The blueprint for the genre of medical dramas can be traced back to this influential series. It made such an impact that it inspired a cartoon version for kids.

Before streaming existed, kids built their whole week around three precious hours of cartoons.

For roughly three decades, American kids treated one specific four-hour window — Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon, on ABC, CBS, or NBC — as sacred. Bowls of cereal got soggy in front of the TV while ...