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  |  show_name = Marcus Welby, M.D.
  |  image = [[Image:Marcus Welby Intro Screen.jpg|270px]]
  |  caption = ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'' title card
  |  format = [[Medical drama]]
  |  creator = David Victor
  |  starring = [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]]<br>[[James Brolin]]
  |  theme_music_composer = [[Leonard Rosenman]]
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[[File:Robert young jane wyatt.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Young and Wyatt on ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'']]
In one 1974 [[episode]], Young was reunited with his ''[[Father Knows Best]]'' co-star, [[Jane Wyatt]]; she played a [[fashion designer]] whose marriage to an embittered paraplegic led her to fall in love with the gentle doctor while keeping her marriage a secret most of the episode.


==Medical features==⏎
Its handling of many varied medical cases – some common, some uncommon – made it an instant hit for ABC. Story lines included [[impotence]], [[Major depressive disorder|depression]], [[brain damage]], [[breast cancer]], [[Infectious mononucleosis|mononucleosis]], [[sexually transmitted disease]]s, [[epilepsy]], [[leukemia]], [[dysautonomia]], [[rape]], [[Alzheimer's Disease]] and addiction to painkillers, among others. At its second season (1970–1971), it ranked #1 in the [[Nielsen ratings]], becoming the first ABC show to top the list. The same year, both Young and Brolin won [[Emmy Awards]] for their work, as did the show for Outstanding Dramatic Series. Young won a [[Golden Globe]] in 1972 for his performance.

==Controversy==⏎
The show twice found itself at the center of controversy and protests by gay activists. In response to the 1973 episode "[[The Other Martin Loring]]", about a middle-aged man whom Welby advised to resist his [[homosexual]] impulses, the [[Gay Activists Alliance]] (GAA) [[Zap (action)|zapped]] ABC, occupying its New York headquarters and picketing.<ref>Capsuto, p. 92</ref> The next year, "[[The Outrage (Marcus Welby)|The Outrage]]" sparked nationwide demonstrations because its(contracted; show full)| May 4, 2010
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==ReferencesBibliography==
* Alwood, Edward (1998). ''Straight News: Gays, Lesbians and the News Media.'' Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231084374.
* Capsuto, Steven (2000). ''Alternate Channels: The Uncensored Story of Gay and Lesbian Images on Radio and Television.'' Ballantine Books. ISBN 0345412435.
* Tropiano, Stephen (2002). ''The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV.''. New York, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books. ISBN 1557835578.

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[[Category:Nielsen Ratings winners]]
[[Category:Television series by NBC Universal Television]]
[[Category:Television shows set in California]]

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