The Pitt (TV series)

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The Pitt
Genre Medical drama
Created by R. Scott Gemmill
ShowrunnerR. Scott Gemmill
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • R. Scott Gemmill
  • Noah Wyle
  • John Wells
  • Erin Jontow
  • Simran Baidwan
  • Michael Hissrich
Production companies
Original release
Network Max

The Pitt is an upcoming American medical drama television series created by R. Scott Gemmill that is slated to premiere on Max on January 9, 2025. [1] [2]

Contents

Each episode of the season will cover one hour of a single 15-hour emergency room shift at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital. [3]

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten by [4] Original release date [2] [5]
1TBATBA R. Scott Gemmill January 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)
2TBATBAR. Scott GemmillJanuary 9, 2025 (2025-01-09)
3TBATBA Joe Sachs & R. Scott GemmillJanuary 16, 2025 (2025-01-16)
4TBATBA Noah Wyle January 23, 2025 (2025-01-23)
5TBATBASimran BaidwanJanuary 30, 2025 (2025-01-30)
6TBATBACynthia AdarkwaFebruary 6, 2025 (2025-02-06)
7TBATBAValerie ChuFebruary 13, 2025 (2025-02-13)
8TBATBAJoe SachsFebruary 20, 2025 (2025-02-20)
9TBATBANoah WyleFebruary 27, 2025 (2025-02-27)

Production

Development

On March 26, 2024, Max gave production a 15-episode series order for The Pitt. The series is created and showran by R. Scott Gemmill who is also expected to executive produce alongside Noah Wyle, John Wells, Erin Jontow, Simran Baidwan, and Michael Hissrich. [1] Production companies involved with the series are John Wells Productions and Warner Bros Television. The pilot is also written by Gemmill. [6] On August 27, 2024, it was reported that the Michael Crichton's widow Sherri Crichton on behalf of John Michael Crichton Trust's Roadrunner JMTC sued Warner Bros Television, Wells, Wyle, Gemmill over breach of contract of the ER sequel which got turned into The Pitt and Crichton is not credited as creator. [7] On November 4, 2024, Warner Bros Television's lawyers responded to the lawsuit by filing for motion to dismiss and claimed that it is "a completely different show". [8]

Casting

Up on the series order announcement, Wyle was also cast to star. [1] On July 12, 2024, Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez, and Katherine LaNasa joined the cast as series regulars. [9] On August 14, 2024, Shawn Hatosy, Michael Hyatt, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Brandon Mendez Homer, Kristin Villanueva, Amielynn Abellera, Alexandra Metz, Krystel V. McNeil, and Deepti Gupta were cast in recurring capacities. [10]

Release

The Pitt is scheduled to premiere on Max on January 9, 2025, with the first two episodes available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis until on April 10. [2]

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