Picks and Pans Review: The Return of Marcus Welby, M.d.

By Jeff Jarvis

UPDATED 05/21/1984 at 01:00 AM EDT • Originally published 05/21/1984 at 01:00 AM EDT

ABC (Wednesday, May 16, 9 p.m. ET)

First, Gilligan returned. Then "The Beav" returned (and he's coming back again in a Disney Channel series). Now Dr. Welby is back in a TV movie (as soppy and sincere as he ever was on his old show or on those coffee commercials). Can Dobie Gillis and Ricky Nelson be far behind?