The Nurses
Format	Primetime medical drama
Starring	Zina Bethune Shirl Conway
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	98
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	September 27, 1962 – May 11, 1965

The Nurses is a serialized primetime medical drama which aired on CBS from September 27, 1962 to May 11, 1965. It was originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962; for the second season, the title was expanded to The Doctors and the Nurses and it ran until 1965, when it was transformed into a half-hour daytime soap opera. The soap opera, also called The Nurses, ran on CBS from 1965 to 1967.

The setting was Alden General Hospital and the primetime program starred Zina Bethune as Gail Lucas, the young nurse, and Shirl Conway as Liz Thorpe, her older nurse mentor.

The program was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ Primetime Emmy nominations 1963-1964

[edit] External links

• The Nurses at the Internet Movie Database

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