Northern Exposure is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 award nominations during its five-year run and won 27, including the 1992 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, two additional Primetime Emmy Awards, four Creative Arts Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globes. Critic John Leonard called Northern Exposure "the best of the best television in the past 10 years". In the show Rob Morrow played New York City native Joel Fleischman, a recently graduated physician who is sent to practice in Anchorage, Alaska, for several years to repay the state of Alaska for underwriting his medical education. Much to his chagrin, he is assigned to the much smaller and remote town of Cicely, which is in need of a general practitioner.
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Joshua Brand, John Falsey |
| Starring | Rob Morrow, Barry Corbin, Janine Turner, John Cullum, Darren E. Burrows, John Corbett, Cynthia Geary, Elaine Miles, Peg Phillips, Paul Provenza, Teri Polo |
| Theme music composer | David Schwartz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 110 |
| Executive producer(s) | 1990–93: Joshua Brand and John Falsey, 1994–95: David Chase, Diane Frolov, and Andrew Schneider |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | Approx 45 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Cine-Nevada Productions (season 1), Finnegan-Pinchuk Productions (seasons 2–6), Falahey/Austin Street Productions (seasons 1–3), Brand/Falsey Productions (seasons 4–6), Universal Television |
| Distributor | MCA TV |
| Original network | CBS |
About Northern Exposure
Comedy-drama series that sees a man graduate from med school and head to a city in Alaska to open his new practice. The town is populated by a number of very eccentric characters. The series was created for television by Joshua Brand and John Falsey.
Achievement of Northern Exposure
The series ran for a total of 110 episodes over the course of its 6 year run. Washington State University provided the moose used in the show's opening credits.
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Latest information about Northern Exposure updated on April 18 2023.
