The Pitt,” on HBO’s streaming platform Max, is a weekly medical drama that emulates the kind of shows that have long been — and remain — a staple on network TV. It’s an instructive blueprint for other streamers to follow suit.

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

It’s nigh impossible for a new American emergency room medical drama not to be compared to the enduring prime-time hit ER. Once the gurneys come crashing through the door with bloodied patients and the doctors start making life and death diagnoses on the spot,

Noah Wyle goes back to an emergency room for his new series “The Pitt” and Lana Wilson’s lauded documentary about psychics “Look Into My Eyes” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases.

For most of ER ‘s 15-season run (1994-2009), Wyle starred as Dr. John Carter. We watched him go from his very early days as a doctor, switch from surgery to emergency medicine, become the one who “set the tone” and advised others to do the same, and return time and time again even after he’d moved on from Cook County General.

Noah Wyle is returning to the emergency room for his new medical drama The Pitt, which actually came together after an ER reboot never came together (sparking a lawsuit in the process). The actor, who starred as Dr.