Talk:Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

November 2007
wow OK bias much. whoever wrote this is clearly a huge fan of the show. it seems all they can dop is talka bout how popular the show is but i see no sources stating or substatiating these facts. truth be told the show was almost canceled after each and every season. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.166.218.7 (talk) 20:39, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Ratings vs. Demographics
"CBS has never given a clear reason as to why Dr. Quinn was cancelled, though it claimed that the demographics had changed so much that they could no longer sell commercial time slots to advertisers. This was not the case, however, as the show was still one of the highest rated shows on Saturday nights."

The second sentence does not match up with the first. Changing demographics have nothing to do with ratings per se. I think that the 18-35 demographic has always been more desirable than the 40+ demographic, so even if the ratings stayed the same (or even if they went up), it doesn't necessarily follow that the advertisers would be pleased. --Lode Runner 08:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, according to show insiders, neither had significantly changed. The viewer demographics had remained fairly steady. It was a family show and most of its viewers were families - adults in their 30s and 40s and their children. Although there were also a significant number of reports that indicated a large number of viewers in older age groups as well and also a good following among young women in their teens and twenties. These demographics held true throughout the series' run. The network's problem was that there were not enough young male viewers in their teens and 20s. This had always been true of Dr. Quinn. That group had always been poorly represented in the show's viewership. This was the audience the network wanted to target in their programming. However, Saturday night viewership among young males across the board was rather poor. Dr. Quinn was no real exception in that case. The networks wanted to woo that demographic to their TV sets on Saturday night, when, at the time, few were apparently watching any shows consistently. Shows which followed were more tailored to that audience and the representation of that age group in the demographic reports improoved.

The ratings also remained fairly steady throughout the series' run. It consistently won its spot on Saturday night, no mean feat, in what was then considered the television graveyard. There was a slight drop in the last season due to inconsistent airing of the show and a darker turn in the story line, which was not received well by some veiwers, but the show never suffered, and only rarely lost its first place spot, in the ratings wars.72.71.102.210 (talk) 20:23, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

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Opening Paragraph
Does anybody else realize that this sentence makes no sense: "Dr. Michaela Quinn, Jane Seymour, forced out Boston by a closed-mined society." I have no idea what it is trying to say. Utaneus (talk) 02:28, 29 September 2009 (UTC)


 * 'Bold  'It means that that society did not look highly on women doctors so her practice failed after her father died. So she went out west and stood up to that same prejudice, but since they needed a doctor she was soon accepted.
 * What I want to know is why Dr Cassidy is not listed in the cast. The doctor Michaela didn't like and gave her a lot of grief.
 * This was the very best series ever on TV. It should have never ended so soon - it needed at least 3 more seasons minimum. This was about the town as well as the people in it - that is what made it so great. You felt like you were a part of the town and right there. No other series ever did that for the viewers.
 * = CSAcitizen (talk) 05:03, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Main Crew
Chuck Bowman (32 episodes, 1993-1997) James Keach (24 episodes, 1993-1998) Jerry London (20 episodes, 1993-1998) Gwen Arner (12 episodes, 1993-1998) Alan J. Levi (10 episodes, 1994-1996) Terrence O'Hara (10 episodes, 1996-1997) Jerry Jameson (7 episodes, 1994-1996) Bethany Rooney (5 episodes, 1996-1998) Victor Lobl (4 episodes, 1994-1995) Daniel Attias (3 episodes, 1993-1995) Bobby Roth (3 episodes, 1995-1996) Carl Binder (3 episodes, 1996-1997) Gabrielle Beaumont (2 episodes, 1996) Steve Dubin (2 episodes, 1997-1998)

Carl Binder (19 episodes, 1995-1998) Toni Graphia (9 episodes, 1993-1995) Beth Sullivan (head writer) (8 episodes, 1993-1997) Toni Perling (8 episodes, 1993-1994) Eric Tuchman (6 episodes, 1996-1998) Kathryn Ford (4 episodes, 1995-1996) Melissa Rosenberg (3 episodes, 1995-1996) Julie Henderson (3 episodes, 1996-1997) Jeanne C. Davis (2 episodes, 1994-1998) Nancy Bond (2 episodes, 1994-1996) William Schmidt (2 episodes, 1994-1995) Jennifer Tait (2 episodes, 1995-1996) Sara Davidson (1 episode, 1993) Philip Gerson (1 episode, 1996) Mary A. Byrd (unknown episodes, 1997-1998) Chris Abbott (unknown episodes) Josef Anderson (unknown episodes) Danna Doyle (unknown episodes) Travis Fine (unknown episodes) Andrew Lipsitz (unknown episodes) Joanne Parrant Tim Johnson .... 	producer / co-producer (126 episodes, 1993-1997) Carl Binder .... 	executive producer / co-executive producer (76 episodes, 1995-1998) Josef Anderson .... 	co-executive producer (66 episodes, 1993-1995) Beth Sullivan (showrunner) .... 	executive producer (2 episodes, 1993-1996) Philip Gerson .... 	co-executive producer (2 episodes, 1996) Art Seidel .... 	producer (unknown episodes, 1993) Sara Davidson .... 	co-executive producer (unknown episodes, 1995-1996) Benjamin Benedetti .... 	associate producer (unknown episodes) Antonia Ellis .... 	associate producer (unknown episodes) John Liberti .... 	line producer / producer (unknown episodes) Eric Tuchman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.26.21.217 (talk) 18:51, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Walt Whitman
The reference to Walt Whitman should reference him as bi-sexual. The episode would be more properly be described as about Walt Whitman, not putting 20th century issues in the mouths of 19th century characters. The series as a whole seems to project 20th century issues onto 19th century settings, but the episode is about Walt Whitman, the poet, without an accurate historical portrayal of how people in that time would have reacted to him. This should be noted in the article, but isn't. elrondaragorn (talk) 20:23, 15 June 2012 (UTC)elrondaragorn


 * DQMW projects 20th-century liberal values onto 19th-century settings. (Many shows did this, including Bonanza and The Rifleman.) As a Liberal, I strongly object to it.
 * Leaves of Grass was extremely controversial, primarily due to its blunt talk about sex. But at least two reviewers were sharp enough to catch what should have been plainly obvious to any reader -- "These poems are about perversion." (You can read many early reviews in Gary Schmidgall's edition of Leaves of Grass.)
 * Though the controversy gradually died down, an increasingly uncomfortable Whitman revised many poems to change the gender of those he loved from male to female. And as poems such as When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed and O Captain! My Captain! became schoolroom standards, people were less likely to view Whitman as a sexual pervert. One of Whitman's friends started calling him "The Good Gray Poet", and this "sweet old man" appellation stuck.
 * Whether people in Dr Quinn's town would have been aware of the controversy is debatable. I'm inclined to say "no", but you'd have to do some research to be sure, one way or the other.
 * Unbelievably, the controversy over Whitman's sexuality continues. Why is beyond comprehension. Anyone who's read his poems and diary can reach only one conclusion -- Whitman was 100% homosexual. Whitman was no more bisexual than John Wayne was bisexual. Any claim otherwise is an attempt to cover up the fact that "America's greatest poet" was queer. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 21:19, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Link Addition
I'm wondering if it would be possible to add a link to my Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman fan fiction page: drquinnfiction.com Thanks. DQBuff — Preceding unsigned comment added by DQBuff (talk • contribs) 02:12, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Aired or not?
It remains unclear whether it has ever aired on television,

How can it be "unclear"? Maybe it is unclear for writers of this article, but that sounds like it was a mystery unknown to the whole mankind. What does that mean?

86.50.119.18 (talk) 00:39, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

Cloud Dancing who played him?
Who played Cloud Dancing 68.198.178.117 (talk) 03:33, 1 March 2024 (UTC)