Noal Wyle in The Pitt, holding up a test tube and wearing blue surgical glovesImage source, HBO Max/Warner Bros
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Noah Wyle stars in The Pitt, the medical series set in a Pittsburgh emergency room that first aired in 2025

BySteven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
  • Published37 minutes ago

US drama The Pitt is similar enough to medical series ER for a lawsuit against its producers to progress, a court in the US has ruled.

The widow of Michael Crichton, who created ER, argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the series, which has been made without proper permission or credit.