The Pitt is nominated for best drama, joining a very short list of medical shows that have reached this category. ER and Marcus Welby, MD, remain the only winners. Wyle is competing as lead actor, while Katherine LaNasa is nominated for supporting actress. Together, the cast and the series represent a strong presence at this year’s event.

Noah Wyle revealed that he was inspired to create The Pitt — alongside executive producers John Wells and R. Scott Gemmill, who also worked on ER — after witnessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the American healthcare system.

Season 2 will pick up 10 months after the final hour of Season 1, which concluded April 10. Showrunner R. Scott Gemmill hinted that Season 2 will take place over Fourth of July weekend during a day-long shift, which will likely see all kinds of ER patients.

Dr. Robby was actor Noah Wyle, the star and a producer of the show, and the dozens of patients, doctors and nurses around him were actors cluttering this 18,000-square-foot stage that seemed just like a real hospital — minus,

"The focus was always on the mental health of the people that are in these jobs," Pitt star Noah Wyle told the audience at the HBO Max Emmy Nominee Celebration on Sunday. "That was the thesis of Season 1: to say that the fragility of our [health-care] system is commensurate with the fragility of the practitioners — and that if we support them and respect them,

At a recent event, one of the directors of The Pitt revealed how Noah Wyle went the extra mile for his co-workers.

The HBO series debuted an episode about a measles outbreak the same week measles cases accelerated in the U.S.

The character has clearly made an impact, as Hatosy himself earned a very well-deserved Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. However, in a recent interview, Hatosy made it clear that he's not letting a nomination for television's most prestigious honor get to his head: “I’m still going to fight for the things that I want,