Neil Patrick Harris is "so happy" that Disney+ is making a gender-swapped Doogie Howser reboot

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“The creator of it was a big producer on How I Met Your Mother," the original Doogie Howser star told Variety of Kourtney Kang, whose mixed-race heritage inspired Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee. "I think setting it with a female protagonist is a great call… I think it’s in really good hands.”