E.R. (TV Series)

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Original title: ER (TV Series)
Year: 1994
Running time: 45 min.
Country: United States
Director: Michael Crichton (Creator), Christopher Chulack, Jonathan Kaplan, Richard Thorpe, Stephen Cragg, Lesli Linka Glatter, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Laura Innes, Mimi Leder, Christopher Misiano, John Wells, Paul McCrane, Charles Haid, Andrew Bernstein, Rod Holcomb, Nelson McCormick, David Nutter, Anthony Edwards, Julie Hébert, Tawnia McKiernan, James Hayman, Thomas Schlamme, Paris Barclay, Babu Subramaniam 'T.R.', Jack Orman, Ernest R. Dickerson, Donna Deitch, Elodie Keene, Tom Moore, Fred Gerber, Steve De Jarnatt, Ken Kwapis, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Darnell Martin, Gloria Muzio, Peggy Rajski, Marita Grabiak, Joanna Kerns, Jessica Yu, Rob Hardy, Kevin Hooks, Fred Einesman, Guy Norman Bee, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Peter Markle, Perry Lang, Davis Guggenheim, Sarah Pia Anderson, Michael Katleman, Eric Laneuville, Whitney Ransick, Barnet Kellman, Daniel Sackheim, Anita W. Addison, Mark Tinker, Dean Parisot, Anthony Hemingway, Vern Gillum, Alan J. Levi, Steve Shill, John Gallagher, Skipp Sudduth, Quentin TarantinoSee 55 More
Screenwriter: Michael Crichton, David Zabel, Joe Sachs, John Wells, R. Scott Gemmill, Lydia Woodward, Jack Orman, Lisa Zwerling, Dee Johnson, Neal Baer, Paul Manning, Carol Flint, Janine Sherman, Karen Maser, Virgil Williams, Lance Gentile, Samantha Howard Corbin, Mark Morocco, Sonya Steele, Meredith Stiehm, Linda Gase, Shannon Goss, Walon Green, Robert Nathan, Julie Hébert, Jason Cahill, Patrick Harbinson, Yahlin Chang, David Mills, Bruce Miller, Tom Garrigus, Elizabeth Hunter, Anne Kenney, Tracey Stern, Barbara Hall, Sandy Kroopf, Doug Palau, Andrew Fash, Moreen Littrell, Stan Seidel, Christopher MackSee 37 More
Music: Martin Davich, Rick Marotta. Theme: James Newton Howard
Cinematography: Arthur Albert, Anthony R. Palmieri, Richard Thorpe, Thomas Del Ruth, Héctor R. Figueroa, Jamie Maxtone-Graham, Philip Holahan, Michael Alan Brierley, Jamie Anderson, Ronald Vidor, James Jansen, Pierre AïmSee 8 More
Cast: Noah Wyle, Maura Tierney, Laura Innes, George Clooney, Goran Visnjic, Anthony Edwards, Eriq La Salle, Alex Kingston, Sherry Stringfield, Mekhi Phifer, Julianna Margulies, Parminder Nagra, Linda Cardellini, Laura Cerón, Yvette Freeman, Emily Wagner, Lynn A. Henderson, Abraham Benrubi, Deezer D, Paul McCrane, Gloria Reuben, John Stamos, Maria Bello, Angela Bassett, Troy Evans, Lily Mariye, Scott Grimes, Ming-Na Wen, Ellen Crawford, Shane West, William H. Macy, Elizabeth Mitchell, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo, Sally Field, Stanley Tucci, Wentworth Miller, Erik Palladino, Montae Russell, Conni Marie Brazelton, Dinah Lenney, Brian Lester, Kristin Minter, John Aylward, Leland Orser, Michelle Bonilla, Demetrius Navarro, Gedde Watanabe, Michael Michele, Sharif Atkins, Angel Laketa Moore, Lisa Nicole Carson, Kellie Martin, Khandi Alexander, Jorja Fox, Vanessa Marquez, Amy Aquino, David Lyons, Bellina Logan, Christine Harnos, J.P. Manoux, CCH Pounder, Perry Anzilotti, Dominic Janes, Yvonne Zima, Gil McKinney, Kyle RichardsSee 54 More
Producer: Warner Bros. Television, Amblin Television, Constant C Productions, John Wells Productions. Broadcast by: National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
Genre: TV Series. Drama | Medical
Synopsis / Plot: TV Series (1994-2009). 15 Seasons. 331 Episodes. Created by best-selling author Michael Crichton (“Jurassic Park”), the series centers on the medical personnel in the emergency room of a Chicago hospital. Crichton is also an executive producer, along with John Wells (“China Beach”) and Christopher Chulack. A winner of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, the series has also earned many Emmy Awards and over a hundred nominations – breaking an all-time industry record. Also, the cast has won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series.

“ER” tracks the inner workings of County General Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center where heroic doctors and nurses are faced with life-and-death decisions on a daily basis. The staff is led by Attending Physician Dr. John Carter (Wyle), who, after nine years at County, has risen to a role of respect and moral leadership in the ER. The chief of staff, Dr. Kerry Weaver (Innes), a tough and determined administrator, finds herself at a personal crossroads, trying to strike a balance between her life as a doctor and the life she now wants as a woman. Dr. Elizabeth Corday (Kingston) is the dedicated surgeon who must now face the challenges of starting over and raising a baby daughter alone following the death of her husband, Dr. Mark Greene.

Also on staff are Dr. Luka Kovac (Visnjic), an ER attending physician from Croatia who is searching – sometimes self-destructively – for something to fill the void of his lost family and failed relationships; Abby Lockhart (Tierney), nurse and fourth-year medical student, was involved in a tumultuous relationship with Carter and has been plagued by her family’s history of mental illness, she has stopped drinking and smoking and is making a serious effort to turn her personal life around; Dr. Jing-Mei Chen (Ming-Na), an attending E.R. doc who, having sacrificed so much for her work, is looking to lighten up and get out more; Dr. Susan Lewis (Stringfield), who, after a few years away has readjusted to the emergency room and is currently dating a man she married in Las Vegas on a whim; Dr. Gregory Pratt (Phifer), a brash, second-year resident with a checkered background that won’t stop haunting him; and Dr. Michael Gallant (Sharif Atkins), who worked his way through medical school on the U.S. Army’s ticket.
Recent additions to the ER include, Neela Rasgotra (Nagra), a British-Indian medical student who arrives in Chicago after finishing her undergraduate degree in biophysics and molecular biology at Yale. Despite her impeccable credentials, Neela must now suffer the humiliations of being the new kid on the block and the racism she encounters from the patients and some of the staff; and Samantha Taggart (Cardellini), a nurse and spirited single mother determined to save lives in a place where nothing is taken for granted.

Awards: 2009: Emmy: Best Directing. Nominated for Best Guest Actor (Borgnine)

2008: Emmy: Nominated for Best Guest Actor (Tucci) and Sound Editing

2007: Emmy: 3 nominations, including Best Guest Actor (Whitaker)

2006: Emmy: 2 nominations, including Best Guest Actor (Woods)

2005: Emmy: Best Guest Actor (Ray Liotta). 3 nominations.

2004: Emmy: 4 nominations, including Best Directing

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2003: Emmy: Best Sound Mixing. 4 nominations

2002: Emmy: Best Sound Mixing. 4 nominations

2001: Emmy: Best Guest Actress (Sally Field) and Sound Editing. 7 nominations

2000: Emmy: Best Editing. 9 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1999: Emmy: Best Sound Mixing and Sound Editing. 6 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1998: Emmy: Best Sound Editing and Technical Direction. 16 nominations

1997: Emmy: Best Cast, Editing and Sound Mixing. 22 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1996: Emmy: Best Drama Series. 17 nominations

2000: Golden Globes: Nominated Best TV-Series - Drama

1999: Golden Globes: 2 nominations. Best Drama Series and Actress (Margulies)

1998: Golden Globes: 4 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1997: Golden Globes: Best Actor (Edwards). 7 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1996: Golden Globes: 5 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1995: Golden Globes: 5 nominations, including Best Drama Series

1995: BAFTA: Best Foreign TV Program

1995: Emmy: 8 Awards, including Best Directing and Sup. Actress (Margulies) 23 nominations

1994: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Drama Series

1996: Satellite Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Drama Series

2000: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Nominated for Best TV Series - Drama

1994: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Best TV Series

2004: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series

1997: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director Drama Series

1996: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director Drama Series. 3 Nominations

1995: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director Drama Series. 3 Nominations

1994: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Best Director Drama & Best Director Miniseries. 4 Nominations

2002: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

1999: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

1998: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

1997: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama

1995: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Screenplay in Episodic Drama & Best Adapted Screenplay (Long Form)

2000: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): 3 Nominations inc. Best Ensemble in a Drama Series

1999: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series

1998: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series & Actress (Margulies)

1997: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, Actor (Edwards) & Actress (Margulies)

1996: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series. 3 Nominations

1995: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Best Ensemble in a Drama Series & Actor (Edwards). 4 Nominations

1994: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series

Critics' reviews

"'ER' had many years of outstanding quality"

Tim Goodman: SFGATE
"'ER' continues to make good on its initial stylistic breakthroughs"

Ken Tucker: Entertainment Weekly
"In an ideal world, it would be succeeded by the medical equivalent of 'The Wire'; a programme sophisticated enough to examine and wrest compelling drama even from the biggest questions about the flaws and failures of our most fundamental social systems"

Lucy Mangan: The Guardian

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