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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series)

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Original title

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Year

1993

Running time

60 min.

Country

United States

Director

Beth Sullivan (Creator), Chuck Bowman, Gwen Arner, James Keach, Carl Binder, Jerry Jameson, Bethany Rooney, Terrence O'Hara, Alan J. Levi, Jerry London

Screenwriter

Cast

Music

William Olvis, David Bell

Cinematography

Roland 'Ozzie' Smith

Producer

The Sullivan Company. Broadcast by: CBS

Genre

TV Series. Western. Drama | Medical

Synopsis

TV Series (1993-1998). Jane Seymour (Live and Let Die, Somewhere in Time) is Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a refined woman who trades the petty prejudices of mid-19th century Boston society for a new set of challenges on the wide open ranges of Colorado Springs. With an adopted family of three orphaned children and mountaineer Byron Sully (Joe Lando) by her side, Dr. Quinn and crew lead the way into a changing America. Film and television star Jane Seymour is Dr. Quinn, the strong-willed, liberal-minded Easterner who befriends an enigmatic mountain loner, Byron Sully (Joe Lando), and winds up adopting three children when their mother dies of a rattlesnake bite.

While the headstrong Michaela can be tough, Beacon Hill never prepared her for such a rugged world where the people are as coarse as the climate and their ideas seem from another time. By having Dr. Quinn's sophisticated values clash with the considerably cruder mindset of her Western neighbors, the series is able to explore situations and issues that are very much a part of life today. Whether championing the cause of gun control, exposing environmental polluters, battling disease or sexist cowboys, or liberating oppressed frontier women, Dr. Mike, at great personal risk, bucks the conventional wisdom of the Old West and emerges as more than just a pioneering feminist.

In the tradition of "Little House on the Prairie," DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN is steeped in traditional family values and an understanding of the spirit and strength that built America.

Awards: 1998: Emmy: Nominated for Best Actress (Jane Seymour) and Hairstyling

1997: Emmy: Nominated for Best Hairstyling

1996: Emmy: Best Hairstyling. 3 Nominations

1995: Emmy: Best Hairstyling. 5 Nominations

1994: Emmy: Best Cinematography and Hairstyling. 4 Nominations

1993: Emmy: 4 Nominations, Including Best Guest Actress (Diane Ladd)

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Critics' reviews

"'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' is so excruciatingly awful that Jane Seymour should sue the writers for malpractice."

Howard Rosenberg: Los Angeles Times
"The surprise hit of the season is treacly but has its old- fashioned pleasures."

Richard Zoglin: Time
"Each episode is rich in positive family values, and the characters' problems still are relatable today."

Emily Ashby: Common Sense Media
"'Frontier Hooey' would be an appropriate alternate title for the series, but it's a kind of hooey some people may find attractive.

Tom Shales: The Washington Post

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