The series "is a realistic exploration of the challenges facing healthcare workers in modern America, seen through the lens of the heroes working in a modern Pittsburgh hospital," according to the synopsis.
The Pitt trailer opens with a doctor standing on the edge of a building, looking down, as Dr. Robby approaches him and tells him it's rude for him to jump while he's working.
“Hey, D, what’s the good word?” Wyle says to another hospital worker, who replies, “We’re fucked. 52 in the waiting room, and it’s not even 7 [a.m.].”
As the drama series continues, the doctors say they need to give Robby some space today as it marks five years since another doctor died from COVID-19.
“Are you OK?” Tracy Ifeachor’s Dr. Collins asks Wyle’s Robby at one point in the trailer. “Why wouldn’t I be?” he asks her. “Five years ago today. You can’t block your feelings forever,” she tells him. “Oh, you’d be surprised,” he quips back.
The trailer also introduces a group of medical students as they begin their first day in the emergency room and begin to understand how hectic and emotional the emergency room can be. When a patient receives a code, Patrick Ball’s Dr. Langdon asks Gerran Howell’s Whitaker if he’s ready to make the call, and he declines.
Supriya Ganesh (Dr. Mohan), Fiona Dourif (Dr. McKay), Taylor Dearden (Dr. King), Isa Briones (Dr. Santos), Shabana Azeez (Javadi) and Katherine LaNasa (Dana Evans) round out the cast of the new medical drama.
In addition to starring in the series, Wyle serves as an executive producer alongside Wells and showrunner Gemmill.
The first two episodes of The Pitt debut on HBO Max on Thursday, January 9. New episodes will air every Thursday until the finale on April 10.
