The Nurses (Primetime CBS drama)
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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.
The setting was Alden General Hospital (patterned after Roosevelt Hospital) in New York, and the primetime program starred Zina Bethune
as Gail Lucas, the young nurse, and Shirl Conway
as Liz Thorpe, her older nurse mentor.
The program was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards.
Medical drama
A medical drama is a television program, in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment.In the United States, most medical episodes are one hour long and, more often than not, are set in a hospital. Most current medical Dramatic programming go beyond the...
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.
The setting was Alden General Hospital (patterned after Roosevelt Hospital) in New York, and the primetime program starred Zina Bethune
Zina Bethune
Zina Bethune is an American actress, dancer and choreographer.Bethune started formal ballet training at age 6 at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet. By age 14 she was dancing with the New York City Ballet...
as Gail Lucas, the young nurse, and Shirl Conway
Shirl Conway
Shirl Conway , born Shirley Elizabeth Crosman, was an American television and Broadway actress.-1950s:She played Ruth Winters in the 1955 musical comedy Plain and Fancy on Broadway, for which she won a Theatre World Award...
as Liz Thorpe, her older nurse mentor.
The program was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards.