‘The Pitt’ review: Noah Wyle is back in scrubs in a medical drama about a very long shift in the ER
- The estate of Michael Crichton has sued Warner Bros. Television, claiming that 'The Pitt' is an unauthorized rebranded version of 'ER.'
- 'The Pitt' is set in a Pittsburgh hospital's emergency department and features Dr. Michael Robinavitch, who is dealing with a difficult day.
- The show addresses various issues in medicine, including fatphobia and anti-Blackness, while not being a revival or reboot of 'ER.'
- Warner Bros. Television called the lawsuit 'baseless' amid ongoing debates about the show's originality.
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'The Pitt' review: Noah Wyle anchors a ruthlessly realistic ER drama
The new Max medical drama chronicles a 15-hour shift at a fictional Pittsburgh emergency room.Warrick Page/Max Kristin Villanueva, Noah Wyle, and Amielynn Dumuk Abellera in 'The Pitt'The second episode of The Pitt — the new Max medical drama starring Noah Wyle as the chief attending doctor in an overwhelmed emergency room in Pittsburgh — ends with the grimmest four minutes I've seen on TV in a while.Just two hours into his shift, Dr. “Robby” Rab…
‘The Pitt’ Review: A Competent ‘E.R.’ Clone That Runs Contra To TV’s Content Era — Yet Still Fits Right In
The thing that’s always rankled me (and plenty more TV fans) about our ongoing “content” era — when streamers desperately try to fill their services with more original shows and movies than anyone could possibly watch, with less and less importance placed on those shows and movies being good — is that for all their fretting over low churn rates and stuffed release calendars, no one wants to make traditional TV seasons anymore. I mean, come on. I…
Hectic "The Pitt" follows the stressful life in the emergency department of Pittsburgh's largest hospital. Noah Wyles Dr. Robbie a Zeus in full beard and hoodie, a rock in the chaos. The realism and pace make for a hospital series with a lot of attack.
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