They tried to make it ER 2.0, it didn’t work. Now that’s a success, they want their slice of the cake. Fuck the estate.
Lol Michael Crichton’s wife is so salty that the showrunners just straight up made a better show without her🧂
It’s obviously a rip-off of Casualty.
I thought it ridiculous but there’s this:
“In short, Crichton alleges The Pitt is “derivative” of ER (which was produced by Wells and starred Wylie, among others, from 1994-2009) and was only created because a deal between the parties to reboot the NBC medical drama fell apart. Under a particular reading of an agreement from the Clinton Era with Jurassic Park author Crichton, he or his representatives have the final say, and you can’t play cute and change the location from Chicago to Pittsburgh to get around that.”
So ER producer negotiated to reboot ER and when it fell through they made the show anyway by ignoring a contract.
Been doing a rewatch of ER and I can say without a doubt The Pitt is completely a clone (albeit superior clone) of ER.
The first season of ER and the First Season of The Pitt had many of the exact same medical cases.