Doc is an American sitcom produced by MTM Enterprises which aired on CBS^[1] from August 16, 1975, to October 30, 1976.

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Doc
Standing, L-R: Irwin Corey and Mary Wickes. Seated: Elizabeth Wilson and Barnard Hughes (1975)
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Ed. Weinberger Stan Daniels
Directed by	Jeff Bleckner Burt Brinckerhoff Bob Claver Marty Cohan Joan Darling Robert Moore Mel Shapiro Dennis Steinmetz Howard Storm
Starring	Barnard Hughes
Theme music composer	Stan Daniels
Composers	Richard DeBenedictis Patrick Williams
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	29 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Stan Daniels Ed. Weinberger
Producers	Norman Barasch Laurence Marks Carroll Moore Paul Wayne
Running time	30 mins.
Production company	MTM Enterprises
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	August 16, 1975 (1975-08-16) – October 30, 1976 (1976-10-30)

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Doc starred Barnard Hughes^[2] as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kindhearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family. Hughes had been seen occasionally on the CBS-TV sitcoms All in the Family as Father John Majeski and on The Bob Newhart Show as Bob's father Herb Hartley. On Doc, actress Elizabeth Wilson costarred with Hughes as Joe's wife Annie, Judith Kahan as his daughter Laurie, John Harkins as Laurie's husband, and Mary Wickes as Joe's nurse, Tully.

During the first season, the show had good ratings, partially due to its timeslot (Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., sandwiched between mega-hits The Jeffersons and The Mary Tyler Moore Show). CBS, however, thought the ratings should be better considering the scheduling and ordered that the show be reworked. When it returned in the fall of 1976, the format had been substantially changed, with Dr. Bogert now a widower, working at a down-and-out city clinic. Mary Wickes was the only other cast member from the first season to remain,^[3] but she departed after the first episode. Ratings slipped and the series was canceled in October 1976 after five episodes. Shortly after the series ended, Hughes returned to The Bob Newhart Show to guest-star in a Christmas episode in December 1976.

• Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe "Doc" Bogert
• Elizabeth Wilson as Annie Bogert (season 1)
• Judith Kahan as Laurie Bogert Fenner (season 1)
• John Harkins as Fred Fenner (season 1)
• Mary Wickes as Nurse Beatrice Tully
• Irwin Corey as Happy Miller (season 1)
• Audra Lindley as Janet Scott (season 2)
• David Ogden Stiers (Stanley Moss (season 2)
• Herbie Faye as Ben Goldman (season 2)
• Ray Vitte as Woody Henderson (season 2)