6.4 /10 1 Votes
5.8/10 TV Composer(s) Dennis McCarthy First episode date 16 September 1989 Network CBS | 7.1/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country of origin USA Final episode date 15 March 1990 Number of seasons 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Created by Martin Rabbett
Judith Paige Mitchell
Lane Slate Starring Richard Chamberlain
William McNamara
Brynn Thayer Theme music composer Paul De Mello
Bruce Broughton (replacement) Executive producers Richard Chamberlain, Martin Rabbett Cast Richard Chamberlain, William McNamara, Brynn Thayer, Ariana Richards, Clyde Kusatsu Similar Dream West, Against Her Will: An Incide, The Thorn Birds, The Bourne Identity, Lifepod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Island son
Island Son is a CBS television medical drama during its 1989-90 schedule.
Island Son marked the return to regular weekly series television of Richard Chamberlain, who had not so appeared since his Dr. Kildare series almost 25 years earlier. In the interim he had enjoyed a somewhat successful career in feature films, and had become widely known as "The King of the Miniseries" due to his success in that format.
Chamberlain once again portrayed a dedicated medical doctor, Dr. Daniel Kulani. Kulani was born in Hawaii and practiced on the mainland for many years prior to his return to work at the fictional Kamehameha Medical Center in Honolulu. Kulani's complicated life involved his stressful work environment; his adoptive parents, Tutu and Nana; his 18-year-old son, Sam; and his love interest, high school drama teacher Nina Delaney. Dr. Kulani's complicated life was never resolved to the satisfaction of the viewers because the program was canceled in March 1990.