{{Short description|American medical drama television series}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = Medical drama | runtime = 60 minutes | company = Fair Dinkum Productions<br>Groverton Productions, Ltd.<br>Paramount Television | creator = David Victor | producer = | camera = | starring = Tom Skerritt | narrator = | country = United States | language = English | network = ABC | first_aired = {{Start date|1983|04|05}} | last_aired = {{End date|1983|04|27}} | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 5 }}
'''''Ryan's Four''''' is an American medical drama television series that aired from April 5 until April 27, 1983.
==Premise== A doctor acts as a guide for four interns at a medical center.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV Guide |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ryans-four/cast/204174 |title=Ryan's Four Cast and Details|publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=2013-02-18}}</ref>
==Cast== *Tom Skerritt as Dr. Thomas Ryan *Lisa Eilbacher as Dr. Ingrid Sorenson *Tim Daly as Dr. Edward Gillian *Albert Hall as Dr. Terry Wilson *Dirk Blocker as Dr. Norman Rostov *Nicolas Coster as Dr. Morris Whitford
==US television ratings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! Season ! Episodes ! Start date ! End date ! Nielsen rank ! Nielsen rating |- | style="text-align:center" | 1982–83 | style="text-align:center" | 5 | style="text-align:center" | April 5, 1983 | style="text-align:center" | April 27, 1983 | style="text-align:center" | 24 | style="text-align:center" | 18.3<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvratingsguide.com/2017/07/1982-83-top-30-soap-bubbles-rise.html|title=The TV Ratings Guide: 1982-83 Ratings History -- Soap Bubbles Rise, Several Veterans Part and NBC Renews Poorly Rated Masterpieces|last=Lina|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2018}}</ref>{{efn|Tied with "That's Incredible" and "Archie Bunker's Place"}} |} {{notelist}}
==Episodes== {{Episode table |background=3399ff |overall=6 |title=30 |airdate=20 |episodes=
{{Episode list |Title=Pilot |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1983|04|05}} |EpisodeNumber=1
|ShortSummary= |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Never Say Die |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1983|04|06}} |EpisodeNumber=2
|ShortSummary= A convict makes a break for it while undergoing a medical exam. Dr. Ryan treats an aging movie star, who has just been mugged. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=The Choice |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1983|04|13}} |EpisodeNumber=3
|ShortSummary= There's only one donor for two infants who need a life-saving transplant. Sorenson treats a young junkie. Gillian and Wilson try to find a lost dog at the hospital. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Heartaches |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1983|04|20}} |EpisodeNumber=4
|ShortSummary= Gillian feels intimidated by his father, who is a surgeon. Sorenson becomes friends with a lonely hypochondriac. Wilson tries some homemade remedies for the common cold. |LineColor=3399ff }} {{Episode list |Title=Couples |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1983|04|27}} |EpisodeNumber=5
|ShortSummary= A young heart attack victim is afraid that he can't go back to a normal life again. Sorenson's boyfriend thinks that she spends too much time with her patients and not enough with him. |LineColor=3399ff }} }}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0085084|Ryan's Four}} *[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/ryans-four/204174 TV Guide] *{{epguides|RyansFour}}
Category:1983 American television series debuts Category:1983 American television series endings Category:1980s American medical drama television series Category:English-language American television shows Category:Television series by CBS Studios Category:Television shows set in Baltimore Category:American Broadcasting Company medical dramas