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The Doctors is a 30-minute daytime soap opera that aired on NBC from April 1, 1963 to December 31, 1982. Reruns however currently aired on Retro Television Network.

In 1979, NBC announced that The All New Jeopardy! was cancelled and forced Another World to expand to 90 minutes. However at the last minute, their 90 minute expansion was rejected by NBC executives and opted that executives like to expand the popular soap opera The Doctors to an hour.

The hour long version of the show spawned popularity by its audience. In 1980, Silverman announced they wanted to cancel Wheel of Fortune on August 4, replacing by a new half hour soap opera. This decision was reserved at the last minute, shrinking David Letterman to 60 minutes.

As of today, The Doctors still airs on NBC Daytime, while currently airing in its 54th year.
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