosis Murder – The Second Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/31638/diagnosis-murder-the-third-season/ |title=Diagnosis Murder – The Third Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video |publisher=Dvdtalk.com |access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> After two years since the release of the first season on [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]] DVD, a [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]] DVD of ''Diagnosis: Murder – Series 1'' was released on May 5, 2008, according to Amazon.co.uk <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0014CDVEA |title=Diagnosis Murder – Season 1 [DVD&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Diagnosis Murder: Film & TV |date=May 5, 2008 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>

On June 26, 2012, [[Visual Entertainment]] released ''"Diagnosis Murder – The Movie Collection"'' on DVD in Region 1 for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-Television-Movie-Collection/16700 |title=Diagnosis Murder DVD news: Update about Diagnosis Murder – Television Movie Collection |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |access-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825073437/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-Television-Movie-Collection/16700 |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In the US, the release was distributed by [[Alchemy (company)|Alchemy]]. The three-disc set featured all three TV movies that aired in 1992/1993 and spawned the weekly TV series as well as the two TV movies that aired after the series ended.

On December 31, 2012, it was announced that VEI had acquired the rights to the series (via their sublicensing deal with CBS) and planned on releasing the remaining seasons on DVD in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-DVDs-Planned/17913|title=Diagnosis Murder DVD news: DVD Plans for Diagnosis Murder - The Complete Series - TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219195102/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-DVDs-Planned/17913|archive-date=February 19, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> They subsequently released the fourth and fifth seasons both as two-part volumes and as a complete set on August 27, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-Seasons-4-and-5/18873|title=Diagnosis Murder DVD news: Seasons 4 and 5 - TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065801/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-Seasons-4-and-5/18873|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The sixth season was released on November 12, 2013,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-Seasons-6-7/18919|title=Diagnosis Murder DVD news: Release Date for Seasons 6 and 7 in Canada - TVShowsOnDVD.com|access-date=May 27, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081325/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Diagnosis-Murder-Seasons-6-7/18919|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> in Canada while it was released in the US on November 26, 2013. The seventh season was released on November 19, 2013, in Canada and in the US on February 11, 2014; the eighth and final season on November 19, 2013, in Canada and in the US on May 27, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Diagnosis-Murder-Season-complete-DVD/dp/B00ESK1PES|title=Diagnosis Murder Season 7 complete 6 DVD set|date=November 19, 2013|access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.ca/Diagnosis-Murder-Season-complete-DVD/dp/B00F4CIPRE/|title=Diagnosis Murder Season 8 complete 6 DVD set|date=November 19, 2013 |access-date=May 27, 2015}}</ref> VEI also released The Complete Collection On November 12, 2013. It includes all 178 episodes, all 5 of the TV movies, The ''Jake and the Fatman'' Episode "It Never Entered My Mind", and an episode of ''Mannix'' Called "Little Girl Lost" which was a prequel ''Jake and the Fatman'' to the episode "Hard Boiled Murder" on a 51-disc set. It also has an exclusive to The Complete Collection a clip of Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in Obsession Part 2.<ref name="visualentertainment.tv">{{cite web|url=http://www.visualentertainment.tv/products/diagnosis-murder-the-complete-collection|title=Diagnosis Murder: The Complete Collection on DVD – Visual Entertainment Inc|work=Visual Entertainment Inc|access-date=May 27, 2015|archive-date=November 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121170002/http://www.visualentertainment.tv/products/diagnosis-murder-the-complete-collection|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 7, 2017, VEI released ''Diagnosis: Murder: The Complete Collection'' on Blu-Ray. Total number of discs is 27 and has the same extras that are in VEI's DVD release.

In Australia, Region 4, Season 1 was released on May 15, 2008, and Season 2 on November 6, 2008, no further releases were released. These two releases were distributed by Paramount. On October 14, 2015 Season 1<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2301996/Diagnosis-Murder---Season-1|title = Diagnosis Murder - Season 1}}</ref> and 2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/33781/diagnosis-murder-season-2|title=Diagnosis Murder: Season 2 - DVD|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323060757/https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/33781/diagnosis-murder-season-2|url-status=dead}}</ref> were re-released along with Season 3.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/33782/diagnosis-murder-season-3|title=Madman Entertainment|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323060759/https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/33782/diagnosis-murder-season-3|url-status=dead}}</ref> Season 4 followed on April 20, 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2309150/Diagnosis-Murder---Season-4|title = Diagnosis Murder - Season 4}}</ref> and Season 5 on July 20, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/33784/diagnosis-murder-season-5|title=Madman Entertainment|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323060759/https://www.madman.com.au/catalogue/view/33784/diagnosis-murder-season-5|url-status=dead}}</ref> These were distributed by Madman Entertainment. Season 6 was released on May 3, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://viavision.com.au/shop/diagnosis-murder-season-six/|title = Diagnosis Murder Season Six &#124; Via Vision Entertainment|date = July 12, 2021}}</ref> Season 7 on June 7, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://viavision.com.au/shop/diagnosis-murder-season-seven/|title=Diagnosis Murder Season Seven &#124; Via Vision Entertainment|date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> and Season 8 on July 5, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://viavision.com.au/shop/diagnosis-murder-season-eight/|title=Diagnosis Murder Season Eight &#124; Via Vision Entertainment|date=July 12, 2021}}</ref> These were distributed by Via Vision Entertainment. The Movie Collection was released on August 7, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2426251/Diagnosis-Murder---The-Movie-Collection|title = Diagnosis Murder - the Movie Collection}}</ref>

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! colspan="2" rowspan="2"|DVD Release !! rowspan="2"|Episodes !! rowspan="2"|Originally aired !! colspan="4" | Release date
|-
! Region 1!! colspan="3"| Region 2
|-
| style="background:lightblue; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| Television Movie Collection
| style="text-align:center;"| 5 TV Movies
| style="text-align:center;"| 1992–2002
| style="text-align:center;"| June 26, 2012
| style="text-align:center;"| N/A
|-
| style="background:lightblue; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Complete First Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 19 + Pilot
| style="text-align:center;"| 1993-94
| style="text-align:center;"| September 12, 2006
| style="text-align:center;"| May 5, 2008
|-
| style="background:gold; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Complete Second Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 1994-95
| style="text-align:center;"| June 12, 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| February 9, 2009
|-
| style="background:blue; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Complete Third Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| 1995-96
| style="text-align:center;"| December 4, 2007
| style="text-align:center;"| July 13, 2009
|-
| style="background:lightgreen; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Fourth Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 23
| style="text-align:center;"| 1996-97
| style="text-align:center;"| August 27, 2013 <small>(Canada)</small><br />February 18, 2014 <small>(USA)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
| style="background:purple; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Fifth Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 24
| style="text-align:center;"| 1997-98
| style="text-align:center;"| August 27, 2013 <small>(Canada)</small><br />October 1, 2013 <small>(USA)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
| style="background:red; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Sixth Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 20
| style="text-align:center;"| 1998-99
| style="text-align:center;"| November 12, 2013 <small>(Canada)</small><br />November 26, 2013 <small>(USA)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
| style="background:yellow; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Seventh Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 1999–2000
| style="text-align:center;"| November 19, 2013 <small>(Canada)</small><br />February 11, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Diagnosis-Murder-Complete-7th-Season/13766|title=Diagnosis Murder – Complete 7th Season|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120503/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Diagnosis-Murder-Complete-7th-Season/13766|archive-date=March 4, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> <small>(USA)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
| style="background:green; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Final Season
| style="text-align:center;"| 21
| style="text-align:center;"| 2000-01
| style="text-align:center;"| November 19, 2013 <small>(Canada)</small><br />May 27, 2014 <small>(USA)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|-
| style="background:green; height:10px;"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The Complete Collection
| style="text-align:center;"| 169 Episodes + Pilot + The 5 TV Movies + Little Girl Lost + Bonus Scene
| style="text-align:center;"| 1991–2002
| style="text-align:center;"| November 12, 2013<ref name="visualentertainment.tv"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| TBA
|}

==Novels==
Between 2003 and 2007, eight original novels were published based on the TV series. All of them were written by [[Lee Goldberg]], a former executive producer and writer on the TV series. According to his website,<ref>{{cite web|author=www.xuni.com |url=http://www.diagnosis-murder.com/news.html |title=The Official Website of Lee Goldberg |publisher=Diagnosis-murder.com |access-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206075329/http://www.diagnosis-murder.com/news.html |archive-date=February 6, 2012 }}</ref> there will be no more books based on the show. The books are, in order:

*''Diagnosis Murder: The Silent Partner''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Death Merchant''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Shooting Script''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Waking Nightmare''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Past Tense''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Dead Letter''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Double Life''
*''Diagnosis Murder: The Last Word''

''The Past Tense'' is a prequel to the episode "Voices Carry", which guest-starred Jack Klugman as Harry Trumble, and chronicles Dr. Mark Sloan's first homicide investigation. The final book in the series, ''The Last Word'', is a sequel of sorts to the episodes "Obsession" and "Resurrection" and features the return of Carter Sweeney, who was played by [[Arye Gross]] in the TV series.

===Crossover with ''Monk''===
Two of the characters in ''The Death Merchant'' later reappeared in Lee Goldberg's series of novels based on the television series ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'':
*Lt. Ben Keoloha appears in ''[[Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii]]'' as the Kauai police lieutenant that [[Adrian Monk]] and [[Sharona Fleming]] assist in solving several unsolved cases on the island.

==References==
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* {{IMDb title|tt0105986|Diagnosis Murder}}
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* [http://www.diagnosis-murder.com/ Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder novels site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160111023214/http://www.tvgems.net/diagnosis/index.html Diagnosis Murder Episode Guide] at TV Gems

===TV movies===
* {{IMDb title|0104100|Diagnosis: Murder|description= (1992 TV movie)}}
* {{IMDb title|0072876|Diagnosis: Murder|description= (1975 movie)}}
* {{IMDb title|0104451|The House on Sycamore Street|description= (1992)}}
* {{IMDb title|0108411|A Twist of the Knife|description= (1993)}}

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Diagnosis: Murder
Title screen used in seasons 1 and 2
Genre
Created byJoyce Burditt
Starring
Theme music composer
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes178 (+ pilot and 5 TV movies) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Production locationsDenver
Los Angeles
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseOctober 29, 1993 (1993-10-29) –
May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)

Diagnosis: Murder is an American mystery medical crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son Steve, a homicide detective played by Van Dyke's real-life son Barry. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman (Dr. Mark Sloan made his first appearance in the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of the show, "It Never Entered My Mind"), became a series of three television films, and then a weekly television series that premiered on CBS on October 29, 1993. Joyce Burditt, who created the show, wrote the Jake and the Fatman episode.

The series struggled at first and was almost cancelled at the end of the second season, but it returned as a midseason replacement in the third season, and was regularly renewed thereafter. During the show's eight seasons, 178 episodes were produced and aired on the CBS network in the United States, and two more TV movies aired after the series' final episode aired on May 11, 2001. The show is currently distributed by CBS Television Distribution.

In the Jake and the Fatman episode, Dr. Mark Sloan was a widower with no sons. Dr. Amanda Bentley is played by Cynthia Gibb in the TV movies and, finally, by Victoria Rowell in the TV series. Stephen Caffrey played Dr. Jack Parker in the movies, a role that went to Scott Baio as Dr. Jack Stewart in the weekly series (first two seasons).

The first two TV movies were shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the third was shot in Denver, Colorado. The first eight episodes of the series were also shot (and set) in Denver, before quickly (and without explanation) shifting to Los Angeles for the remainder of the show's run. Since 1997, reruns of the show have been shown in syndication and on Freeform (formerly ABC Family and originally CBN Satellite Service), Ion Television (formerly PAX-TV), Hallmark Channel, 10 Bold, CBS Action and MeTV. In the UK it is currently being shown on Great! TV.

Plot

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The plot centered around Dr. Mark Sloan (Dick Van Dyke), a former United States Army doctor who served in a MASH unit. After his service ended, Dr. Sloan became a renowned physician and began consulting with the local police, and found himself unable to resist a good mystery or a friend in need. Cases often involved his son, Detective Steve Sloan (Barry Van Dyke), and Norman Briggs (Michael Tucci in seasons 1–4), a hospital administrator and a close friend of his. Also assisting Dr. Sloan are his colleagues, medical examiner/pathology Dr. Amanda Bentley (Victoria Rowell) and Dr. Jack Stewart (Scott Baio in the first two seasons), who is later replaced by a new resident, Dr. Jesse Travis (Charlie Schlatter from season 3 onward).[1]

Episodes

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Main article: List of Diagnosis: Murder episodes

Diagnosis: Murder had a total of eight seasons and 178 episodes which were broadcast on CBS between 1993 and 2001.

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
PilotMarch 20, 1991 (1991-03-20)
Movies 1-2January 5, 1992 (1992-01-05)February 13, 1992 (1992-02-13)
Movie 3February 13, 1993 (1993-02-13)
119October 29, 1993 (1993-10-29)May 13, 1994 (1994-05-13)
222September 16, 1994 (1994-09-16)May 5, 1995 (1995-05-05)
318December 8, 1995 (1995-12-08)May 3, 1996 (1996-05-03)
426September 19, 1996 (1996-09-19)May 8, 1997 (1997-05-08)
525September 18, 1997 (1997-09-18)May 14, 1998 (1998-05-14)
622September 24, 1998 (1998-09-24)May 13, 1999 (1999-05-13)
724September 23, 1999 (1999-09-23)May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11)
822October 12, 2000 (2000-10-12)May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)
Movies 4-5February 6, 2002 (2002-02-06)April 26, 2002 (2002-04-26)

Cast

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Main

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Character Played by Occupation Seasons
Movies (1992–93) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Movies (2002)
Mark Sloan Dick Van Dyke Doctor Main
Amanda Bentley Cynthia Gibb Doctor Main Does not appear
Victoria Rowell Does not appear Main
Jack Parker Stephen Caffrey Doctor Main Does not appear
Steve Sloan Barry Van Dyke Police detective/lieutenant Main
Jack Stewart Scott Baio Doctor Does not appear Main Does not appear
Norman Briggs Michael Tucci Administrator Does not appear Main Does not appear
Delores Mitchell Delores Hall Secretary Does not appear Main Does not appear
Jesse Travis Charlie Schlatter Doctor Does not appear Main
Cast of Diagnosis: Murder between 1993 and 1995
The cast, 1993–1995: Victoria Rowell, Michael Tucci, Barry Van Dyke, Scott Baio, and Delores Hall, with Dick Van Dyke in the center
  • Dr. Mark Sloan (played by Dick Van Dyke), Former army doctor and Chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital, and protagonist of the series. Son of a police officer and father of another, in whose cases he often gets involved. He is a medical consultant to the LAPD. Dick Van Dyke was considered for the lead role after the positive reviews he received from his dramatic role in the 1990 movie Dick Tracy[citation needed] (although the character he played in the movie was villain and very different from the role of Mark Sloan). In the pilot, the character had interests in tap dance and clarinet playing; however, these were considered distracting and were toned down and eventually removed from the character as the series developed.
  • Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan (played by Barry Van Dyke), a detective sergeant (later lieutenant from season 2 onward) in the Robbery/Homicide Division of the LAPD and Dr. Mark Sloan's son. After an earthquake destroyed his apartment, he lived in a separate apartment in his father's beach house in Malibu, California. Steve often uses his "patented" dive to apprehend criminals.[2]
  • Dr. Amanda Bentley (played by Cynthia Gibb in the TV movies set before the series), later Bentley-Livingston (played there by Victoria Rowell), resident Pathology at Community General Hospital and assistant County Medical Examiner, who is also Dr. Mark Sloan's double act and medical partner, involving in each of Mark's & Steve's cases, after the accident. As a favorable character of the show, she also dated Jack and was later Jesse's best friend. During the series, she married a military man named Colin Livingston, and they had one son named C.J. She named her only biological child Colin Jesse Livingston after his father and Dr. Jesse Travis, who delivered the baby alone in the back of his beloved VW convertible, with Mark assisting over cell phone. Her husband was overseas at the time and unfortunately unreachable. Depending on the episode, she later divorced her husband or he was killed in an airplane crash. Later in the series, she adopted another boy, Deon.
  • Dr. Jack Stewart (played by Stephen Caffrey in the TV movies, Scott Baio in the series from 1993 to 1995, seasons 1–2), a doctor at Community General Hospital and Steve's best friend, whom he often helped in his cases. He left to open his own family medicine in Colorado. Jack Stewart does reappear in a couple of Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder books, "The Silent Partner" and "The Last Word". In the first three TV Movies his name was Jack Parker.
  • Dr. Jesse Travis (played by Charlie Schlatter, 1995–2001, seasons 3–8), a residency and handsome student at Community General Hospital who Mark took under his wing and who became best friends with Amanda. He later went into business with Steve as partners in a barbecue restaurant. Another favorable/list of breakout characters of the series, he often got involved in Mark and Steve's cases, with good intentions but not always good results. In the crossover double episode "Murder Two", he himself became the prime suspect of a rival doctor's killing, hence he badgered Mark to call his old friend Ben Matlock (played by Dick's real-life best friend Andy Griffith) for help. The hospital staff thought he wrote the tell-all book "Big City Hospital" as Dr. Anonymous but later found out it was written by someone else. Jason Tucker was a character in the book who sounded exactly like Jesse, which is why the hospital staff thought it was him.
  • Norman Briggs (played by Michael Tucci, 1993–1997, seasons 1–4), business administration at Community General Hospital and a close friend of Dr. Mark Sloan, even though he is often exasperated by him.
  • Delores Mitchell (played by Delores Hall, 1993–1995, seasons 1–2), Dr. Sloan's lively secretary.

Notable guest stars

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One unique aspect of the series was that it frequently appropriated characters from various classic television series, or featured veteran actors playing characters inspired by or similar to their classic roles.

Over the run of the show, various episodes guest starred at least eight different members of the Van Dyke family:

Smaller recurring roles

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  • Joanna Cassidy (Season 7) plays Madison Wesley, a doctor friend of Mark Sloan, and Dean of Community General's Medical School. She is in 8 episodes.
  • Kim Little (Seasons 5 and 6) plays Susan Hillard, Jesse's longtime girlfriend, for 10 episodes. In the season 7 episode "Bringing Up Barbie" It is mentioned that she left Jesse to go to Oregon with a male Chiropractor. But in the Diagnosis Murder books which take place after Season 6, she appears in almost every book and Jesse and Susan get married in the book "The Dead Letter".
  • Susan Gibney (Seasons 5–7) plays Detective Tanis Archer, Steve's partner in 4 episodes. Susan Gibney was also in three other episodes as two different characters.
  • Charmin Lee (Seasons 7–8) is Steve's second partner Detective Cheryl Brooks, who is in 11 episodes between seasons 7 and 8.
  • Martin Kove (Seasons 6–7) is Captain Newman, for 3 episodes.
  • Shane Van Dyke (Seasons 4–8) is Alex Smith, a third year medical school, who appears in 14 episodes during seasons 7 and 8. He is also seen as a boxing student in Never Say Die and an actor in Frontier Dad. (Both these episodes star the rest of Barry Van Dyke's children also.)
  • Carey Van Dyke (Seasons 4–8) plays various characters: Mr. Kelso, Terry Marshall, Kyle Lewis, Brendan Kelly, Carl Simpson, and Craig Wilson. In the TV movie "A Town without Pity" he plays a character named "Billy".
  • Kevin McNally II (Seasons 3–8) as the ubiquitous Emergency Medical Technician in 19 episodes.
  • Tim Conway plays Tim Conrad, an old friend of Mark's and a comedian, in 2 episodes. Conway and Van Dyke had previously worked together on The Carol Burnett Show.
  • Harry Lennix (Seasons 5–6) plays FBI Agent Ron Wagner and Amanda's love interest in 6 episodes.
  • Fred Dryer (Season 5) plays Police Chief Masters in 3 episodes.
  • Nancy Youngblut (seasons 4–5) plays Nurse Nancy Rush in 2 episodes.
  • Mariette Hartley (1st and 2nd TV movies only) plays Kate Hamilton the Administrator at Community General Hospital.
  • Vernee Watson-Johnson (1st and 2nd TV movies only) plays Esther Wiggins Dr. Mark Sloan's secretary.
  • Kimberly Quinn (episode "Dance of Danger" and the TV movie "Without Warning") plays Ellen Sharp, a tabloid news reporter in whom Steve Sloan is interested. Steve proposes to her in the TV movie "Without Warning" and she says yes.
  • Robert Bailey Jr. (Season 7) plays Colin Jesse, or C.J. for short, Amanda Bentley's son. He was born in season three of the show and is played by Robert Bailey Jr. in three of the episodes he appeared in. C.J. appeared in a few more episodes before Season 7 as a different child actor.
  • Aaron Meeks (Season 7) plays Deon a boy who Dr. Amanda Bentley adopts. He appears in 3 episodes.

Locations and administrators

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Denver, Colorado location

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The first season’s filming commenced in July 1993 in Denver, Colorado. Much of the cast as well as the production company personnel from Viacom stayed in the (then) Embassy Suites Hotel in downtown, located at 19th Street between Curtis and Arapahoe. Among the reasons that production of Diagnosis: Murder was located in Denver was because the same production people had already been working there since about 1990 filming the new Perry Mason made for TV movies.

At that same time, Raymond Burr and his associates were busily filming their episodes for Perry Mason. In and around the Embassy Suites Hotel at that time, it was not unusual to see several semi-trailers parked street-side in support of the production at various office or exterior locations in and around downtown Denver.

Both series were produced by the Hargrove, Silverman team with Viacom. Therefore, the business decision to combine both productions at the same location was evident. While the Perry Mason series was often filmed in a special courtroom constructed for the production within The Denver City and County Building, Diagnosis: Murder was temporarily set at the then recently closed St. Luke’s Hospital on 19th Street just east of downtown.

When Raymond Burr became terminally ill later that summer, he no longer was seen at the hotel after having filmed his last episode, The Case of the Killer Kiss. (1993) In fact, upon his demise, Paul Sorvino was seen entering the hotel building to begin filming what was to be the last Perry Mason episode ever filmed in Denver, – A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993). Upon completion of that filming, Viacom and the entire production company left Denver in late September, early October 1993, including that of Diagnosis: Murder. Thus, only the Diagnosis: Murder episodes filmed from mid-July through September 1993 were shot in Denver, after which production shifted permanently to Los Angeles.

Community General Hospital

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Community General Hospital is the main set for the show. It is six to seven floors depending on the episode. It holds about 400 beds, with three trauma rooms, two psych wards, and one Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Mark Sloan is Chief of Internal Medicine. The Marriott Hotels & Resorts in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, was used as the exterior of Community General Hospital in the final three seasons of the show.

List of Administrators at Community General Hospital

  1. Russell Havilland (was The Administrator at Clairemont Hospital in the Pilot of Diagnosis: Murder, "It Never Entered My Mind". He was murdered and Dr. Mark Sloan was framed for his murder.)
  2. Kate Hamilton (was The Administrator at Community General Hospital in The 1st and 2nd Diagnosis: Murder TV Movies. It was said in the Diagnosis: Murder book "The Shooting Script" that Kate Hamilton decided to sell her home and use the proceeds to open a nonprofit food bank in the inner city.)
  3. Norman Briggs (was The Administrator of Community General Hospital for the first 4 seasons of Diagnosis: Murder. According to the book "The Shooting Script" it sounds like Norman was fired by the new owners Healthcorp International.)
  4. Harold Lomax (he appeared in a few episodes like "Do No Harm" and "Today is The Last Day of the Rest of My Life". In the book "The Shooting Script" When Community General Hospital was sold to Healthcorp International they brought in General Harold Lomax who'd spent ten years running battlefield medical operations for the U.S. Marine Corps. Harold Lomax later resigned with an Extreme case of Irritable Bowel syndrome and left behind a hospital literally in ruins, decimated by a serial bomber "Catlin Sweeney" who was stalking Mark for putting her brother "Carter Sweeney" in prison.)
  5. Noah Dent (he appeared in the books "The Shooting Script" and "The Last Word". He ended up being hired by the new owners of the hospital "Hollywood International" and had a personal vendetta against Mark Sloan for Catching "Tanya" who murdered a rapist who raped her and killed a homeless War Veteran who saw her kill him. He ended up firing Mark, Amanda, and Jesse's girlfriend Susan. Jesse ended up finding out and blackmailed him into giving everyone back their jobs. He ended up leaving Community General Hospital.)
  6. Janet Dorcott (she appeared in the book "The Last Word". She ended up firing Jesse and Susan Travis, after being framed for murder and Amanda Bentley was also fired for selling body parts from dead bodies and fired Mark because she blamed him for all the scandal around Community General Hospital.)

BBQ Bob's

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BBQ Bob's is a restaurant that Jesse Travis and Steve Sloan co-own starting in the sixth season. Mark Sloan is also a silent partner. It is located in a small strip mall very close to Community General Hospital. Other stores around it include a jewelry store, travel agency and a bank. It is often frequented by the hospital staff as an alternative to the hospital cafeteria. All staff members get discounts. The exterior of BBQ Bob's was based on a storefront at the Whizin's Center in Agoura, California, where exterior scenes of BBQ Bob's were occasionally filmed.

Mark's house

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In the first two seasons of the show Mark Sloan lived in a house in Denver, Colorado. No explanation is given when the show shifts to California for all the remaining episodes.

The Sloans' beach house

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Starting in the third season, Mark and Steve Sloan live in a beach house at 3231 Beach Drive, Malibu, with Steve in the basement. The basement was often redressed to act as other sets. The actual house is on Broad Beach Road in Malibu, California. The house was later used as a filming location for the Disney Channel show Hannah Montana.

Pilot and TV movies

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Pilot

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The pilot episode was called "It Never Entered My Mind" from Jake and the Fatman. Mark Sloan was a widower with no sons. The hospital is called Clairemont Hospital instead of Community General Hospital, and there is no Jack or Amanda. His friends who helped him clear his name are

  1. Richard (Steven Eckholdt)
  2. Josie (Ally Walker)
  3. Thad (Kristoff St. John)

TV movies

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Main article: Diagnosis: Murder (film series)

Diagnosis: Murder had five TV movies between 1992 and 2002, three of which aired prior to the TV series.

Backdoor pilots

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Fred Silverman insisted that every season the series devote one episode as a television pilot. The following are known backdoor pilots.

Season One

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  1. Sister Michael Wants You – Delta Burke starred as Sister Michael, a crime solving nun.[3]

Season Two

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  1. How to Murder Your Lawyer – Mitchell Whitfield and Leah Remini starred as crime solving lawyers Arnold Baskin and Agnes Benedetto.
  2. Georgia on My Mind – A possible backdoor pilot[citation needed] about a female private investigator, Georgia (Daphne Ashbrook).

Season Four

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  1. An Explosive Murder – Starred Tracey Gold as undercover officer Amy Dawson.

Season Five

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  1. A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste – An unsold backdoor pilot for an untitled series. Rachel York played Randy Wolfe who's apparently an expert at everything.
  2. Retribution Parts One and Two – "Retribution" was a backdoor pilot for a spinoff called The Chief that would have starred Fred Dryer as Police Chief Masters.

Season Six

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  1. Blood Ties – Starred two vice unit detectives, Detective Amy Devlin (Kathy Evison) and Detective Taylor Lucas (Zoe McLellan). It was a backdoor pilot for a TV series that would have been named Whistlers.

International

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Home media

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On September 12, 2006, CBS Home Entertainment (with distribution by Paramount Pictures) released the complete Season 1 of Diagnosis: Murder on Region 1 DVD. The set included the Jake and the Fatman episode 4.19, "It Never Entered My Mind," which introduced the character of Dr. Mark Sloan. It did not however, include the TV movies that were made prior to the show's premiere. Seasons 2 and 3 are also now available.[4][5][6] After two years since the release of the first season on Region 1 DVD, a Region 2 DVD of Diagnosis: Murder – Series 1 was released on May 5, 2008, according to Amazon.co.uk [7]

On June 26, 2012, Visual Entertainment released "Diagnosis Murder – The Movie Collection" on DVD in Region 1 for the first time.[8] In the US, the release was distributed by Alchemy. The three-disc set featured all three TV movies that aired in 1992/1993 and spawned the weekly TV series as well as the two TV movies that aired after the series ended.

On December 31, 2012, it was announced that VEI had acquired the rights to the series (via their sublicensing deal with CBS) and planned on releasing the remaining seasons on DVD in 2013.[9] They subsequently released the fourth and fifth seasons both as two-part volumes and as a complete set on August 27, 2013.[10] The sixth season was released on November 12, 2013,[11] in Canada while it was released in the US on November 26, 2013. The seventh season was released on November 19, 2013, in Canada and in the US on February 11, 2014; the eighth and final season on November 19, 2013, in Canada and in the US on May 27, 2014.[12][13] VEI also released The Complete Collection On November 12, 2013. It includes all 178 episodes, all 5 of the TV movies, The Jake and the Fatman Episode "It Never Entered My Mind", and an episode of Mannix Called "Little Girl Lost" which was a prequel Jake and the Fatman to the episode "Hard Boiled Murder" on a 51-disc set. It also has an exclusive to The Complete Collection a clip of Van Dyke as Rob Petrie in Obsession Part 2.[14]

On April 7, 2017, VEI released Diagnosis: Murder: The Complete Collection on Blu-Ray. Total number of discs is 27 and has the same extras that are in VEI's DVD release.

In Australia, Region 4, Season 1 was released on May 15, 2008, and Season 2 on November 6, 2008, no further releases were released. These two releases were distributed by Paramount. On October 14, 2015 Season 1[15] and 2[16] were re-released along with Season 3.[17] Season 4 followed on April 20, 2016[18] and Season 5 on July 20, 2016.[19] These were distributed by Madman Entertainment. Season 6 was released on May 3, 2017,[20] Season 7 on June 7, 2017[21] and Season 8 on July 5, 2017.[22] These were distributed by Via Vision Entertainment. The Movie Collection was released on August 7, 2019.[23]

DVD Release Episodes Originally aired Release date
Region 1 Region 2
Television Movie Collection 5 TV Movies 1992–2002 June 26, 2012 N/A
The Complete First Season 19 + Pilot 1993-94 September 12, 2006 May 5, 2008
The Complete Second Season 22 1994-95 June 12, 2007 February 9, 2009
The Complete Third Season 18 1995-96 December 4, 2007 July 13, 2009
The Fourth Season 23 1996-97 August 27, 2013 (Canada)
February 18, 2014 (USA) 		TBA
The Fifth Season 24 1997-98 August 27, 2013 (Canada)
October 1, 2013 (USA) 		TBA
The Sixth Season 20 1998-99 November 12, 2013 (Canada)
November 26, 2013 (USA) 		TBA
The Seventh Season 22 1999–2000 November 19, 2013 (Canada)
February 11, 2014[24] (USA) 		TBA
The Final Season 21 2000-01 November 19, 2013 (Canada)
May 27, 2014 (USA) 		TBA
The Complete Collection 169 Episodes + Pilot + The 5 TV Movies + Little Girl Lost + Bonus Scene 1991–2002 November 12, 2013[14] TBA

Novels

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Between 2003 and 2007, eight original novels were published based on the TV series. All of them were written by Lee Goldberg, a former executive producer and writer on the TV series. According to his website,[25] there will be no more books based on the show. The books are, in order:

  • Diagnosis Murder: The Silent Partner
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Death Merchant
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Shooting Script
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Waking Nightmare
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Past Tense
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Dead Letter
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Double Life
  • Diagnosis Murder: The Last Word

The Past Tense is a prequel to the episode "Voices Carry", which guest-starred Jack Klugman as Harry Trumble, and chronicles Dr. Mark Sloan's first homicide investigation. The final book in the series, The Last Word, is a sequel of sorts to the episodes "Obsession" and "Resurrection" and features the return of Carter Sweeney, who was played by Arye Gross in the TV series.

Crossover with Monk

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Two of the characters in The Death Merchant later reappeared in Lee Goldberg's series of novels based on the television series Monk:

References

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  1. ^ Howard Rosenberg (October 29, 1993). "TV REVIEW : 'Diagnosis Murder' Is DOA". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "WITH AN EYE ON . . . : Diagnosis: Here's a part that came very naturally to actor Barry Van Dyke – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. June 5, 1994. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2013). Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937–2012. McFarland. ISBN 9780786474455. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "Diagnosis Murder – Complete 1st Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  5. ^ "Diagnosis Murder – The Second Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "Diagnosis Murder – The Third Season : DVD Talk Review of the DVD Video". Dvdtalk.com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "Diagnosis Murder – Season 1 [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Diagnosis Murder: Film & TV". Amazon.co.uk. May 5, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  8. ^ "Diagnosis Murder DVD news: Update about Diagnosis Murder – Television Movie Collection". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  9. ^ "Diagnosis Murder DVD news: DVD Plans for Diagnosis Murder - The Complete Series - TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  10. ^ "Diagnosis Murder DVD news: Seasons 4 and 5 - TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  11. ^ "Diagnosis Murder DVD news: Release Date for Seasons 6 and 7 in Canada - TVShowsOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  12. ^ "Diagnosis Murder Season 7 complete 6 DVD set". November 19, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  13. ^ "Diagnosis Murder Season 8 complete 6 DVD set". November 19, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  14. ^ a b "Diagnosis Murder: The Complete Collection on DVD – Visual Entertainment Inc". Visual Entertainment Inc. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  15. ^ "Diagnosis Murder - Season 1".
  16. ^ "Diagnosis Murder: Season 2 - DVD". Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  17. ^ "Madman Entertainment". Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  18. ^ "Diagnosis Murder - Season 4".
  19. ^ "Madman Entertainment". Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  20. ^ "Diagnosis Murder Season Six | Via Vision Entertainment". July 12, 2021.
  21. ^ "Diagnosis Murder Season Seven | Via Vision Entertainment". July 12, 2021.
  22. ^ "Diagnosis Murder Season Eight | Via Vision Entertainment". July 12, 2021.
  23. ^ "Diagnosis Murder - the Movie Collection".
  24. ^ "Diagnosis Murder – Complete 7th Season". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  25. ^ www.xuni.com. "The Official Website of Lee Goldberg". Diagnosis-murder.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
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