Celebrities in DVD TV Shows

Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama series that was broadcast on ABC from 1989 to 1993. The show, which aired for four seasons, starred Neil Patrick Harris as a brilliant young doctor, Douglas "Doogie" Howser, who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager and keeps a diary on his computer.

Howser, as a child, has twice survived early-stage pediatric leukemia, first when he was four and second when he was six. The experience fueled his desire to also enter medicine. Possessing a genius intellect and an eidetic memory, he got a perfect score on the SAT at the age of six. He completed high school in nine weeks, graduated from Princeton University at age 10, and finished medical school four years later. He was the youngest licensed doctor at age 14.

The teen doctor seeks acceptance by both others his age and his professional colleagues. Many episodes of the series deal with wider social problems such AIDS awareness, racism, homophobia, violence, along with aging, body issues, and friendship. Each episode of the show typically ends with Howser making an entry in his diary on the computer.

Knight Rider is an American action tv series that was broadcast on NBC from 1982 to 1986. The show starred David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a high-tech modern-day knight fighting crime, who drives a sentient talking car (KITT) with artificial intelligence.

The show's plot begins when self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police detective Michael Long after a near fatal shot to the face and gives him a new identity (via plastic surgery) and a new name: Michael Knight. Wilton selects Michael to be the muscle in the pilot program of his Knight Foundation-funded public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a car controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence. Michael and KITT are brought in during situations where direct action might provide the only feasible solution.

Conceived by Glen A. Larson, Knight Rider was an instant hit and it was aired in various parts of the world. It also has the distinction of being one of the first U.S. tv series to utilize popular music throughout the episodes. Songs were used in driving montages and most of the time, a cover band was hired to perform the songs, so that the production company only had to pay for a license for the song itself and not the original artist's recording of it.