Becker

About Becker

Multiple Emmy winner and former CHEERS star, Ted Danson stars in Becker. Television's best-loved bartender continues to pour on the laughs as Dr. John Becker, an outspoken inner-city physician with an incredible concern for his patients despite his gruff exterior. While he offends those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y. where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need.

Dr John Becker looks at the world around him and sees society gone. He has no qualms about saying anything that comes to his mind.

Becker often unleashes his views on life's incongruities at the local diner where Reggie (Terry Farrell from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), the lovely woman who recently inherited the place and doesn't quite know what to make of this madman. However, Jake, the blind proprietor of the local newsstand, is used to John and does his best to explain the "Becker phenomenon" to Reggie.

At the medical office, the waiting room is usually teeming with patients from the ethnically diverse neighbourhood and head nurse, Margaret, has the job of making order of the chaos. She does so with ease, deals with John and still has the energy to deal with Linda, the space-cadet who doubles as the nurses' aide.

Dealing with John Becker is quite an experience. And, even though he seems to be insulting them at every turn, the people in his life persist in trying to connect with him and find the nice guy they know is in there somewhere – deep deep down.

Laughter's always the best medicine when Becker's "on call”!