Nightingales (American TV series)
Nightingales | |
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Genre | Aaron Spelling Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | January 21 April 26, 1989 | –
Nightingales is an American
Premise
The series follows the stories of Christine Broderick, a supervisor of student nurses, portrayed by
Cast
- Suzanne Pleshette as Christine Broderick
- Chelsea Field as Sam Sullivan
- Kristy Swanson as Becky Granger
- Susan Walters as Bridget Loring
- Roxann Dawson as Yolanda Puente
- Kim Johnston Ulrich as Allyson Yates
- Taylor Fry as Megan Sullivan
- Fran Bennett as Lenore Ritt
- Barry Newman as Dr. Garrett Braden
Episodes
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) | Rating/share (households) |
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0 | "Pilot" | Mimi Leder | Story by : Rita Lakin & Frank Furino and Howard Lakin Teleplay by : Howard Lakin | June 27, 1988 | N/A | 18.9/33[2] |
1 | "Episode 01" | Unknown | Unknown | January 25, 1989 | 20.5[3] | 15.1/26[3] |
2 | "Episode 02" | Unknown | Unknown | February 1, 1989 | 18.0[4] | 13.1/22[4] |
3 | "Episode 03" | Unknown | Unknown | February 8, 1989 | 15.9[5] | 11.6/18[5] |
4 | "Episode 04" | Unknown | Unknown | February 15, 1989 | 18.0[6] | 13.4/24[6] |
5 | "Episode 05" | Unknown | Unknown | February 22, 1989 | 18.1[7] | 13.1/22[7] |
6 | "Episode 06" | Unknown | Unknown | March 1, 1989 | 19.2[8] | 14.0/25[8] |
7 | "Episode 07" | Unknown | Unknown | March 15, 1989 | 15.9[9] | 11.4/20[9] |
8 | "Episode 08" | Robert Becker | Don Roos | March 22, 1989 | 17.8[10] | 12.9/23[10] |
9 | "Episode 09" | Unknown | Unknown | April 5, 1989 | 17.6[11] | 13.2/23[11] |
10 | "Episode 10" | Unknown | Unknown | April 12, 1989 | 17.5[12] | 13.0/23[12] |
11 | "Episode 11" | Unknown | Unknown | April 19, 1989 | 16.2[13] | 11.9/22[13] |
12 | "Episode 12" | Unknown | Unknown | April 26, 1989 | 15.3[14] | 11.6/20[14] |
Production
The series was developed from a pilot television film, also titled Nightingales, that was directed by Mimi Leder and originally aired in June 1988. Field, Walters, Swanson, Bennett, and Jennifer Rhodes (as Effie Gardner) are the only members of the cast to appear in both the film and the series.[15]
Reception
The series was described in the Chicago Tribune as portraying nursing students as women who "don't spend much time studying...[but] do hang around in their underwear a lot".[16] Nightingales was criticized for "demeaning the nursing profession...by portraying five student nurses as lusty bimbos", and the American Nurses Association initiated a letter-writing campaign that prompted several of the show's sponsors to withdraw their advertising.[17] The series was cancelled after 13 episodes. Aaron Spelling briefly revived it in syndication as the 1995 series University Hospital.
References
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- ^ "Sour Notes On 'Nightingales'". Chicago Tribune. March 16, 1989. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
- ^ Superville, Darlene E. (May 2, 1989). "Suzanne Pleshette Meets Nurses, Asks Them to Help Save "Nightingales"". Associated Press. Retrieved January 10, 2013.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0345497734.
External links
- Nightingales (TV movie) at IMDb
- Nightingales (TV series) at IMDb