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Revision as of 08:05, 1 August 2004 by Ardonik (talk | contribs) (Wikilink dates so that user prefs can change them)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)ER is a popular NBC serial drama primarily set in a teaching hospital's emergency room, the fictional County General (based loosely off Cook County General, a real hospital) in Chicago, Illinois. The series was created by novelist Michael Crichton. The first episode, known as "24 Hours", "Pilot", or "E.R.: The Movie", aired in the United States on September 19, 1994.
It has won at least one Emmy every year of its production up to and including the 2002 awards and has won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Television Dramatic Series" every year from 1997 to 2002. Over the years, it has been nominated for and/or won numerous other awards including BAFTAs, Screen Actors Guild awards, TV Guide awards, Image awards, GLAAD awards and Golden Globes.
Recently, it was announced that Alex Kingston's (Dr. Corday) contract was not being renewed.
The complete first season of ER was released on DVD on August 26, 2003.
Current Stars of the Series
- Noah Wyle (Season 1 to present), as Dr. John Carter
- Laura Innes (Season 2 to present), as Dr. Kerry Weaver
- Alex Kingston (Season 4 to present), as Dr. Elizabeth Corday
- Ming-Na (Season 1, 6 to present), as Dr. Jing-mei (Deb) Chen
- Goran Višnjić (Season 6 to present), as Dr. Luka Kovač
- Maura Tierney (Season 6 to present), as Nurse Abby Lockhart
- Sherry Stringfield (Seasons 1-3, 8 to present), as Dr. Susan Lewis
- Sharif Atkins (Season 7 to present), as Dr. Michael Gallant
- Mekhi Phifer, (Season 9 to present), as Dr. Greg Pratt
- Parminder Nagra (Season 10 to present), as Neela Rasgotra
- Linda Cardellini (Season 10 to present), as Nurse Samantha Taggart
Former Cast Members
- Anthony Edwards (Seasons 1-8), as Dr. Mark Greene
- Eriq La Salle (Seasons 1-8), as Dr. Peter Benton
- Julianna Margulies (Seasons 1-6), as Nurse Carol Hathaway
- George Clooney (Seasons 1-5), as Dr Doug Ross
- Paul McCrane (Seasons 4-10), as Dr. Robert 'Rocket' Romano
- William H. Macy (Seasons 1-4), as Dr. David Morgenstern
- Kellie Martin (Seasons 4-6), as Lucy Knight
- Gloria Reuben (Seasons 1-5), as Jeanie Boulet
Other Long-serving Regular Cast not Credited as Stars
- Abraham Benrubi (Season 1 to present) as Jerry Markovic
- Connie Marie Brazleton (Season 1 to present) as Conni Oligario
- Laura Ceron (Season 1 to present) as Chuny Marquez
- Ellen Crawford (Season 1 to present) as Lydia Wright
- Deezer D (Season 1 to present) as Malik McGrath
- Yvette Freeman (Season 1 to present) as Haleh Adams
- Lily Mariye (Season 1 to present) as Lily Jarvik
See also
External links
- NBC's ER website
- Warner Bros. official ER website
- ER entry on IMDB
- Google archive of alt.tv.ER newsgroup
- A comprehensive collection of episode guides and reviews (Note: This collection ends with series 9 (2002-2003) and appears to have no intent of updating. It is however the better of the two espisode guides.)
- Another set of episode guides