Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Kourtney Kang was first thinking about how she could reimagine “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” she didn’t rule out any possibility.
One idea was to have the original Doogie (Neil Patrick Harris) be the head of the hospital now, and the new show would center around his teenage daughter.
In the end, Kang decided on a reboot, rather than a continuation series, but she stuck with the idea of having the new Doogie deal with a parent for a boss.In “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.,” which launches Sept.
8 on Disney Plus, the titular 16-year-old doctor’s real name is Lahela (played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee), and she works at a Hawaiian hospital under her mother, Dr.
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