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Island Son

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Island Son is a CBS television medical drama during its 1989-90 schedule. Island Son marked the return to regular weekly series television of Richard Chamberlain, who had not so appeared since his Dr. Kildare series almost 25 years earlier. In the interim he had enjoyed a somewhat successful career in feature films, and had become widely known as "The King of the Miniseries" due to his success in that format. Chamberlain once again portrayed a dedicated medical doctor, Dr. Daniel Kulani. Kulani was born in Hawaii and practiced on the mainland for many years prior to his return to work at the fictional Kamehameha Medical Center in Honolulu. Kulani's complicated life involved his stressful work environment; his adoptive parents, Tutu and Nana; his 18-year-old son, Sam; and his love interest, high school drama teacher Nina Delaney. Dr. Kulani's complicated life was never resolved to the satisfaction of the viewers because the program was canceled in March 1990.

Created byMartin Rabbett, Judith Paige Mitchell, Lane Slate

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
September 16, 1989
Last aired
March 29, 1990
Seasons
1
Episodes
18
Network
CBS

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Richard Chamberlain

Richard Chamberlain

William McNamara

William McNamara

Brynn Thayer

Brynn Thayer

Clyde Kusatsu

Clyde Kusatsu

Timothy Carhart

Timothy Carhart

Kwan Hi Lim

Kwan Hi Lim

Ariana Richards

Ariana Richards

Ray Bumatai

Ray Bumatai

Creative team
Created by
Martin Rabbett
Martin Rabbett
Judith Paige Mitchell
Produced by
Richard Chamberlain
Richard Chamberlain
Martin Rabbett
Martin Rabbett

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