Television and Max for giving us this opportunity to return to the world of urban medicine," Gemmill, Wyle and John Wells said in a joint statemen

Experience a 15-hour hospital shift in real-time with Max’s new emergency room series. Health care workers have been through hell and back over the last five years, and one new show is looking to give you an inside look at the daily grind they go through to save people’s lives.

"The Pitt" is a medical drama from the studio behind "ER," the producer behind "ER," and centered on one of the signature stars of "ER." But it's not "ER." Sure, it may or may not have begun its life as an attempt to reboot "ER,

Max's new hospital drama The Pitt aims to bring some gritty realism to medical procedurals. Noah Wyle leads the series as Dr. Michael "Robby" Rabinovitch. The show was created by ER writer R. Scott Gemmill and executive produced by ER showrunner John Wells.

Thirty years after ER “set the tone” for all medical dramas that followed, series star Noah Wyle has re-teamed with executive producers John Wells and R. Scott Gemmill on The Pitt, which ups the adrenaline with its real-time format.

Noah Wyle discusses portraying Dr. Michael Robinavitch in The Pitt, comparing it to his earlier breakout role as John Carter in ER.