The Pitt

Hospital drama for people who miss ER and want the medicine, not the soap opera. Rats spill out of a coat and the staff scramble. Noah Wyle plays Robby as the steady veteran who tells a resident to spend less time on each patient, while Taylor Dearden's Mel hurries to prove herself.

Each season is one shift, an hour per episode, in order; the opener throws many new faces at you before it settles.