Episode
Diagnosis: Murder: Trash TV (1)
Overview
The Community General doctors are dragged back into the world of network television when producer Jackson Burley revamps the pilot for Dr. Danger, the television program based on Dr. Sloan. Mark and Steve investigate when Danger's competition, a masked magician who reveals the profession's secrets, is murdered, possibly as a ratings ploy.
Details
- Series
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 1999-04-29
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Trash TV (1) is Episode 19 in Season 6 of Diagnosis: Murder. It aired on 1999-04-29. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 18: Never Say Die
Steve enlists troubled teenager (he sure looked older than a teenager) Tommy to work as community service at a boxing club after too many brushes with the law. Tommy tries to control his temper. Mark finds that the club's sports drink is drugged, promoting aggressive tendencies in many of the boxers.
Episode 20: Trash TV (2)
Mark matches wits with a murderous network executive.
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Episode 15: Murder on the Hour
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Episode 14: Murder, My Suite
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Episode 13: Voices Carry
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Episode 12: Trapped in Paradise
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Episode 11: Dead in the Water
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