‘Doctor, Doctor’ Hiatus: Some Viewers Think CBS Needs a Shrink

I’ve found “Doctor, Doctor” to be just plain queer, with vague writing that mostly misses its mark.

It seems to struggle to be funny--merely a pretender to much better, truly loony efforts such as “Police Squad,” “Get Smart” and even “Mork and Mindy.”

Like Robin Williams, “Doctor, Doctor” star Matt Frewer is free to “improvise new jokes or blurt out puns,” but unfortunately, unlike the splendid Williams, he doesn’t score points doing it.

I think it’s nonsense to put “Doctor, Doctor” in with the same company as the brilliant Fox comedy “The Simpsons” or the classic series “M*A*S*H”; this misfire from CBS merely S*T*I*N*K*S.

GERALD ECOLA

Westwood