R. Scott Gemmill and EP John Wells talk about crafting the new Noah Wyle-led "The Pitt," and the perks of making a procedural for streaming

It’s time to scrub into the 2025 TV schedule once again, as Max’s new medical drama The Pitt has debuted, and with it Noah Wyle’s drama series comeback. Working with some of the people that helped him make a name in his ER days,

He's immersing himself in work, but he's doing exactly what anybody would be doing in his job on shift,' says Wyle.

HBO’s streaming platform Max is emulating network TV with a weekly medical drama. Each episode tracks an hour of a shift in the ER.

"The Pitt" is a smart show that values character detail and intricate medical science that sometimes succumbs to doses of melodrama that can be forgiven for everything that it does very well.

The cast of Max's medical drama "The Pitt" is clocking in for their shift. The series, which explores the everyday challenges healthcare workers face in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania emergency room, was produced by John Wells ("ER,

The premiere of The Pitt covers 07:00-08:00 and 08:00-09:00 of a single continuous shift at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center; it’s a two-episode, two-hour span of drama that turns out to be long enough to make it feel like you’ve been punched in the stomach,

Max's medical drama The Pitt draws immediate comparisons to ER, thanks to Noah Wyle leading the show as Dr. Michael "Robby" Rabinavitch and John Wells being an executive producer.

Max's first foray into medical dramas is intense and uneven, but The Pitt will likely delight fans of the genre — and especially ER.