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ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Television, in association with Warner Bros. Television. ER follows the inner life of the emergency room (ER) of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and various critical issues faced by the room's physicians and staff. The show ran for 15 seasons with a total of 331 episodes, becoming the longest-running primetime medical drama in American television history. It won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the 1996 Outstanding Drama Series award, and received 124 Emmy nominations, which makes it the most nominated drama program in history. ER won 116 awards in total, including the Peabody Award, while the cast earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series.

Highlights

Paris Barclay on directing a pivotal episode of ER

04:43

Piper Laurie on guest-starring on ER

01:56

John Wells on the end of ER and writing the finale

03:39

Warren Littlefield on the development of ER

08:23

Nina Tassler on the development and casting of ER

07:08

Leslie Moonves on the process of audience testing for ER

04:38

Who talked about this show

Paris Barclay

Paris Barclay on directing a pivotal episode of ER

04:43

Paris Barclay on directing several episodes of ER

02:57

Paris Barclay on directing a pivotal episode of ER

04:43

Bonnie Bartlett

Bonnie Bartlett on guest-starring on ER

02:02

Thomas Del Ruth

Thomas Del Ruth on acting as director of photography for the pilot of ER and the use of the steadicam

04:57

Thomas Del Ruth on working with executive producer John Wells on the ER pilot

03:28

Thomas Del Ruth on acting as director of photography for ER episodes subsequent to the pilot

03:28

Hector Elizondo

Hector Elizondo on Chicago Hope competing with ER and the popularity of the show

03:39

Sally Field

Sally Field on her Emmy-winning guest performance on ER

03:48

Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs on then-current projects, including guest-starring on ER and the daytime drama Passions

05:48

Lesli Linka Glatter

Lesli Linka Glatter on how she came to direct ER, and on working with John Wells

02:34

Lesli Linka Glatter on how the ensemble cast of ER worked together, including George Clooney

01:29

Lesli Linka Glatter on the ways in which shooting an episode of ER was a unique experience, and on mishaps while shooting

02:56

Lesli Linka Glatter on the process of preparing to shoot an ER episode

02:05

Lesli Linka Glatter on directing the guest stars of ER

01:16

Lesli Linka Glatter on being involved in post-production of the ER episodes she directed

02:01

Lesli Linka Glatter on returning to direct ER in its final season

01:14

Lesli Linka Glatter on the legacy of ER

01:29

Walon Green

Walon Green on being hired by John Wells as co-executive producer on ER

02:41

Walon Green on learning medical jargon for ER

01:14

Walon Green on the live episode of ER, "Ambush," and on George Clooney getting nervous as the airdate drew near

02:23

Walon Green on favorite ER episodes and storylines of during his stint on the show

01:35

Kathryn Joosten

Kathryn Joosten on her first big break in acting - on E.R.

01:19

Elodie Keene

Elodie Keene on choosing ER as her next directing project

07:14

Elodie Keene on attempting to impose what she'd learned on St. Elsewhere on to directing ER, and on dealing with the sets

07:26

Piper Laurie

Piper Laurie on guest-starring on ER

01:56

Warren Littlefield

Warren Littlefield on the development of ER

08:23

William H. Macy

William H. Macy on playing "Dr. David Morgenstern" on ER

01:18

William H. Macy on the length of and medical details in ER scripts

01:49

William H. Macy on his ER character, "Dr. David Morgenstern"

03:12

William H. Macy on the live episode of ER

02:17

William H. Macy on returning to ER in its final season

00:39

William H. Macy on his 1997 Emmy nomination for ER

00:21

William H. Macy on working with the ensemble cast of ER

01:11

William H. Macy on the legacy of ER

01:09

Leslie Moonves

Leslie Moonves on the process of audience testing for ER

04:38

Leslie Moonves on the development of ER

02:31

Leslie Moonves on the casting and scheduling of ER

05:26

Leslie Moonves on "stealing" ER from NBC

01:35

Garrett Morris

Garrett Morris on his dramatic work including appearances on ER and Hill Street Blues and Hunter

00:47

Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer on ER and Chicago Hope

03:19

Don Ohlmeyer on the slow start of ER

01:08

Executive Don Ohlmeyer on the costly negotiations to keep ER at NBC

02:28

Lori Openden

Lori Openden on her involvement in casting ER

05:05

Lyn Paolo

Lyn Paolo on her role as costume designer on ER, on the challenges of designing clothes for the voluminous number of extras on a show based in a hospital emergency room, and her frustration that the audience thought the extras wore their own clothes to set (which producer John Wells told her was a compliment because she made the clothes look so real)

03:24

Lyn Paolo on how she worked to tell the story of a character in an instant by how they were dressed, as costume designer on ER and striving for realism, and on the groundbreaking look, scope, and impact of ER

03:56

Lyn Paolo on working with producer John Wells on ER and what makes a good working relationship between a producer and costume designer

02:50

Lyn Paolo on the crew she worked with in the costume department on ER, and on what she looked for when hiring her crew on that show

03:21

Lyn Paolo on the challenge of costuming ER due to the pace of filming and the number of people who needed to be costumed for each episode

03:28

Lyn Paolo on why the 360 Steadicam shooting style of ER made the challenge of costuming even more difficult, since so many people would be visible in each scene and each person needed a costume, and on the other departments she interacted with most frequently

03:18

Lyn Paolo on designing costumes for the live episode of ER, including needing to dress the crew for the episode

02:51

Tom Poston

Tom Poston on guest-starring on ER

02:50

Thomas Schlamme

Thomas Schlamme on directing "Ambush", a live episode of ER

03:16

Nina Tassler

Nina Tassler on the development and casting of ER

07:08

Nina Tassler on ER and Chicago Hope going up against each other when both shows debuted

02:08

John Wells

John Wells on how ER came about and Michael Crichton's original idea for the show

05:48

John Wells on the casting process for ER

02:44

John Wells on shooting the pilot for ER and the subsequent look and tone of the series

06:10

John Wells on the writing of ER and the use of real medical terminology in the scripts

07:10

John Wells on observing real life emergency rooms to write for ER

03:56

John Wells on network notes about ER

02:04

John Wells on coming up with new ideas over ER's fifteen-year run and the public getting medical information from the show

06:27

John Wells on issues the ER producers had with some advertisers

04:47

John Wells on the large number of cast changes on ER over fifteen seasons, including George Clooney leaving the show after five years

06:56

John Wells on the end of ER and writing the finale

03:39

John Wells on the legacy of ER

02:36

Jeff Zucker

Jeff Zucker on his affinity for ER as a viewer and an executive

02:17