An instant success, Dr. Kildare was the 9th most popular TV show during the 1961-62 season, but the Nelsons had nothing to do with its success. I don't recall anyone in the family watching this series, probably because it competed against two sitcoms that we regularly tuned in: The Real McCoys and My Three Sons.
Dr. Kildare didn't lose much steam during its second season, finishing at #11 according to the A. C. Nielsen Company. It dropped to #19 in its third season. Production stopped at the end of the fifth season, medical dramas having temporarily fallen out of favor. Briefly, as it turned out. Marcus Welby M.D. would restore the love in September 1969/
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