Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder
The cast, circa 1994: Victoria Rowell, Michael Tucci, Barry Van Dyke, Scott Baio, and Delores Hall, with Dick Van Dyke in the center
Created by	Joyce Burditt
Starring	Dick Van Dyke Barry Van Dyke Victoria Rowell Scott Baio Charlie Schlatter Michael Tucci
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	178 + 5 TV Movies
Production
Running time	45 min (aprox)
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	October 29, 1993 – May 11, 2001

Diagnosis: Murder was a mystery television series with 45 minute long episodes that ran from 1993 to 2001.

It was a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman. Dr. Mark Sloan made his first appearance in Jake and the Fatman's episode 4.19 "It Never Entered My Mind". Afterwards, three TV movies aired in 1992 and 1993 prior to the start of the series.

The regular series debuted in October 29, 1993 and became a hot hit, airing in many countries around the world. 178 episodes were made and aired in the show's eight seasons on the CBS network in the United States. Two more TV movies aired after the series' cancellation.

They all 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. It is said Van Dyke was thought of this role after the postive reviews he recived after his dramatic role in the 1990 movie Dick Tracy (although the character he played in the movie was villainous and very diffrent from the role of Mark Sloan).

TV Movies

Made prior to the series start:

• Diagnosis of Murder (January 5, 1992)
• The House on Sycamore Street (May 1, 1992)
• A Twist of the Knife (February 13, 1993)

Made after the end of the regular series:

• Town Without Pity (February 6, 2002)
• Without Warning (April 26, 2002)

Cast

• Dr. Mark Sloan (Dick Van Dyke), Chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital who occasionally worked for the local police department as a consultant. Son of a cop and father of another, in whose cases he often got involved.
• Lieutenant Detective Steve Sloan (Barry Van Dyke), a Lieutenant in the Robbery/Homicide Division of the LAPD and Dr. Sloan's son. After the earthquake destroyed his apartment, he lived in a separate apartment in his father's beach house.
• Dr. Amanda Bentley (Victoria Rowell), resident Pathologist at Community General Hospital and assistant County Medical Examiner.
• Dr. Jack Stewart (Scott Baio, 1993-1995), a doctor at Community General Hospital and Steve's best friend, whom he often helped in his cases. Left to open his own practice in Colorado.
• Dr. Jesse Travis (Charlie Schlatter, 1995-2001), a resident at Community General Hospital who Mark took under his wing. He often got involved in Mark and Steve's cases.
• Norman Briggs (Michael Tucci), administrator at Community General Hospital and a close friend of Mark, though often he got exasperated at him.

Novels

Since 2003, five novels had been released based in this series. All of them are written by Lee Goldberg, a former producer of the series. According to his website, he's already working on the seventh one (the sixth will be on sale in February).

Broadcasters

• United States: CBS

PAXTV Airs reruns at 9 O' clock Central time on weeknights.

• Spain: Telecinco
• United Kingdom: BBC Broadcasted on the 14.35 time slot weekdays.

External links

• DiagnosisMurder.co.uk
• Lee Goldberg's Diagnosis Murder novels site
• Diagnosis: Murder at IMDb
• Diagnosis: Murder (1992 TV movie) at IMDb
• The House on Sycamore Street (1992) at IMDb
• A Twist of the Knife (1993) at IMDb