Series Description

Diagnosis Murder was a 60 minute crime/drama series on CBS a doctor who was the chief of staff at a hospital and also consulted on murder cases with the Los Angeles Police Department. He worked on those cases with his son who was an LAPD detective and got help from two young doctors who worked at the hospital with him.

Diagnosis Murder Cast

Dick Van Dyke .... Doctor Mark Sloan
Charlie Schlatter .... Doctor Jesse Travis
Scott Baio .... Doctor Jack Stewart
Cynthia Gibb .... Doctor Amanda Bentley (Pilot)
Victoria Rowell .... Doctor Amanda Bentley (Series)
Barry Van Dyke .... Det. Steve Sloan
Kim Little .... Nurse Susan Hilliard

Diagnosis Murder Trivia

Diagnosis Murder was a "spin-off" of the series, "Jake and the Fatman". Doctor Mark Sloan first appeared on episode #77, "It Never Entered My Mind" of Jake and the Fatman where he assisted the District Attorney (The Fatman) and a detective (Jake Styles) solve one of their most difficult murder cases.

Victoria Rowell played the role of the single Doctor Amanda Bentley on Diagnosis Murder. When Victoria became pregnant in real life they decided to explain it by having her marry a man who was away, serving in the military. That way, they didn't have to bring on a new cast member to play the role of Amanda's husband.

Victoria also had a regular role on the daytime drama, "The Young and the Restless" during her entire eight years on Diagnosis Murder! In the Diagnosis Murder episodes titled, "Gangland - Parts 1 and 2" we learned that Amanda Bentley had been a foster child. Victoria Rowell who played Amanda had also been a real-life foster child.

CBS moved Diagnosis Murder to a different night just one time during its eight season run but they changed the time slot six times.

Scott Baio left the show at the end of the second season. They explained that Dr. Stewart left in order to move to Colorado and start his own clinic.

You probably either knew or noticed that Barry Van Dyke is the son of Dick Van Dyke. Many people seem to think that Barry has only acted on Diagnosis Murder but that's far from the truth. He played the role of "Lieutenant Dillon" on the sci-fi series, "Galactica 1980" and he played "John Hawke" on the entire fourth season of "Airwolf". Barry has also made guest-starring appearances on numerous shows including "Wonder Woman", "Mork and Mindy", "Remington Steele", "Magnum P.I.", "The A-Team", "The Dukes of Hazzard", and "The Love Boat". You can even see him on episode #19 of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". The episode that the 11-year-old Barry appeared on was titled, "The Talented Neighborhood"!

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

Pilot Episode

It Never Entered My Mind (As episode #77 Of "Jake And The Fatman") (2/20/1991)

Pilot TV Movies

Diagnosis Of Murder (1/5/1992)
The House On Sycamore Street (5/1/1992)
A Twist Of The Knife (2/13/1993)

Season 1

1... Miracle Cure (10/29/1993)
2... Amnesia (11/5/1993)
3... Murder At The Telethon (11/12/1993)
4... Inheritance Of Death (11/19/1993)
5... The 13 Million Dollar Man (12/3/1993)
6... Vanishing Act - Part 1 (12/10/1993)
7... Vanishing Act - Part 2 (12/17/1993)
8... Shanda's Song (1/7/1994)
9... The Restless Remains (1/14/1994)
10. Murder With Mirrors (1/21/1994)
11. Flashdance With Death (1/28/1994)
12. Reunion With Murder (2/4/1994)
13. Lily (3/4/1994)
14. Guardian Angel (4/1/1994)
15. Nirvana (4/8/1994)
16. Broadcast Blues (4/15/1994)
17. Shaker (4/29/1994)
18. The Plague (5/6/1994)
19. Sister Michael Wants You (5/13/1994)

Season 2

20. Many Happy Returns (916/1994)
21. A Very Fatal Funeral (9/23/1994)
22. Woman Trouble (9/30/1994)
23. The Busy Body (10/7/1994)
24. My Four Husbands (10/14/1994)
25. Murder Most Vial (10/21/1994)
26. You Can Call Me Johnson (10/28/1994)
27. Georgia On My Mind (11/4/1994)
28. The Last Laugh - Part 1 (11/11/1994)
29. The Last Laugh - Part 2 (11/18/1994)
30. Death By Extermination (12/2/1994)
31. Standing Eight Count (12/9/1994)
32. The Bela Lugosi Blues (1/6/1995)
33. The New Healers (1/13/1995)
34. Call Me Incontestable (1/20/1995)
35. A Blast From The Past (2/3/1995)
36. Playing For Keeps (2/10/1995)
37. Sea No Evil (2/17/1995)
38. How To Murder Your Lawyer (2/24/1995)
39. Naked Babes (3/31/1995)
40. Death In The Daytime (4/28/1995)
41. My Baby Is Out Of This World (5/5/1995)

Season 3

42. An Innocent Murder (12/8/1995)
43. Witness To Murder (12/15/1995)
44. All-American Murder (12/22/1995)
45. Murder In The Courthouse (12/29/1995)
46. Murder On The Run - Part 1 (1/5/1996)
47. Murder On The Run - Part 2 (1/12/1996)
48. Love Is Murder (1/19/1996)
49. Misdiagnosis Murder (1/26/1996)
50. The Pressure To Murder (2/9/1996)
51. Living On The Streets Can Be Murder (2/16/1996)
52. Murder Murder (2/23/1996)
53. Murder In The Dark (3/8/1996)
54. 35 Millimeter Murder (3/29/1996)
55. The Murder Trade (4/5/1996)
56. Mind Over Murder (4/12/1996)
57. Murder By The Book (4/19/1996)
58. FMurder (4/26/1996)
59. Left-Handed Murder (5/3/1996)

Season 4

60. Murder By Friendly Fire (9/19/1996)
61. Murder Can Be Contagious (9/26/1996)
62. Murder On Thin Ice (10/3/1996)
63. X Marks The Murder - Part 1 (10/10/1996)
64. X Marks The Murder - Part 2 (10/10/1996)
65. A Model Murder (10/17/1996)
66. Murder Can Be Murder (10/24/1996)
67. An Explosive Murder (10/31/1996)
68. Murder By The Busload (11/7/1996)
69. A Candidate For Murder (11/14/1996)
70. The ABC's Of Murder (11/21/1996)
71. Murder In The Family (12/12/1996)
72. In Defense Of Murder (1/9/1997)
73. A History Of Murder (1/16/1997)
74. Murder Two - Part 1 (1/30/1997)
75. Murder Two - Part 2 (2/6/1997)
76. Hard-Boiled Murder (2/13/1997)
77. Murder, Country Style (2/20/1997)
78. Delusions Of Murder (2/27/1997)
79. A Passion For Murder (4/3/1997)
80. Blood Brothers Murder (4/10/1997)
81. Physician, Murder Thyself (4/24/1997)
82. Murder In The Air (4/24/1997)
83. The Merry Widow Murder (5/1/1997)
84. Comedy Is Murder (5/8/1997)
85. The Murder Of Mark Sloan (5/8/1997)

Season 5

86. Murder Blues (9/18/1997)
87. Open And Shut (9/25/1997)
88. Malibu Fire (10/2/1997)
89. Deadly Games (10/9/1997)
90. Slam-Dunk Dead (10/16/1997)
91. Looks Can Kill (10/23/1997)
92. Fatal Impact - Part 1 (10/30/1997)
93. Fatal Impact - Part 2 (10/30/1997)
94. Must Kill TV (11/6/1997)
95. Discards (11/13/1997)
96. A Mime Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (11/20/1997)
97. Down And Dirty Dead (12/11/1997)
98. Retribution - Part 1 (1/8/1998)
99. Retribution - Part 2 (1/15/1998)
100. Drill For Death (1/22/1998)
101. Rain Of Terror (1/29/1998)
102. Baby Boom (2/5/1998)
103. Talked To Death (2/26/1998)
104. An Education In Murder (3/5/1998)
105. Murder At The Finish Line (3/26/1998)
106. First Do No Harm (4/16/1998)
107. Promises To Keep (4/23/1998)
108. Food Fight (4/30/1998)
109. Obsession - Part 1 (5/7/1998)
110. Obsession - Part 2 (5/14/1998)

Season 6

111. Resurrection - Part 3 (9/24/1998)
112. Resurrection - Part 4 (9/24/1998)
113. Till Death Do Us Part (10/1/1998)
114. Wrong Number (10/8/1998)
115. Blood Will Out (10/15/1998)
116. Alienated (10/29/1998)
117. Write, She Murdered (11/5/1998)
119. Rear Windows '98 (11/12/1998)
120. The Last Resort (11/19/1998)
121. Murder X 4 (12/3/1998)
122. Dead In The Water (12/17/1998)
123. Trapped In Paradise (1/7/1999)
124. Voices Carry (1/21/1999)
125. Murder, My Suite (1/28/1999)
126. Murder On The Hour (2/4/1999)
127. Rescue Me (2/11/1999)
128. Down Among The Dead Men (2/18/1999)
129. Never Say Die (2/25/1999)
130. Trash TV - Part 1 (4/29/1999)
131. Trash TV - Part 2 (4/29/1999)
132. Blood Ties (5/6/1999)
133. Today Is The Last Day Of The Rest Of My Life (5/13/1999)

Season 7

134. The Roast (9/23/1999)
135. Sleeping Murder (9/30/1999)
136. Bringing Up Barbie (10/7/1999)
137. Murder At Midterm (10/14/1999)
138. The Flame (10/21/1999)
139. The Killer Within (10/28/1999)
140. Gangland - Part 1 (11/4/1999)
141. Gangland - Part 2 (11/4/1999)
142. The Mouth That Roared (11/11/1999)
143. The Seven Deadly Sins (11/18/1999)
144. Santa Claude (12/16/1999)
145. Man Overboard (1/6/2000)
146. Frontier Dad (1/13/2000)
147. Too Many Cooks (1/20/2000)
148. Jake's Women (2/3/2000)
149. Murder By Remote (2/10/2000)
150. Teacher's Pet (2/17/2000)
151. The Unluckiest Bachelor In L.A. (2/24/2000)
152. Resting Place (3/9/2000)
153. Murder At Bar-B-Que (4/13/2000)
154. Two Birds With One Sloan (4/27/2000)
155. Swan Song (5/4/2000)
156. Out Of The Past - Part 1 (5/11/2000)
157. Out Of The Past - Part 2 (5/11/2000)

Season 8

158. Death By Design (10/12/2000)
159. Blind Man's Bluff (10/19/2000)
160. Sleight-Of-Hand (10/26/2000)
161. By Reason Of Insanity (11/2/2000)
162. The Patient Detective (11/9/2000)
163. The Cradle Will Rock (11/16/2000)
164. Hot House (11/30/2000)
165. All Dressed Up And Nowhere To Die (12/7/2000)
166. Confession (1/4/2001)
167. Playing God (1/11/2001)
168. Less Than Zero (1/18/2001)
169. Sins Of The Father - Part 1 (2/2/2001)
170. Sins Of The Father - Part 2 (2/9/2001)
171. You Bet Your Life (2/16/2001)
172. Bachelor Fathers (2/23/2001)
173. Being Of Sound Mind (3/2/2001)
174. Dance of Danger (3/30/2001)
175. The Red Shoes (4/20/2001)
176. No Good Deed (4/27/2001)
177. Deadly Mirage - Part 1 (5/4/2001)
178. Deadly Mirage - Part 2 (5/4/2001)
179. The Blair Nurse Project (5/11/2001)

Tv Movies

Diagnosis Of Murder (1/5/1992)
The House On Sycamore Street (5/1/1992)
A Twist Of The Knife (2/13/1993)
A Town Without Pity (2/6/2002)
Without Warning (4/26/2002)