Forgotten TV: Doctor Doctor (1989)

 People still associate Matt Frewer with Max Headroom. In 1989, Frewer tried to do something about that, and landed a sitcom at CBS that cast him in a totally new light.

Unfortunately, that light lasted three seasons across two calendar years.

Doctor Doctor was a mid-season replacement when it bowed in the winter of 1989. No, its theme isn't the song of the same name by the British group Thompson Twins, but, rather, a cover of the Rascals' "Good Lovin'", only because the producers couldn't get the rights to the original. Frewer played Dr. Matt Stratford, who was a partner in a clinic with his best friend from med school, Abe (Julius Carry III). Inga Swenson (ex-Benson) had a recurring role as Dr. Stratford's mom, a nurse who briefly worked with her son.

The series ended up cancelled at the end of the 1990-1 season due to, of course, declining ratings. While Frewer took on a handful of guest roles, he also tried his hand at cartoons, hired by MGM to give voice to the Pink Panther two years after Doctor ended, and got 2 seasons out of that gig.

Let's take a look at the opener.

Don't know who butchered "Good Lovin'" (the singers were never credited), but it was a bad omen in the long term.

Rating: B-.