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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.