Medical Center: The Complete First Season (Remastered, 6 Disc)

I purchased this DVD set with an Amazon Gift Card. Watching these videos, I know now why CBS scheduled this series at 9:00 p.m. in Los Angeles, because by that time little kids would be asleep, and the adults could watch this medical drama. There's no way as a little kid I would have understood this.I was impressed with the quality, the content, the medical terminology, and the seriousness of Medical Center. The majority of Medical Center is new to me, since I had only seen a few episodes in syndication as a teenager in the 1980's. Like other reviewers mentioned, issues were covered tactfully, and I applaud the Respect Life aspect that Dr. Gannon upheld in several episodes (I don't think you would see that on Gray's Anatomy). Dr. Gannon and his colleagues also show the human side of medicine, where external factors and family issues are explored.I know Chad Everett spent a great deal of time researching and preparing for the role of Dr. Gannon. Oftentimes, he would go on rounds with real-life medical students, interns, and residents, as well as watch surgeries. I read that real-life nurses and a real-life anesthesiologist were often used in the operating room scenes.While the show does look a little dated, but I always like to see the old big cars, particularly a black Chrysler Imperial and the old smooth riding Cadillac Ambulances. I happened to notice some Brown Bomber uniforms too on the ambulance drivers. It took me about 20 minutes to recognize guest stars Tom Skerritt and Robert Pine (I recognized Walter Koenig immediately as a 4th year medical student), and I kept waiting for guest star Pat Hingle to call Batman on the telephone. I was also impressed with the lady psychiatrist - Dr. Jeanne Bartlett - that Dr. Gannon would date occasionally (she was good looking too - I never heard of Corinne Camacho before Medical Center), and I did see the episode where Chad Everett's real-life wife Shelby Grant appeared when he went on vacation. It is impressive that she and Chad Everett were married for 45 years until death do us part."The Center" reminded me of some of the older hospital buildings that were still around in Houston and San Antonio (particularly Methodist Hospital) when I was in college. The outside shots for "The Center" were UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, adjacent to the UCLA campus. This allowed for location use of the campus settings. This set was also used for a "Medical Story" episode that I recall seeing on late night TV one night in the mid-1980's. Today (2012), "The Center" hospital building is still there, but I believe it has been remodeled and is now a research/office/classroom institute since the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center opened across the street.While I would have liked to have seen Dr. Brackett appear in a cameo (I know Emergency! was a different network and Johnny and Roy were part of LA County FD, not LA City FD), this was an excellent drama series. Hopefully, season 2 of Medical Center will be released soon. Please watch this series, Hollywood needs to bring quality shows like Medical Center back to television.

Old show I liked growing up. Haven't watch yet.

I would have to regard this as a preview. My sister already bought me this disc set in 2012, but I didn't check it out until yesterday. It was season 2! yes the cover and the discs said season 1 but when i played it the episodes were all from season 2. Of course I should have checked them out immediately. So some friendly advice. Please open the discs you purchase and don't merely assume they're what they're purported to be. this was all my fault for not immediately checking. this purchase of season 1 will complete my set for the series of Medical Center. I can say WB discs are invariably of the highest quality. {Yes I did check out the other seasons and there was no mistakes or wrong years on them.} I am looking forward to going through all the episodes in order when I get my season !. 4 stars pending the arrival of my discs where I will upgrade to 5 stars if discs found to be satisfactory It was was just one of those glitches which happen sometimes. I will be updating my review when I get my discs, so will be in pre-op until then. I just received my copy of Medical Center season 1 and my post-op evaluation of the patient is now at 5 stars. Season 1 was Season 1 and not Season 2 as happened before. The first episode I ever watched back in 1970 was The Battle of Lily Wu starring France Nuyen as a troubled Vietnamese patient of Dr. Gannon. France Nuyen's stellar performance made me a fan of the show and i watched every episode through 1976. I am glad that as of 2016 all episodes are available on dvd. You can't go wrong with this show.

I bought this set for my wife who remembered watching the show as a kid with her family, like I watched "EMERGENCY!" with mine but I couldn't find it available anywhere but on Amazon. I had never seen the show so it so it's all new to me, and I actually am enjoying watching the available seasons with her.With this first season it is quite the social commentary of the "issues of the day", in this case 1969, as they relate to 2013. Some episodes are honestly hilarious at times looking back with todays standards in mind, as even Joe Gannon while probably a suave and fancy dresser for that era looks out of place with the dress and style of today. And the 'wild teens' of that era all wearing 'nice clothes'? Ties and sport coats abound but it is still a good show.Honestly this is better fare than so much of what's on TV now with so many 'reality shows'.So, after all this ramble, the 26 episodes look great with excellent transfers to DVD, the color is also great, actually better than I recall for color TV's back in that era, when I was about 12. There are no extras whatsoever just the episodes but you can like I did research the series on line and find out information about the show and stars. Oh and a lot of stars from the 1980s and beyond apparently got an early start with this series, it's interesting to see them before they became real stars, or villains in the case of O.J. Simpson in the premiere episode.

Chad Everett stars in this old tv series about a doctor working in a hospital. Still holds up well today.

I bought it for my older sister (who forced me to watch it when it was first airing on CBS). She went absolutely bananas for it. This is not a very common DVD set that is readily available in stores. If you know anyone who is a Chad Everett fan this is a must buy!

Nice to see all those guest stars and extras who were later to become big stars themselves. You know what they say, be nice to those you pass on the way up the ladder, you may pass them on the way back down again. Fast shipping, reasonable cost.

Brought back many memories of my teenage crush on Chad Everett.

great for us fans!