The doctors are out

1. For how many seasons did “ER” air?

2. Richard Chamberlain had the title role in “Dr. Kildare.” Who had a hit record with the show’s theme song, “Three Stars Will Shine Tonight”?

3. In which city was “St. Elsewhere” set?

4. Which series had Dr. Joe Gannon and Dr. Paul Lochner as its central characters?

5. Before she started her long run on “Knots Landing,” which hospital comedy did Joan Van Ark co-star in?

6. By what nickname did Gregory Harrison’s doctor character go on “Trapper John, M.D.”?

7. Which hospital show did Mandy Patinkin, Mark Harmon, Carla Gugino, Christine Lahti, Peter MacNicol and Barbara Hershey all pass through as cast regulars?

8. Well before co-starring in “How I Met Your Mother,” Neil Patrick Harris made a name for himself in the title role of another series. Name it.

9. Vince Edwards starred in “Ben Casey,” and Sam Jaffe played the title doctor’s mentor. What was that character’s name?

10. E.G. Marshall, John Saxon and David Hartman played doctors in one of the rotating elements that made up an NBC series in the late 1960s and early 1970s. What was the overall show called?

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