ER {E.R.}: 24 HOURS {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The pilot episode in this series of dramas about the emergency room team of an inner-city Chicago hospital. This episode, which takes place on St. Patrick's Day, begins with a building collapse that injures twelve people. Highlights from this episode include: Dr. Benton revives the heart of an elderly woman and brings her back to life; medical students John Carter, who lacks practical experience, and Tracy Young, who lacks tact and bedside manner, begin their apprenticeships under Dr. Benton and Dr. Ross; Dr. Greene delivers a baby to a woman who almost gives birth in a cab; Dr. Lewis tells a patient that he may have lung cancer with only six months to a year to live; Dr. Greene is offered a position at an upscale medical practice but is uncertain about accepting it; an eccentric, wealthy woman in need of companionship and conversation requests the removal of a hangnail; Dr. Benton and Dr. Carter decide on immediate surgery for a thirteen-year-old pregnant girl; Dr. Ross treats a baby abused by his mother; Dr. Greene, comforting Dr. Carter on his first day on the job, gives him some insight into the difficult Dr. Benton; a college student attempts to seduce Dr. Greene; and Dr. Benton, only a resident at the hospital, performs emergency surgery on a ruptured abdominal anurism. Tragedy comes to the staff when Nurse Hathaway is brought into the emergency room having overdosed in an apparent suicide attempt. Commercials deleted. This program is closed-captioned.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: September 19, 1994 Monday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:26:55
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:45741
- GENRE: Drama, medical
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, medical
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1994-2009
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- John Wells … Executive Producer
- Michael Crichton … Executive Producer, Writer
- Dennis Murphy … Producer, Production (Misc.)
- Wendy Spence … Associate Producer
- Rod Holcomb … Director
- James Newton Howard … Music by
- Anthony Edwards … Cast, Dr. Mark Greene
- George Clooney … Cast, Dr. Douglas Ross
- Sherry Stringfield … Cast, Dr. Susan Lewis
- Noah Wyle … Cast, Dr. John Carter
- Julianna Margulies … Cast, Nurse Carole Hathaway
- Eriq LaSalle … Cast, Dr. Peter Benton
- Christine Harnos … Cast, Jennifer Greene
- William H. Macy … Cast, Dr. Morgenstern
- Glenn Plummer … Cast, Timmy
- Vanessa Marquez … Cast, Goldman
- Yvette Freeman … Cast, Haleh
- Deezer D. … Cast, Malik
- Abraham Benrubi … Cast, Jerry
- Scott Jaeck … Cast, Dr. Steve Flint
- Paul Benjamin … Cast, Mr. Ervin
- Elizabeth Ruscia … Cast, Sarah Logan
- Michael Fairman … Cast, Mort Harris
- Julianna McCarthy … Cast, Mrs. Raskin
- Troy Evans … Cast, Officer Martin
- Michael Cavanaugh … Cast, Suzanne's Dad
- Jeff Doucette … Cast, Larkowski
- Christine Healy … Cast, the Administrator
- Liz Vassey … Cast, Liz
- Tracey Ellis … Cast, Annelle
- Conni Marie Brazelton … Cast, Oligario
- Ellen Crawford … Cast, Woodward
- Petra Porras … Cast, Perez
- Ryan Cutrona … Cast, Wilson
- Angelo DiMascio … Cast, Barr
- Joe D'Angerio … Cast, Rezek
- Scott Lincoln … Cast, Fitzkee
- Maria Celedonio … Cast, Luisa
- Jay Leggett … Cast, Canelli
- Ann Gee Byrd … Cast, Harper
- Sharon Schlarth … Cast, Daren Edmunds
- Walter F. Kelly … Cast, the Specialist
- Shiri Appleby … Cast, Ms. Murphy
- Susanne Nitter … Cast, the Roommate
- Suzanne Ventulett … Cast, Suzanne
- Christopher Wynne … Cast, the Resident
- Sally Hughes … Cast, Mrs. Harvey
- Perry Anzilotti … Cast, Ed
- Lawrence A. Mandley … Cast, Jackson
- Courtenay McWhinney … Cast, the Grey Haired Woman
- Lou Charloff … Cast, Mr. Harvey
- Jarrett Lennon … Cast, Billy
- Joanna Lipari … Cast, the Mom
- Phyllis Ehrlich … Cast, the Confused Woman
- Eddie Torres … Cast, the Twelve-Year-Old-Boy
- Shelly Desai … Cast, the Cabby
- Nina Henderson … Cast, the Pregnant Lady
- Thomas Dekker … Cast, the Four-Year-Old Boy
- Katherine Gauthier … Cast, the Waitress
- Suzanne Carney … Cast, Scrub Nurse #1
- Gay Storm … Cast, Mrs. McCormick
- Cynthena Sanders … Cast, Scrub Nurse #2
- Matthew Gottlieb … Cast, Ashley
- Lance Gentile … Cast, Jimmy
- Isabel Lorca … Cast, Cheryl
- Ingo Neuhaus … Cast, the Cop
- Alex Hernandez … Cast, Trooper #1
- Herbert Jefferson … Cast, Trooper #2
- Yvonne Aima … Cast, Rachel
- Holly Gagnier … Cast, Tracy Young