The prognosis for HBO Max’s new series “The Pitt”? It’s excellent. A spiritual successor to the seminal NBC hospital drama “ER,” “The Pitt” won the Emmy for best drama on Sunday, beating out the enigmatic Apple TV+ series “Severance,” the year’s most nominated drama.
The show picked up awards earlier on Sunday for best lead actor (Noah Wyle) and best supporting actress (Katherine LaNasa).
Set over the course of a single 15-hour shift at a Pittsburgh trauma center, “The Pitt” is led by Wyle, a veteran of “ER,” who plays the attending physician. The show purportedly unspools in real time, which might have seemed like a gimmick but instead lends impetus to each episode, even before a mass shooting event.
Its doctors, like their patients, are deeply human, but they are also heroes, which made the show a hit among real doctors. The series had 13 nominations coming into Sunday, having already won two at the Creative Arts Emmys last weekend, for best guest actor in a drama (Shawn Hatosy) and best casting.
“The Pitt” thrived in a crowded field that also included HBO’s “The Last of Us” and “The White Lotus,” Netflix’s “The Diplomat,” Hulu’s “Paradise,” Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” and Disney+’s “Andor.”
Alexis Soloski has written for The Times since 2006. As a culture reporter, she covers television, theater, movies, podcasts and new media.
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