Medical drama with 97% Rotten Tomatoes score lauded as 'one of the best shows EVER' is finally streaming in the UK - and is perfect for a weekend binge-watch
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An acclaimed medical drama praised as 'one of the best shows ever' is finally streaming in the UK - and perfect to binge on a weekend.
The Pitt, which first aired last year, follows the medical staff at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center - and has got a whopping 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Each season depicts an intense 15-hour work shift, with each episode roughly correlating to an hour in real time.
Noah Wyle plays lead character Dr. Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch, a senior attending physician.
Other cast members include Tracy Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell and Shabana Azeez.
With streaming service HBO Max now available to UK audiences, The Pitt has officially made its way across the pond.
Acclaimed US medical drama The Pitt has finally landed in the UK - and fans have been left very impressed
Noah Wyle plays lead character Dr. Michael 'Robby' Robinavitch, a senior attending physician - and has won an Emmy for the performance
TV superfan Luke Ecclestone - known online as Eccy Reviews - shared his verdict on the show.
In a video posted to Instagram, he lauded The Pitt as 'one of the best shows you will ever watch.'
Luke said: 'You can't waste any more time and you need to see it right now.'
He added: 'So, HBO Max has just dropped in the UK, however it has been everywhere else for months and now, you can go and watch The Pitt and I couldn't recommend this show enough.
'This is one of the most intense medical dramas you will ever come across, ever, in your life as each episode follows one hour of a day in this hospital.
'It is one of the most intense shows you're ever going to come across.
'The performances are unbelievable, the medical drama-side of it is so intense, so gripping, and honest to God, I actually just can't recommend this show enough.'
Luke went on: 'It is one of the highest rated shows. Everyone’s been talking about it for years, literally. So go and watch it, get it on your watch list.'
One follower commented: 'Absolutely adore this show. It’s so fast paced and addictive. Characters you care about & I always think ‘no!’ when it’s finished.'
Another added: 'It’s fantastic, best thing I’ve seen in years, watched it all.'
A third remarked: 'It’s the best medical show ever.'
While a fourth penned: 'It’s fantastic, best thing I’ve seen in years, watched it all.'
The Pitt performed very well at the 2025 Emmy Awards, scooping Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama (Noah Wyle), Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama (Katherine LaNasa) and Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama (Shawn Hatosy).
It also respectively won the awards for Oustanding Drama Series and Outstanding Casting - Drama.
Furthermore, the show highlights how medical care in the US has been affected post-COVID-19 - including a very personal tie to protagonist Robby.
Noah Wyle told Radio Times: 'The opening premise of The Pitt is that the doctor is the patient.
'Dr Robby is someone who probably should have retired in 2020. His mentor died four years to the day depicted in season one and he simply hasn’t dealt with that.
The high intensity show takes place at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center - across a single 15 hour shift
'And so here he is, experiencing both burnout and PTSD while not recognising any of the obvious signs.'
The 54-year-old is of course no stranger to the medical genre drama, having played Dr. John Carter in smash-hit ER.
Noah portrayed Dr. Carter from 1994 to 2005, reprising the character in 2009 for ER's final ever episode.
Ahead of filming The Pitt's first season, the actor and his co-stars tackled a 'boot camp' to prepare for their roles.
He told CBS Sunday Morning: 'This is a fairly young ensemble, and certainly none of us have ever been doctors before, and we all had to start at a pretty high level of proficiency.
'It was really important that we [come] in a few weeks before we started shooting, learn how to put on your gloves, learn how to say the words, learn how to hold the instruments, learn how to move and think like a doctor, talk to doctors, go to the hospital.'
Noah added: 'I will say that, you know, if this had been the ‘ER’ cast, and we’d [been] asked to do three weeks of boot camp, you would have gotten six class clowns screwing around, not listening, playing with the gloves, [making] them into balloons, doing all sorts of crazy stuff.'
