Mystery Diagnosis: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Mystery Diagnosis is a television docudrama series that aired on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Each episode focuses on two or more individuals who have struggled with obscure medical ailments, and their quest for a diagnosis. The program details the patients' and doctors' difficulty in pinpointing a diagnosis; often due to nonspecific symptoms, masquerading syndromes, the rarity of the condition or disease, or the patient's case being an unusual manifestation of said condition or disease. The series debuted on Discovery Health Channel in 2005, and was continued when the Oprah Winfrey Network replaced Discovery Health on January 1, 2011.

Series details

• Title: Mystery Diagnosis
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Medical
• Premiere date: 2005-10-11
• Final broadcast date listed: 2011-06-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Oprah Winfrey Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 21879
• IMDb ID: tt0478078
• TVDB ID: 236691

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-11; final listed air date 2005-12-05.
• Season 2: premiered 2006-01-09; final listed air date 2006-06-19.
• Season 3: premiered 2007-04-09; final listed air date 2007-09-03.
• Season 4: premiered 2007-01-01; final listed air date 2008-04-28.
• Season 5: premiered 2008-01-14; final listed air date 2008-01-14.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-11-24; final listed air date 2009-04-27.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-08-10; final listed air date 2009-09-07.
• Season 8: premiered 2009-11-16; final listed air date 2010-04-12.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-06-07; final listed air date 2010-10-04.
• Season 10: premiered 2011-01-05; final listed air date 2011-06-29.

Source and licence

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