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The work and lives of a group of emergency room doctors in Chicago.Susan Lewis was "Beth Lewis."Both red and green colors are legal, but individual states enact the building code laws which specify what color sign can be used.Chicago requires that all exit signs be red in letter color.The interior hospital scenes are filmed in LA.John Carter:
You look tired.John Carter:
Come to think of it, Frank looks tired, too.Have you gotten down today?FAQ
When did X leave and why?At a time of reality
shows dominating the ratings, ER remains in the top ten, as it should.Slightly OT: watch the super bowl commercials!What storylines in your opinion contributed to ER's downhill?You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.Starring
Season 14 cast:
Goran Visnjic*
Maura Tierney
Mekhi Phifer
Parminder Nagra
John Stamos
Linda Cardellini
Scott Grimes
*Credited first in episodes where he appears.ER premiered on September 19, 1994 and has been aired on Thursday nights at 10:00 for its entire run.On January 17, 2008, ER completed airing it's last original episode, and the new drama Lipstick Jungle will move into its time slot on February 7, 2008.To date, NBC has made no decision about the continuation of the current season or a fifteenth season, leaving the show's future uncertain at present.History and production
The novel ER was originally slated to be a movie, directed by Steven Spielberg.Spielberg subsequently dropped what he was doing to film this project, which became Jurassic Park.Afterwards, he returned to ER and helped develop the show, serving as a producer on season one and offering advice (he insisted on Julianna Margulies becoming a regular, for example).Los Angeles County General Hospital's emergency room was built soon after at the Warner Bros.Burbank, California, although the show makes extensive use of location shoots in Chicago, most notably the city's famous "L" train platforms.It was based on some of his experiences working in an ER.The producers also decided Dr.ER is unique in that the series was filmed in 16:9 anamorphic widescreen from the start, even though it did not air in widescreen until the seventh season when it began appearing in the 1080i HD format where NBC was being broadcast digitally.The episodes also appear in 1080i widescreen when rerun on TNT HD, though the first six seasons still show in fullscreen on the normal TNT network.Only the live episode "Ambush" at the beginning of the fourth season, and the opening credits for the first six seasons, are in standard 4:3 aspect.Also, there is a tradition to feature one or a few episodes each season almost completely out of the ER; for example, an episode in which Carol Hathaway is drawn into a hostage drama in a grocery store, and one in which Mark Greene and Doug Ross go on a road trip to claim the body of Dr Ross' recently deceased father.Julianna Margulies guest starred in the pilot as Carol Hathaway and then became part of the regular cast.In 2001, Stringfield returned to the series, reprising her role of Dr.She departed again in the Season 12 premiere, "Canon City."This second departure was not depicted, but rather mentioned by character Kerry Weaver four episodes later in "Wake Up," when she explains that Susan accepted a tenure position at a hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, after having been denied tenure at County.After playing Anna Del Amico for one season, Maria Bello was simply not a part of the ensemble cast when Season 5 began.Like Susan Lewis's second exit, her character's departure was mentioned but not depicted; in the season premiere, "Day for Knight," Carter explains to new medical student Lucy Knight that the locker she is inheriting used to belong to Anna Del Amico, who is working in a pediatric ER back in Philadelphia, where she has family and a boyfriend.She returned in season 14 for one episode with her HIV positive child.Erik Palladino departed early in Season 8, in the same episode that Sherry Stringfield returned in, "Never Say Never," an episode after his character, Dave Malucci, was fired for improper conduct.Eriq La Salle's character, Peter Benton, departed in the Season 8 episode "I'll Be Home For Christmas" in order to spend more time with his son, Reese, and his girlfriend, former fellow ER doctor Cleo Finch, portrayed by Michael Michele, who also left the show in the same episode.Paul McCrane's character, Robert Romano, whose arm had been severed just above the elbow by a helicopter's tail rotor in the Season 9 premiere "Chaos Theory," was killed in the Season 10 episode "Freefall" when a helicopter that was taking off from the hospital roof was buffeted by strong winds, causing it to crash on the roof and plummet over the side of the building; it fell into a crowded ambulance bay and landed squarely on Romano.She later withdrew that claim.Mei Chen, quit the ER in the episode "Twas the Night" in order to take care of her ailing father, whom she later euthanized.This was the second time her character left County General; in Season 1, medical student "Deb" Chen recurred in an eight episode story arc which concluded (apparently not permanently) with her quitting medical school after deciding she was better suited to research than to applied medicine.During Season 12, Wyle returned as Carter and made guest appearances in four episodes: "Quintessence of Dust," "Darfur," "No Place to Hide," and "There Are No Angels Here."He is reported to make further guest appearances in season 14 by David Zabel who claims "He'll be in Chicago in the ER, interacting with all our people," and not running around in Africa.Weaver ultimately decided to resign from County and accept a job offer from a television station in Miami, Florida.Shane West also left at the end of the 13th season after his character, Ray Barnett lost both his legs and returned to Baton Rouge with his mother to recuperate.West's final appearance as a main cast member was in "The Honeymoon is Over."Croatia to be with his father, who required surgery for cancer followed by an extended recuperation.His character remained active through dialogue and discussion of the status of his stay in Croatia, including a brief appearance in episode 5.Visnjic will make his final appearances, originally scheduled for February, 2008, following the resolution of the writers' strike.Greene in a complicated emergency delivery and files a malpractice suit)
Lucy Liu in 1995 (as an Asian Immigrant whose son suffers from AIDS.Maggie Doyle, a gay resident who eventually tried to bring a sexual harassment lawsuit against Dr.Sanford Meisner as Joseph Klein, a terminally ill patient inadvertently given a reprieve by Carter.Marg Helgenberger in 1996 as one of Dr.Ewan McGregor in 1997 (as a convenience store gunman)
Mariska Hargitay as Cynthia Hooper (A desk clerk Dr.Greene dated)
John Cullum in a series of 15 episodes between 1997 and 2000 (as Mark Greene's father)
Rebecca De Mornay in 1999 (as a breast cancer survivor)
Emile Hirsch in 1999 (as a teenage alcoholic)
David Krumholtz in 2000 and 2002 (as a schizophrenic who stabs Lucy Knight and Dr.Carter)
Lea Salonga in 2001 "I'll Be Home For Christmas" (as Amparo, the mother of a young boy who fell while putting up Christmas lights.Jared Padalecki in 2001 (as a car crash survivor named Paul Harris)
Zac Efron in 2002 (as an injured teen named Bobby Neville)
Ed Asner in 2003 (as a thieving clinician)
Thandie Newton as Dr.Carter's love interest and mother of his stillborn son.Charlie Metcalf
Guest stars whose performances earned them Emmy nominations include:
Rosemary Clooney in 1995 (for playing Alzheimer's patient "Madame X")
Alan Alda in 2000 (for playing Dr.Kerry Weaver)
James Cromwell in 2001 as an ailing Roman Catholic Bishop who takes an interest in Luka, and coaxes a confession from Luka before dying
Mary McDonnell in 2002 (for playing Eleanor Carter, the mother of Dr.The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.Awards and nominations
ER won the George Foster Peabody Award in 1995.Emmy Awards (at least one every year up to and including 2005, except for 2004).It also won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Television Dramatic Series" every year from 1995 to 2002.The following is a partial list of major awards and nominations received by the show, its cast, and crew.The first six DVD box sets of ER are unusual in the fact that they are all in anamorphic widescreen even though these episodes were broadcast in a standard 4:3 format.The first six seasons of the series have also been released in Hong Kong and other markets.In Germany, Season 9 was released on 7 September 2007.Similarly, Season 10 was released to the German market on 7 December 2007.Various compositions from season 1 and 2 episodes by James Newton Howard."Outback in Front: CBS Wins Season", E!Ryan, Joal (May 22, 2003).Facts and Figures from the Emmy Awards.Television series by Warner Bros.This page was last modified 21:57, 5 February 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.Malucci crosses the line once too often.And Greene fights what could be his last battle, leaving a void at the group's heart.His leadership may never be replaced."Posts from the Er Category at TV Squad"
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Corrections?ER: AtonementPosted Jan 18th 2008 3:00AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E13) Before I begin, a big shout out to Jen Creer for filling in on last week's ER episode, which featured the swan song of Abby Lockhart, or not, or, you know...Pain In the Ass) Abby was better for ratings than happy Abby.Ah, always reading the pulse of the viewer!This week's episode was exciting because we saw the return of Doug Ross and Carol Hathaway.Well, in the guise of Tony Gates and Sam Taggart, that is.Plus, they're just so darn cute together.Gallery: ERContinue reading ER: Atonement Permalink Email this Comments (8)ER: Believe the UnseenPosted Jan 11th 2008 1:15AM by Jen CreerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E12) "Were you ever drunk at work?"Sam to Abby
Good evening, and thank you for flying TV Squad.We know you have many choices in which television reviews you read, and we appreciate your clickage.ER: Status QuoPosted Jan 4th 2008 11:42AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E11) Welcome back Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet.NBC's winter schedulePosted Dec 7th 2007 7:03AM by Isabelle CarreauFiled under: Programming, The Apprentice, ER, Law and Order, Scrubs, Friday Night LightsIt was NBC's turn today to announce what its winter schedule would look like.ER: 300 PatientsPosted Dec 7th 2007 2:01AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E10) "If we keep this thing cranking, we could hit 300.Archie Morris
So, 300 episodes.Peter Fonda is fairly big).Other than the promos mentioning that it was ER's 300th episode there really wasn't much differing it from episode 159, episode 52, or episode 1.There were still patients that made us cry a little, doctors that made us laugh, and continuing dramas that, hopefully, came to an end so we didn't end up reaching into the screen and strangling the person causing all of the drama in the first place because she had a chip on her shoulder the size of Mt.Gallery: ERContinue reading ER: 300 Patients Permalink Email this Comments (8)ER: Skye's the LimitPosted Nov 30th 2007 9:45AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E09) Kevin Moretti...After only a handful of episodes, Kevin Moretti has left as ER chief at County General.But, boy, what an active handful of episodes it was!Frankly, the issues with his son were beginning to intrigue me as well as other viewers and I'd like to see some type of closure.However, with ER being the king of hanging story threads I wouldn't be surprised if we never saw Stanley Tucci on the show again.ER: Coming HomePosted Nov 16th 2007 1:20AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews
(S14E08) "David Beckham is a wanker!"Archie Morris
The producers of ER certainly didn't go halvsies with the quick decline of Abby Lockhart.Luckily, the calming influence of one Luka Kovac has returned to Chicago to get the demons that control Abby back into submission.Gallery: ERContinue reading ER: Coming Home Permalink Email this Comments (11)ER: BlackoutPosted Nov 9th 2007 1:17AM by Jen CreerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews
(S14E07) "All this wasted energy is seriously inflating my carbon footprint!"If you watched the whole NBC lineup tonight, you have noticed that they all have to work in some kind of environmental theme.My name is Jen, and I'll be our cruise director this evening, because Rich Keller is off saving polar bears in the Antarctic.The ER is experiencing a heat wave and brownouts, which brings everyone to the ER with heatstroke and stupid injuries as they try to fix their air conditioning at home.Seventeen of TV's hottest women over 40Posted Nov 6th 2007 11:22AM by Joel KellerFiled under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, CSI, ER, Daytime, The Office, TV Squad Lists, Weeds, Private PracticeAbout two years ago, I set out to list the hottest women on TV who are over 40, over 50, and over 60.There were a lot candidates to choose from, even in the over 60 category, making it a particularly tough set of list to compose.It's not as easy as you think; the TV landscape has changed a bit, and a few new strong contenders have recently entered their 40s, and a few of the previous list members have left the TV landscape.Then add your own choices in the comments.The show has been on for 14 years and the ratings don't really justify spending the money on another season.The ratings aren't that bad, and the network could cut costs in some way and make it doable.ER: The TestPosted Nov 2nd 2007 12:23PM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E06) Hey you!But, you just decided to shovel one more mound of poopie on her because Maura Tierney, who plays Abby on the show, wants to leave?Gallery: ERContinue reading ER: The Test Permalink Email this Comments (16)How would you grade this season's new and returning shows?Our friends over at AOL Television have done such a thing and are giving you a chance to grade the TV shows as well.CSI and ER to fresh out of the box programs like Pushing Daisies and Private Practice.The highest marks go out to House, which has reinvented itself this season with a set of new doctors for Greg House to abuse; Pushing Daises, which AOL TV describes as the best new show of the season; Ugly Betty, a show that has yet to enter a sophomore slump; Reaper, one of the brighter spots for the slumping CW network; Desperate Housewives, 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights.Continue reading How would you grade this season's new and returning shows?Permalink Email this Comments (30)ER: Under the InfluencePosted Oct 26th 2007 11:21AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews
(S14E05) Let's start this week's review of ER with a few introductions and welcomes.First, we welcome Harold Zelinsky to the recurring character list of ER.Harold is Neela's new surgical intern and he is a bit of a mystery.Abby can find out how old he really is, which is nineteen.This child prodigy began college when he was only twelve after getting a perfect score on his SATs.Gallery: ERContinue reading ER: Under the Influence Permalink Email this Comments (5)ER: GravityPosted Oct 19th 2007 10:20AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews
(S14E04) Man, what a crappy day for Abby.First, she gets a hairstyle reminiscent of 1976 (Pratt's comments about her being ready for her yearbook photo, and the boys comments about Farah Fawcett were the best), Then her son falls at the park and she ends up working on his condition while screaming in terror inside.On her way home, shortly after Baby Joe is discharged she nearly gets into an accident.Finally, to top it all off she craves a tumbler of wine to soothe her nerves.Continue reading ER: Gravity Permalink Email this Comments (9)ER: Officer DownPosted Oct 12th 2007 8:30AM by Richard KellerFiled under: OpEd, ER, Episode Reviews(S14E03) Hey, the previews actually didn't lie this time!They were certainly the point of tension around the ER.That's because the college student seemed to be in worse shape than the recovering meth addict (and, not to bring up a debate, but why would you sign up a recovering anything addict for any type of law enforcement, volunteer or professional).Turns out the college student survived and the recovering addict didn't.Lived Shows, Spoilers Anonymous, Standout Episodes, Subtle Subtitles, TV 101, TV Sports, TV Squad Lists, TV Squad Polls, Video, Vs.OS XNiveus releases Media Center Companion softwareHulu Media Player gives Hulu an Apple Front Row feelTiVo to kill off Series3, focuses on TiVo HD
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