Marcus Welby, M.D. was an American medical drama television program that aired Tuesdays at 10:00-11:00 PM (EST) on ABC from September 23, 1969 to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as the title character, a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner, was on a first name basis with many of his patients, (and, who also made house-calls), James Brolin, as "Steve Kiley, M.D," a younger doctor who played his partner, and Elena Verdugo, who played Welby & Kiley's dedicated & loving nurse, and office manager, "Consuelo Lopez." "Marcus Welby, M.D.," was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.