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• 70   Metascore
• 1988-1991
• 4 Seasons
• ABC
• Drama, Documentary, Action & Adventure
• TV-14

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Dateline: November 1967, within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach. This is the 'Nam, filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen Mc Murphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, in the forms of nurses, warriors, Donut Dollies, lifeguards, politicians, USO entertainers, Chopper Chicks, doctors, officers and enlisted men, brothers and sisters, Kool-Aid Kids, orderlies, medics, morticians, Army brass and one hostile prostitute named K.C. try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.

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Cast & Crew See All

Dana Delany

Colleen McMurphy

Marg Helgenberger

K.C. Kolowski

Brian Wimmer

Cpl. Boonie Lanier

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Sat, Sep 29, 199047 mins

Boston, Massachusetts, 1985. A one-legged Boonie, his wife Linda and their three children, visit Dr. Richard and his wife, Colleen Flaherty, which sparks Dr. Richard's memories of the first manic days with McMurphy at China Beach in 1966 when they became more acquainted with one another, McMurphy meeting Boonie and Dodger for the first time, and ending at party celebrating Dr. Singer's going home and Nurse Wyatt's transfer to be with him, and Dr. Richard to be promoted to head surgeon at China Beach.

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Awards

• 1990 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - winner
• 1990 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - nominated
• 1991 - Golden Globe - Best Television Series - Drama - nominated
• 1991 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - nominated

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Keck's Exclusives: Back to China Beach

Will Dana Delany soon be headed to Vietnam? It could happen. At a Paley Center for Media panel I recently moderated celebrating the 25th anniversary of ABC's 1988-91 drama China Beach and its October release on...

Mon, Sep 23, 2013

Dana Delany Revisits China Beach Ahead of 25th Anniversary Box Set

It's been more than 20 years since China Beach went off the air, and star Dana Delany says she hasn't revisited the series aside from catching a snippet of an episode while flipping channels a couple of years ago.

Wed, May 22, 2013

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Keck's Exclusives: It's a China Beach Reunion at Stand Up 2 Cancer Benefit

Besides raising more than $80 million for cancer research and treatments, the Stand Up 2 Cancer benefit on September 7 reunited the stars of ABC's acclaimed 1988-1991 drama, China Beach.  Body of Proof star Dana Delany, who bravely ....

Thu, Sep 13, 2012

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Twenty-three years after nurse Colleen McMurphy hit China Beach, Dana Delany is getting back into medicine as an ME on new drama Body of Proof. One of TV's most talented actresses cutting up corpses to solve crimes? We could just die! Here's why we dig her — whether she's playing house (Desperate Housewives) or doctor. 1. She's a bookworm.

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