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TV Bosses Behind ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Doc’ and More Examine the Rise of the Medical Drama: ‘The Stakes Are Clear’
Showrunners behind "The Pitt," "St. Denis Medical," "Doc" and more TV medical dramas dissect the rise of the genre.
On Max, “ER” alums Noah Wyle, John Wells and R. Scott Gemmill reunited for “ The Pitt,” which depicts in real time one tragically elongated shift for the seasoned veterans and new residents of a Pittsburgh emergency department. The daughter of a general practitioner, she got her start as an assistant on “ER,” and then went on to write for “Everwood,” “Private Practice” and “Code Black.” When it came time to adapt the Italian series on which “Doc” is based, she says executive producer Hank Steinberg offered a reasonable answer for why people keep coming back to the last place anyone wants to find themselves in the real world. That’s what drew Gemmill back to the genre as showrunner of “The Pitt.” He was initially hesitant to return after years on “ER,” but when plans to reboot the NBC series fell through, the idea to experiment with real-time storytelling felt like an adrenaline rush.
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