“The Pitt,” the realistic emergency medicine drama that debuted this year and became a breakout hit for HBO Max, received 13 nominations for the Primetime Emmy Awards, including for best drama, best lead actor for a drama (Noah Wyle) and best supporting actress for a drama (Katherine LaNasa). The series also received two nominations each in the writing and directing categories.
The show’s creator, R. Scott Gemmill, and the executive producer John Wells were nominated for writing and directing the series’s first episode.
It was a strong overall showing from HBO Max, which led all networks with 142 nominations. Several of its series received nominations in the double digits, including “The Penguin,” “The White Lotus,” “The Last of Us” and “Hacks.”
When it premiered in January, “The Pitt” earned praise from critics, especially for Wyle’s performance as the emotionally scarred but empathic head of a modern emergency room in Pittsburgh. In an unusual development for a scripted hospital drama, some of the show’s most passionate champions were real-life emergency room workers, who praised its verisimilitude on social media.
In an interview with The New York Times, Gemmill said that the writers had set out to create the most accurate medical show possible, employing practicing physicians at nearly ever level of the production.
“We wanted to differentiate by not cutting corners on the medicine,” Gemmill said. “The drama is always going to be there in the reality of a place like the emergency department.”
Season 2 of “The Pitt” is currently in production and is scheduled to premiere next year.
Wyle, Gemmill and Wells have previous nominations for another hit medical drama: “ER.” Wyle received five nominations for his performance as Dr. John Carter on the show, in which he appeared from 1994 to 2009, with no wins. Gemmill, a writer and producer of “ER,” received two, and Wells, who worked as a writer, director and executive producer of “ER,” received 11. (The estate of Michael Crichton, the novelist and screenwriter who created “ER,” has sued Warner Bros., Gemmill, Wells and Wyle for breach of contract.)
The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards will be held on Sept. 14 in Los Angeles. CBS will broadcast the ceremony.
Reggie Ugwu is a Times culture reporter.
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