Noah Wyle, who played Dr. John Carter for 15 years on ER—full-time for its first 11 seasons, and then in bursts of guest arcs through its 2009 finale. He plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Rabinavitch, a senior attending in the emergency department of an overextended hospital in Pittsburgh.

Noah Wyle is "not sorry" about playing a new doctor on The Pitt instead of reprising his role as John Carter in a now-scrapped ER revival. After The Pitt premiered on Thursday 9, Wyle, 53, was asked about how plans to bring back ER ultimately turned into an entirely new show instead.

Noah Wyle stars as a put-upon emergency department doctor in "The Pitt," streaming on Max. He's not a grown-up Dr. Carter from "ER," but he's close.

Medical dramas don't tend to be my primary choice of TV show. But I'd be a liar if I said The Pitt didn't hook me right away. The Pitt immerses us in the high-stress environment of Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center's emergency department,

That landmark show, lauded for its character-driven, gritty realism (which set the standard for future IV-infused TV) launched on NBC in 1994 and gave Wyle his breakout role as an earnest medical student,

A medical drama going for bracing realism is anchored by a strong central performance from a veteran TV doctor.

Noah Wyle returns to the emergency room in The Pitt, a great new hospital drama on Max whose season follows one day in a Pittsburgh ER.