Noah Wyle has starred in some great roles over the years, including A Few Good Men and Donnie Darko, but he will always be best known for playing Dr. John Carter in the hugely popular medical drama, ER, from 1994-2009. Now he is taking on the lead role in another medical procedural at Max titled The Pitt.
Wyle will star and executive produce the 15-episode first season of the show, which is described as “a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh,” per the official logline.
R. Scott Gemmill will serve as showrunner on the series, with John Wells executive producing. The series reunites Wyle, Gemmill, and Wells, as all three previously worked together on ER. Wells was the show’s initial showrunner and executive producer, while Gemmill joined the show in its sixth season and worked his way up to being an executive producer. Gemmill was most recently the showrunner on the CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles.
“We are grateful to Warner Bros. Television and Max for giving us this opportunity to return to the world of urban medicine,” Wyle, Wells, and Gemmill said in a joint statement. “The myriad of challenges facing the doctors, nurses, technicians, patients, and their families who work in the trenches of modern medicine have become only more pronounced in the decade and a half since we last visited their stories. We’re thrilled to be able to return to this world with the support of our partners and are looking forward to pushing the boundaries of dramatic realism and medical accuracy in following the lives of these heroic men and women.”
Gemmill penned the first episode of the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Wells executive produces along with Erin Jontow via John Wells Productions. In addition to Wyle, other executive producers include Simran Baidwan and Michael Hissrich. Warner Bros Television, where John Wells Productions is under an overall deal, will serve as the studio.