Becker was a CBS sitcom starring Ted Danson as the title character, John Becker. Although a good physician, Becker is constantly annoyed with his patients, his co-workers, his friends, and practically everything and everyone else in his world; yet Becker's temper belies a more complex character, his rants often his way to keep the world from seeing who he really is — a compassionate idealist afraid to appear emotionally vulnerable.