Network: NBC
Episodes: 332 (hour)
Seasons: 15
Show dates:
September 19, 1994 — April 2, 2009
Performers include: Sharif Atkins, Maria Bello, Linda Cardellini, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Scott Grimes, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Ming-Na, Parminder Nagra, Erik Palladino, Mekhi Phifer, Gloria Reuben, John Stamos, Sherry Stringfield, Maura Tierney, Goran Visnjic, Shane West, and Noah Wyle.
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Series Description:
This long-running medical drama is set primarily in the emergency room of the fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois and focuses primarily on medical cases. In the early years, the series followed the lives and careers of third year medical student John Carter (Wylie), Dr. Susan Lewis (Stringfield), Dr. Mark Greene (Edwards), Dr. Peter Benton (La Salle), Dr. Doug Ross (Clooney), and Nurse Carol Hathaway (Margulies). All of the original castmembers moved on by the end of the 11th season but many other characters have been added over the years.
The series has ended.
There are currently no plans to revive the series.
Behind the Scenes
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| • | The series was created by novelist Michael Crichton who wrote Jurassic Park and other bestsellers. |
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| • | Future Oscar-winner George Clooney and Noah Wylie appeared as emergency room doctors in a first season episode of Friends (which also began in 1994 on NBC). |
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| • | Julianna Margulies’ character was supposed to commit suicide in the pilot but test audiences responded so positively to her that the producers asked Margulies to continue on the show. |
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| • | Clooney left the show in 1999 when his character Dr. Doug Ross quit the hospital. He made a brief reappearance a year later and his character reunited with Carol Hathaway when Margulies left the show. |
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There has never been another medical drama series like ER , other have tried but failed in the first seasons , as they could not match up to ER , sure Er was a bit over the top in the last few seasons buy was still a pleasure to watch , If they do not bring back ER , at least give us spinoff of some sort with the orignal characters , Abbey, Luka , John Carter , etc , I am sure John Wells and his creative team can come up with something , I have all the seasons… Read more »
Well I just watched the entire series. All 15 season from front to back. And overall I’d give it a 6.5 out of 10. I liked it at first, it was something new, I never really watched it when it was on, by mom wanted to watch it, so I watched it with her. Honestly it should have ended more around season 8 or 9, maybe 10. I think it was just too drama packed in as you get further and further into the series. I loved the original main cast. It was great then. They really should have kept… Read more »