NBC's ER,which follows the doctors and nurses working the most active wing of a Chicago hospital(they've rarely been specific as to which hospital,but I've been under the impression it is Cook County hospital),has been a steadily rolling endeavor that has weathered being both a hot commodity(its first three or four seasons)to it's state as being a clockwork,comfortable standby of the network(which has been mostly ever since). Numerous cast changes,multitudes of directors and writers and shift-after-shift of viewing numbers later,it still is able to produce an interesting,sobering,humorous and realistic show.
To name off everyone who's contributed to this show would be long and arduous,but a cast that has included Anthony Edwards,George Clooney,Julianna MArgulies,Sherry Stringfield,Eriq LaSalle,Alex Kingston,Laura Innes,Maura Tierney,Goran Visnic,Mekhi Pfeiffer,Abraham Benrubi,Parminder Nagra,Kellie Martin,Paul McCrane,William H.MAcy,Linda Cardelini and Noah Wylie(those are just SOME of the names to come to mind)doing boffo work as the many personas who run(And are sometimes ran by)the incidents that flow in and out of the unit,have been the real staple for this show's run. Producer Michael Crichton(himself a doctor by training)was able to set up a show that is both(from what I am to understand)medically pretty accurate and yet still fraught with personal tension is quite an accomplishment. Ditto the fact that it is starting to last into "Gunsmoke" and "LAw and Order" endurance. Not a hard show to find in reruns,if you ever want to take up this show afresh. For those who follow it,the simile of "comfortable old slipper" comes to mind. Highly recommendable.
To name off everyone who's contributed to this show would be long and arduous,but a cast that has included Anthony Edwards,George Clooney,Julianna MArgulies,Sherry Stringfield,Eriq LaSalle,Alex Kingston,Laura Innes,Maura Tierney,Goran Visnic,Mekhi Pfeiffer,Abraham Benrubi,Parminder Nagra,Kellie Martin,Paul McCrane,William H.MAcy,Linda Cardelini and Noah Wylie(those are just SOME of the names to come to mind)doing boffo work as the many personas who run(And are sometimes ran by)the incidents that flow in and out of the unit,have been the real staple for this show's run. Producer Michael Crichton(himself a doctor by training)was able to set up a show that is both(from what I am to understand)medically pretty accurate and yet still fraught with personal tension is quite an accomplishment. Ditto the fact that it is starting to last into "Gunsmoke" and "LAw and Order" endurance. Not a hard show to find in reruns,if you ever want to take up this show afresh. For those who follow it,the simile of "comfortable old slipper" comes to mind. Highly recommendable.