Female-Led Reboot Of “Doogie Howser” Headed To Disney+

LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 16: Neil Patrick Harris visits SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show at the SiriusXM Hollywood Studios on September 16, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for SiriusXM )
A female-led reboot of “Doogie Howser” is headed to Disney+. The new series is titled “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.” It will focus on Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha, a 16-year-old girl who works as a doctor in Hawaii.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Doogie Howser’ female-led reboot ‘Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.’ picked up to series by @DisneyPlus #DisneyPlus https://t.co/l9ABn3bRih
— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) September 10, 2020
The 10-episode half-hour comedy follows Kameāloha as she juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. The original series starred Neil Patrick Harris in the title role and ran on ABC for four seasons between 1989 and 1993.
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