TV doctors #10 – Dr. Richard Webber

Dr. Richard Webber (James Pickens, Jr.), ABC's Grey's Anatomy

Dr. Richard Webber’s role as mentor on Grey’s Anatomy is rife with all the same personal issues that make nighttime dramas (soaps) work.  What’s he mentoring them in anyway?  James Pickens, Jr.’s long TV career landed him in a great role.

TV doctors #9 – Dr. Miranda Bailey

Residents called Dr. Miranda Bailey “the Nazi” for her tough exterior and even tougher demands.  Now an attending surgeon at Seattle Grace, this role is a central character on the hit TV franchise Grey’s Anatomy (thank you Shonda Rhimes!).  And Chandra Wilson’s portrayal has won her a SAG and several Emmy nominations.  How she handles the turmoil around her interns is a weekly joy to watch.

Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), Grey's Anatomy, ABC

TV doctors #7 – Nurse LaVerne Roberts/Nurse Shirley, Scrubs

Nurse Laverne Roberts (Aloma Wright), Scrubs (Image: NBC)

Scrubs Nurse LaVerne Roberts (Aloma Wright) was the kind of don’t-take-no-mess-I-know-exactly-what’s-going-on nurse I would want caring for me.  She departed the half-hour comedy, but was brought back as her sister Shirley.  The ABC series lives on in syndication!

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Nurse Shirley (Aloma Wright), Scrubs

from The Regular Guy and Scrubs Wikia)

TV doctors #6 – Dr. Otis Cole, Off the Map

Otis Cole (played by Jason Winston George) was “tough, plain-spoken, and highly respected at Clinica Cruz del Sur,” according to wetpaint.com.  Off the Map, another creation of Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice), although critically acclaimed, only lasted one season on ABC.

Dr. Otis Cole, "Off the Map" (Jason Winston George), ABC

TV doctor #2

Dr. Sam Bennett (Taye Diggs) from Private Practice (TV Guide/ABC)

Dr. Sam Bennett (Taye Diggs), cardiothoracic surgeon, founding member of the Oceanside clinic, and pop author on ABC’s Private Practice.  Like most of the night-time medical dramas, it’s all about the passion, with the glitz of a SoCal medical practice as a backdrop.  But we watch this show for the hotties and the drama.  Diggs’ portrayal of Dr. Bennett made TV Guide’s “15 Hottest TV Doctors.”  Oh the heat!  Oh the drama!