Northern Exposure: Season 1

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Northern Exposure: Season 1

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: July 12, 1990

Starring: Rob Morrow, John Cullum, Janine Turner

Summary: Dr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) graduated from Columbia University medical school where he attended thanks to a scholarship from the state of Alaska. Though he was slated to work in Anchorage, instead he gets assigned to be the General Practitioner the tiny Alaskan town, Cicely, to pay for his education. The location is remote, the peopleDr. Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) graduated from Columbia University medical school where he attended thanks to a scholarship from the state of Alaska. Though he was slated to work in Anchorage, instead he gets assigned to be the General Practitioner the tiny Alaskan town, Cicely, to pay for his education. The location is remote, the people are weird and quirky, and Joel wants to return to New York. The show thrived on the "will they or won't they" dynamic between Fleischman and Janine Turner's Maggie O'Connell.

First air date: July 12, 1990
Last air date: July 26, 1995
Original air time: Monday 10:00:00 pm (Eastern)… Expand

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E8. Aurora Borealis- A Fairy Tale for Big People
Air Date: August 30, 1990
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S1:E7. A Kodiak Moment
Air Date: August 23, 1990
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S1:E6. Sex, Lies and Ed's Tapes
Air Date: August 16, 1990

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Matt Roush

Aug 11, 2013

An oasis of becalmed eccentricity, this backwoods burg is a serene paradise of quirky humor and offbeat pathos. Here, using that old city-boy- meets-country-sages routine, is a show where intelligence, not ignorance, is bliss. [12 July 1990, p.3D]

Rick Kogan

Aug 11, 2013

The show's quirkiness is neatly mixed with a familiar fish-out-of-water theme, and its sensibilities are nicely in touch with soft humanity. It's delightful. [12 July 1990, p.17]

Ken Tucker

Jun 7, 2013

Here's an interesting, uneven, impudent comedy-drama that may well prove to be summer television's most likably eccentric series. Read full review

Howard Rosenberg

Aug 11, 2013

The only major kink in Northern Exposure is its tendency to have Fleischman and the others expose their flaws only to finish each episode by doing the good and right thing, as if guided by some invisible magic wand. Otherwise, this is magical stuff that deserves a permanent spot on the CBS schedule. [12 July 1990, p.10]

Marvin Kitman

Aug 11, 2013

My fear is that the show may be too Alaska. TV is not ready yet for Nanook of the North, even if he has a New York accent. [10 July 1990, p.9]

John Engstrom

Aug 11, 2013

Some spots are noticeably rough and unfinished, with several lapses into clicheland, and occasional bumps where the need to set the series' premise knocks against the wish to do good, episodic storytelling...There's definitely an appeal, with a homey, real-people feel to its principals and side players, most of then interesting, even just in passing. [12 July 1990, p.D15]