Diagnosis: Murder (season 1)

Diagnosis: Murder (season 1)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 19 + Pilot + 5 TV movies
Release
Original network CBS
Original release October 29, 1993 (1993-10-29) – May 13, 1994 (1994-05-13)
Season chronology

Diagnosis: Murder's first season originally aired Fridays at 8:00-9:00 pm (EST).[1][2] The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video. It included the pilot "It Never Entered My Mind" from Jake and The Fatman.

Cast

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
11"Miracle Cure"Michael LangeJames KramerOctober 29, 1993 (1993-10-29)14.60[3]

Dr. Mark Sloan investigates a hit-and-run death that may involve a priest's confessional.

Guest Stars: Robert Guillaume, and Sylvia Sidney.
22"Amnesia"Michael LangeTeleplay by: Joyce Burditt
Story by: Joyce Burditt and David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg		November 5, 1993 (1993-11-05)12.70[3]
A patient claims to be an amnesiac, but Sloan's probing of her past leads to a mob boss and the possibility that she's plotting to murder a hospitalized senator.
33"Murder at the Telethon"Anson WilliamsVance DeGeneresNovember 12, 1993 (1993-11-12)12.50[3]

A comedian who was hosting a telethon for the hospital is murdered, so Sloan investigates.

Guest Stars: Dom Deluise, Dick Martin, Granville Vandusen, Steven Anderson, Dick Van Patten, and Joyce Van Patten.
44"Inheritance of Death"Frank ThackeryGerry ConwayNovember 19, 1993 (1993-11-19)12.40[3]

A millionaire dies after declaring his intention to leave his money to the hospital - and Sloan suspects the man's offspring.
Note: In addition to Sloan, Dick Van Dyke plays the millionaire Johnathan Nash and his Sons Julian Nash and J. Edison Nash and his Daughter Judith Nash.

Guest Star: Michael Champion
55"The 13 Million Dollar Man"Anson WilliamsGordon T. DawsonDecember 3, 1993 (1993-12-03)12.50[4]

When a dying man gives him a lottery ticket worth millions, Sloan must fight his way through competing claims in order to give the money to charity.

Guest Star: Ken Kercheval
66"Vanishing Act: Part 1"Christian I. Nyby IIBruce Franklin SingerDecember 10, 1993 (1993-12-10)11.20[4]

Steve is framed for the murder of an internal-affairs officer.

Guest Star: Richard Gant, Dennis Lipscomb, John Beck, and Boyd Kestner.
77"Vanishing Act: Part 2"Christian I. Nyby IIBruce Franklin SingerDecember 17, 1993 (1993-12-17)11.10[4]

Sloan and Jack use connections to the underworld to figure out who set up Steve for murder.

Guest Stars: Richard Gant, Boyd Kestner, John Beck, and Don Gordon
88"Shanda's Song"Neema BarnetteCraig VolkJanuary 7, 1994 (1994-01-07)14.80[4]
Sloan hunts for the stalker of a female pop star.
99"The Restless Remains"Christian I. Nyby IITeleplay by: Robert Schlitt
Story by: John Hill		January 14, 1994 (1994-01-14)16.20[4]

The body of an infomercial financial guru disappears without a trace.

Guest Stars: Ned Romero
1010"Murder with Mirrors"Anson WilliamsGerry ConwayJanuary 21, 1994 (1994-01-21)16.80[4]

Sloan works to clear a friend in the murder of a magician. Special Guest Star: Emma Samms

Guest Stars: Ray Buktenica, Jack Laufer, and Mitchell Whitfield.
1111"Flashdance with Death"Christian I. Nyby IIGerry ConwayJanuary 28, 1994 (1994-01-28)17.20[4]

Sloan uses a few leads to find out who's responsible for the death of a dance studio's unfavorable co-owner.

Guest Stars: Paula Marshall, and Kristoff St. John. Watch for a dancer called Shannon, played by Elizabeth Berkley, star of Showgirls.
1212"Reunion with Murder"Anson WilliamsRobin MaddenFebruary 4, 1994 (1994-02-04)16.30[4]

Amanda is suspected of murdering an old college roommate who had written a tell-all book about her sorority sisters.

Note: The dog that Amanda adopts she names "Yoda".
1313"Lily"Frank ThackeryGerry ConwayMarch 4, 1994 (1994-03-04)16.60[5]

When a call girl who was blackmailing some of her clients ends up dead, Mark sorts through her clients to find out who killed her.

Guest Star: Gerald Mcraney
1414"Guardian Angel"Christian I. Nyby IIBruce Franklin SingerApril 1, 1994 (1994-04-01)13.30[5]

After the mayor is murdered, Sloan investigates the peculiar behavior of the politician's widow.

Guest Star: James McEachin, who plays the police Lt. Frank Daniels in six episodes of Matlock (TV series) and Lt. Ed Brock in the Perry Mason TV movies). (He plays a derelict in this episode.)
1515"Nirvana"Christian I. Nyby IIPeter DunneApril 8, 1994 (1994-04-08)13.60[5]
Sloan follows a few leads to a spa in his investigation of a con man's murder.
1616"Broadcast Blues"Christian I. Nyby IIJames KramerApril 15, 1994 (1994-04-15)15.30[5]
A convict that Sloan examines takes everyone at the hospital hostage - and two deaths occur during the situation.
1717"Shaker"Alan MyersonGerry ConwayApril 29, 1994 (1994-04-29)13.60[5]

Sloan suspects foul play after a friend dies in an earthquake.

Guest Star: Allan Miller
1818"The Plague"Peter EllisGerry ConwayMay 6, 1994 (1994-05-06)13.90[5]

Sloan comes to suspect that someone could have deliberately exposed a hit man to bubonic plague.

Guest Stars: Julie Sommars (Julie March in the TV Series Matlock), and David Froman (Lieutenant Bob Brooks in Matlock).
1919"Sister Michael Wants You"Leo PennJoyce BurdittMay 13, 1994 (1994-05-13)13.70[5]

Sloan goes undercover as a priest to help a nun catch a murderer in her convent.

Guest Stars: Delta Burke.

References

  1. ↑ TV Listings for October 29, 1993
  2. ↑ TV Listings for May 13, 1994
  3. 1 2 3 4 http://anythingkiss.com/pi_feedback_challenge/Ratings/19930920-19931128_TVRatings.pdf#page=4
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://anythingkiss.com/pi_feedback_challenge/Ratings/19931129-19940227_TVRatings.pdf#page=2
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 http://anythingkiss.com/pi_feedback_challenge/Ratings/19940228-19940529_TVRatings.pdf#page=3
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