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** Hal Linden was the first choice for the role of Dr. Westphall but he turned it down.
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** Hal Linden was the first choice for the role of Dr. Westphall -- but he turned it down.down without ever reading the script, or meeting with the producers. After 8 seasons of ''Series/BarneyMiller'' (which was winding down just as the ''St. Elsewhere'' pilot was gearing up), Linden wanted a break from TV production schedules for a while.
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** Sagan Lewis (Dr. Jackie Wade) is credited for the story of Season 6's "Their Town" as S.J. Lewis.
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** Sagan Lewis (Dr. Jackie Wade) is credited for the story teleplay of Season 6's "Their Town" as S.J. Lewis.
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** While the show’s overall ratings were middling, it had comparatively much stronger ratings in the advertiser coveted 18-49 demographic, which kept it on the air.
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** Ed Begley, Jr. auditioned for the role of Peter White but Terence Knox was cast instead. His performance impressed the producers and he was cast as Victor Ehrlich.
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** Ed Begley, Jr. Creator/EdBegleyJr auditioned for the role of Peter White but Terence Knox was cast instead. His performance impressed the producers and he was cast as Victor Ehrlich.
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** John [=McIntire=] and Jeanette Nolan, who played Harry Cragen and Sophia Pavlon in "To Tell the Truth", were married in real life. The two also appeared together in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' as well as an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'', in which they played the parents of series regular Dan Fielding.
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** John [=McIntire=] Creator/JohnMcIntire and Jeanette Nolan, Creator/JeanetteNolan, who played Harry Cragen and Sophia Pavlon in "To Tell the Truth", were married in real life. The two also appeared together in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'' as well as an episode of ''Series/NightCourt'', in which they played the parents of series regular Dan Fielding.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Ellen Bry (Nurse Shirley Daniels) and the producer and writer John Masius met on set. They were married from 1986 to 1999.
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* RomanceOnTheSet: Ellen Bry Creator/EllenBry (Nurse Shirley Daniels) and the producer and writer John Masius met on set. They were married from 1986 to 1999.
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** In ''Series/RedDwarf'', Lister tries to come on to Camille (who he perceives as a woman who reminds him of Kochanski, but dresses like himself) by pretending to be a doctor. When she tells him she suspects he's not actually a doctor, he claims that while he's not fully qualified, he has seen every episode of ''St. Elsewhere''.
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* AcclaimedFlop: The show never ranked above 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings but was a critical darling and won 13 Emmy Awards (out of 63 Emmy nominations).
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* AcclaimedFlop: The show never ranked above 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings but was a critical darling and won 13 Emmy Awards (out of 63 62 total Emmy nominations).
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* AcclaimedFlop: The show never ranked above 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings but was a critical darling that earned 63 Emmy nominations.
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* AcclaimedFlop: The show never ranked above 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings but was a critical darling that earned and won 13 Emmy Awards (out of 63 Emmy nominations.nominations).
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* AcclaimedFlop: The show never ranked above [=#49=] in the ratings but was a critical darling that earned 63 Emmy nominations.
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* AcclaimedFlop: The show never ranked above [=#49=] 47th place in the yearly Nielsen ratings but was a critical darling that earned 63 Emmy nominations.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''St. Elsewhere'' was Creator/{{NBC}} Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff's favorite show, a fact which saved it from cancellation a couple of times as it typically had poor to middling ratings; it never ranked higher than 47th place in the yearly ratings (though it got excellent ratings in the key 18-49 demo).
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''St. Elsewhere'' was Creator/{{NBC}} Entertainment president Brandon Tartikoff's favorite show, a fact which saved it from cancellation a couple of times as it typically had poor to middling ratings; it never ranked higher than 47th place in the yearly ratings (though (however it got did have excellent ratings in the key 18-49 demo).demographic).
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** The real life married couple Creator/SteveAllen and Jayne Meadows played Victor Ehrlich's parents Lech and Olga Oseransky in "Russian Roulette", "Visiting Daze" and "The Abby Singer Show".
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** The real life married couple Creator/SteveAllen and Jayne Meadows Creator/JayneMeadows played Victor Ehrlich's parents Lech and Olga Oseransky in "Russian Roulette", "Visiting Daze" and "The Abby Singer Show".
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* ReferencedBy: In the ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' episode "Nothing to Fear", Doctors Donald Westphall, Annie Cavanero, Philip Chandler, Roxanne Turner, Seth Griffin, Carol Novino, David Domedion and Bruce Paltrow and Nurse Shirley Daniels are paged at St. Michael's Hospital. Dr. Westphall is paged again in "Sealed with a Kiss".
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* ReferencedBy: ReferencedBy:
** In the ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' episode "Nothing to Fear", Doctors Donald Westphall, Annie Cavanero, Philip Chandler, Roxanne Turner, Seth Griffin, Carol Novino, David Domedion and Bruce Paltrow and Nurse Shirley Daniels are paged at St. Michael's Hospital. Dr. Westphall is paged again in "Sealed with aKiss".Kiss".
** The ''Series/NewsRadio'' episode "Daydream" ends with a parody of the show's ending, "revealing" that the events of the show were being imagined by Jimmy James looking into a snow globe.
** In the ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' episode "Nothing to Fear", Doctors Donald Westphall, Annie Cavanero, Philip Chandler, Roxanne Turner, Seth Griffin, Carol Novino, David Domedion and Bruce Paltrow and Nurse Shirley Daniels are paged at St. Michael's Hospital. Dr. Westphall is paged again in "Sealed with a
** The ''Series/NewsRadio'' episode "Daydream" ends with a parody of the show's ending, "revealing" that the events of the show were being imagined by Jimmy James looking into a snow globe.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: An earlier version of "The Last One"'s script, set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in 2017]], portrayed Dr. Auschlander as a centenarian kept alive with bionic implants. Norman Lloyd turned 103 that year.
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AccidentallyCorrectWriting: An earlier version of "The Last One"'s script, set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in 2017]], portrayed Dr. Auschlander as a centenarian kept alive with bionic implants. Norman Lloyd turned 103 that year.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: An earlier version of "The Last One"'s script, set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in 2017]], portrayed Dr. Auschlander as a centenarian kept alive with bionic implants. Norman Lloyd turned 103 that year.
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AccidentallyCorrectWriting: An earlier version of "The Last One"'s script, set [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture in 2017]], portrayed Dr. Auschlander as a centenarian kept alive with bionic implants. Norman Lloyd turned 103 that year.
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** Originally, the SeriesFinale "The Last One" was intended to [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture take place in 2017]] and feature futuristic medical equipment and costumes. Dr. Daniel Auschlander, by now a centenarian, would have been kept alive using bionic implants. In one respect, this would have overlapped with AccidentallyCorrectWriting, as Norman Lloyd turned 103 that year.
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* ScienceMarchesOn / TechnologyMarchesOn: The series ended in 1988.
* ShockingSwerve: The twist ending.
* ShockingSwerve: The twist ending.
