It seems a shame that Northern Exposure — a '90s dramedy about a neurotic Jewish doctor from New York forced to pay back his student loans by working in a tiny Alaska town — is not available on any streaming platform. (Licensing fees for its rock-and-jazz-heavy soundtrack have been cited as the reason.) The feel-good show came from Joshua Brand and John Falsey, creators of ABC’s thirtysomething, and CBS ordered eight episodes out of the gate, premiering the series in summer 1990. “I remember reading that script and thinking it was the first TV script I had read that read like a movie,” recalls Rob Morrow, 57, who landed the starring role of Dr.
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