US: The Pitt

[VincentHanna]

Decided to give this a go after reading the comments in here. Three episodes in so far and I’m not feeling it. Noah Wyle is good as always, apart from that pretty average so far. I’ll probably get through the season to see if it picks up.

Really? Me and my wife watched season 1 a few weeks ago and thought it was a 9/10 show.

We gave it a break for a few weeks but will start watching season 2 soon.

 

[Subzero85]

Really enjoyed season one, must get on season 2 soon

 

[booyaka]

 

[TonTom]

Really? Me and my wife watched season 1 a few weeks ago and thought it was a 9/10 show.

We gave it a break for a few weeks but will start watching season 2 soon.

I just couldn’t get into season 1 and it only got interesting near the end with the major incident if I remember correctly.

I did say the below after my original post and I’ll certainly be watching season 3.

Actually enjoyed season 2 of this after giving it a break after season 1.

 

[Freakbro]

FFS, this better not get it cancelled

The Pitt and ER are similar enough for lawsuit to proceed, judge rules

The widow of ER creator Michael Crichton argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the 1990s series.

www.bbc.co.uk

US drama The Pitt is similar enough to medical series ER for a lawsuit against its producers to progress, a court in the US has ruled.

The widow of Michael Crichton, who created ER, argues The Pitt is effectively a reboot of the series, which has been made without proper permission or credit.

America Land of the Free Litigation

 

[b0rn2sk8]

it’s probably not going to succeed and the only people who would win are the lawyers.

It doesn’t use and IP from ER so I can’t see how a claim would be successful. I can’t see how anyone could own the copyright of a ‘faced paced medical drama set in an emergency department’. After that the similarities largely end.

It would be like the BBC during channel 5 over 5th gear or amazon for the Grand Tour.

 

[VincentHanna]

She'll be suing casualty next.

 

[Fubsy]

And Scrubs ffs.

It's in a hospital, that's where the similarities end.

 

[Bumhug]

it’s probably not going to succeed and the only people who would win are the lawyers.

It doesn’t use and IP from ER so I can’t see how a claim would be successful. I can’t see how anyone could own the copyright of a ‘faced paced medical drama set in an emergency department’. After that the similarities largely end.

It would be like the BBC during channel 5 over 5th gear or amazon for the Grand Tour.

It originally was though which is where it gets complicated. They were negotiating rights to make it a spin off but that fell through so it was moved to a different city and Noah Wyles character renamed. BBC article doesnt mention that showrunner R. Scott Gemmill, and executive producer John Wells along with Noah Wyle where part of the team negotiating for the rights.

It will likely be cheaper to settle than go to court