Max‘s new medical drama The Pitt takes viewers through an intense fifteen hour shift in the emergency room of Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, aka the Pitt. E.R. alum Noah Wyle stars as chief attending Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, a brilliant and caring physician juggling his own trauma from the COVID-19 pandemic with the minute-by-minute stress of his job. The series splits Dr. Robby’s fifteen hour shift over fifteen hour-long episodes. Meaning the whole season equals one day of work for these noble frontline workers.

Besides following Dr. Robby, The Pitt‘s first season also introduces a quartet of eager new interns, a group of determined residents, and some of the most charming nurses onscreen since Call the Midwife. (Princess, I love you!) Not only that, but through the incessant stream of patients that roll through the Pitt, we see everyday people grapple with losing loved ones, confronting hidden abuse, and the trials of elder care.

The Pitt is an addictive, propulsive watch that might very well give you a newfound appreciation for the sacrifices medical workers are still making years after the pandemic. Here’s everything you need to know about The Pitt, how to watch, and more…

The first two episodes of the new Noah Wyle E.R. drama The Pitt premieres on Thursday, December 9 on Max.

New episodes of The Pitt will premiere Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. ET on Max. After the two episode premiere, new episodes will roll out weekly between now and April 10.

There are fifteen episodes in the first season of The Pitt. Each episode follows one hour in real-time in a single fifteen hour E.R. shift, vs covering a whole month or year in the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room.

Don’t want to miss a single new episode of Max’s new medical drama The Pitt? Here’s the current schedule for when all fifteen episodes of The Pitt Season 1 drop on Max at 9 PM ET:

Yup! You can get your first look at the new Max show by watching the trailer located at the top of this article.

While Noah Wyle might be a familiar face in The Pitt, the rest of the Max drama is full of up-and-coming actors you might remember from American Vandal, Star Trek: Picard, or Chucky. The Pitt‘s large ensemble cast might be full of newbies, but that only means that you’ll have no problem fully buying them as their grounded and gritty characters. Here’s your guide to the main staff working their butts off to save lives at PTMH: