In the 90s, it was hard to find a drama as popular as ER. The show took over network TV as a real and gritty look at what it meant to be a doctor in the emergency room setting.The show also caused a giant surge in medical dramas, from Grey's Anatomy to House, and everything in between.But in recent years, we've seen a bit of a dip in those shows. But this past year, we saw the introduction of The Pitt on HBO Max.What the show does amazingly is just deliver an even more realistic and gritty version of ER.It even stars ER alums John Wells and Noah Wyle.To put it bluntly, The Pitt is just an R-rated ER. And that’s a brilliant lesson in genre.Let’s dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comLet's Get The Obvious Out Of the Way The Pitt is at the center of a legal dispute over its origins. While it's officially a new medical series, it stars former ER lead Noah Wyle and involves numerous ER producers and writers.The show is awesome, but there's a lot of controversy around it.Basically, they were trying to make an ER reboot that fell apart while negotiating with the Michael Crichton estate.Then, they went off and made The Pitt, which takes place in an ER and has all the same people they thought would be involved in the new ER.This personnel overlap led Michael Crichton's estate to sue, claiming the show is a stolen concept from the ER sequel.The show's creators and...
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