Series Description

The ER TV show is a 60 minute medical drama series on NBC. It's a matter of life and death in a hospital's emergency room. The plots can really thicken on ER! What events brought the patient to the ER? What are their chances for recovery? How is their plight affecting their loved ones. What do the doctors go through to deal with all those emergencies? Do they have the time or energy for a real life? That should give you some idea of the drama you'll find in every episode of ER.

NBC's ER Cast

Noah Wyle .... Doctor John Carter (1994-2009)
Laura Innes .... Doctor Kerry Weaver (1995-2009)
Laura Ceron .... Nurse Chuny Marquez (1995-2009)
Maura Tierney .... Nurse Abby Lockhart (1999-2009)
Deezer D .... Nurse Malik McGrath (1994-2009)
Anthony Edwards .... Doctor Mark Greene (1994-2009)
Julianna Margulies .... Nurse Carol Hathaway (1994-2009)
George Clooney .... Doctor Doug Ross (1994-2009)
Eriq La Salle .... Doctor Peter Benton (1994-2009)
Goran Visnjic .... Doctor Luka Kovac (1999-2009)
Yvette Freeman .... Nurse Haleh Adams (1994-2009)
Emily Wagner .... Doris Pickman (1994-2009)
Alex Kingston .... Doctor Elizabeth Corday (1997-2009)
Lynn A. Henderson .... Pamela Olbes (1995-2009)
Sherry Stringfield .... Doctor Susan Lewis (1994-2009)
Abraham Benrubi .... Jerry Markovic (1994-2009)
Mekhi Phifer .... Doctor Gregory Pratt (2002-2009)
Parminder Nagra .... Doctor Neela Rasgotra (2003-2009)
Troy Evans .... Frank Martin (1994-2009)
Linda Cardellini .... Nurse Samantha Taggart (2003-2009)
Montae Russell .... Dwight Zadro (1995-2009)
Scott Grimes .... Doctor Archie Morris (2003-2009)
Paul McCrane .... Doctor Robert Romano (1997-2009)
Ellen Crawford .... Nurse Lydia Wright (1994-2009)
Lily Mariye .... Nurse Lily Jarvik (1994-2009)
Ming-Na .... Doctor Jing-Mei Chen (1995-2004)
Conni Marie Brazelton .... Nurse Connie Oligario (1994-2003)

ER Trivia:

ER was originally going to be a movie directed by Steven Spielberg. When it became the ER TV show instead, Spielberg did "Jurassic Park" instead.

The med-evac helicopter you've seen on the ER TV show is actually owned by the University of Chicago Hospital.

Episode #70 of the ER TV show titled, "Ambush", was aired "Live" (except on the West Coast) rather than filmed. This drew a huge audience. You could be sure that it was live because in one scene Doctor Ross (George Clooney) was in the break room watching a Chicago Cubs game against the Astros. That game was also being shown live at that time.

George Clooney appeared on another series a decade before this ER TV show. It was a comedy called "E/R (1984)! It starred Elliot Gould as Doctor Sheinfeld who is a physician at the emergency room of a Chicago hospital. Sound familiar? George Clooney's character was named Mark "Ace" Kolmar.

After seeing him in "Pirates of Silicon Valley", Steve Jobs (then CEO of Apple Computers) invited Noah Wyle (Doctor John Carter) to the MacWorld computer trade show. Noah went on stage and gave Steve's speech pretending to be him. Many people in the audience did not notice they were listening to the wrong guy!

George Clooney is not the only entertainer in his family. His father was a TV newsman who also was host of a talk show. His uncle was actor Jose Ferrer and his aunt was singer Rosemary Clooney.

Julianna Margulies was listed as a guest star in the first episode of the series. Her character (Carol Hathawawy) had attempted suicide and was meant to be brain dead, but they decided to "bring her back to TV life" and she became a regular cast member.

Here are a few more George Clooney facts:
He once tried out for a position with the Cincinatti Reds. He's scared to death of earthquakes (isn't everybody?). He was the very first guest on the Rosie O'Donnell show. He swears he will never get married or have children. He owns a pig named Max.