ER is an
American medical drama series created by the late
novelist Michael Crichton that aired on
NBC from September 1994 to April 2009. It is set primarily in the
emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in
Chicago,
Illinois. It was produced by Constant c Productions and
Amblin Entertainment in association with
Warner Bros. Television Production, Inc. The show ran for 15 seasons, becoming the longest-running medical drama in American primetime television history. It won 23 Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series (1996), and received 123 Emmy nominations, the most of any television show in history.
Cast and characters
The original starring cast consisted of
Anthony Edwards as
Dr. Mark Greene,
George Clooney as
Dr. Douglas "Doug" Ross,
Sherry Stringfield as
Dr. Susan Lewis,
Noah Wyle as medical student (later Dr.)
John Carter, and
Eriq La Salle as
Dr. Peter Benton.
Julianna Margulies guest starred in the pilot as
Nurse Carol Hathaway before becoming part of the regular cast. Cast members were regularly added and departed the show starting in the second season, and continuing right up until the end of the series, though most of the original cast remained intact for a number of seasons with some additions.
