It was another big night for The Pitt and Noah Wyle at last nights SAGs

After the Golden Globes, Duana and I were discussing whether Noah Wyle’s tendency to give increasingly self-important acceptance speeches would eventually catch up to him and cause a “Tom Hiddleson Night Manager Golden Globes speech” debacle, but fear not, Noah Wyle got through his latest round of wins without going full Hiddleston.

It was another big night for The Pitt and Noah Wyle, who have now completed a clean sweep of the major TV awards for 2025, winning for best drama and best dramatic actor at the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Critics Choice Awards, the ~~SAG~~ Actor Awards, and the TCA Awards. This isn’t even all of the trophies, it’s just the biggest ones.

Wyle won once again as a leading actor, this time for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series, and his speech was sincere bordering on maudlin, but he stayed just on the right side the sentiment, emphasizing the importance of SAG-AFTRA as a labor force and a community.

He later spoke when The Pitt won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, talking about how glad he is to share this award with his fellow castmates, which included Tracy Ifeachor, who played Dr. Collins. She famously departed The Pitt before the end of season one and never returned. There have been rumors of discord with the cast and creators of the show, but last night was very “nothing to see here” amongst the cast as they accept their ensemble award, though she did make sure she was in Noah’s shot!

With The Pitt now halfway through its second season and still both hugely popular and critically acclaimed, it is primed to become a trophy juggernaut. Will this cause a backlash? Or will the sincerity of the show and its public face, Noah Wyle, keep everyone on board? The Bear was in a similar position after its first season, but it was hindered by the comedy category fraud that eventually caused everyone to turn against it during awards season. There is no question The Pitt is a drama, so that will not be the case here.

But it has also now won everything there is to win (not unlike The Studio on the comedy side). And my problem with TV awards, especially the Emmys, is the inertia that sets in and results in the same shows and people winning for years, even as equally good but newer things come along. It just gets boring. The Pitt season two is excellent, I will begrudge it no nominations and I still adore the show more than anything, but we also don’t know what 2026 has in store for us, television-wise. Like, Heated Rivalry didn’t pop until right at the end of the year, we could still get an HR-style surprise down the line.

Speaking of Heated Rivalry, as with the Emmys, it is not eligible for the SAG Awards because it is a fully funded production of Canada, with no US participation. But you cannot tell me Connor Storrie, with that four-minute Russian monologue in episode five, would not be coming for Noah Wyle’s lunch if he could. Wyle and The Pitt—and every other drama series—is LUCKY HR isn’t eligible for the big US awards.

The Pitt ran the table on the 2025 awards season. By this time next year, maybe there will be a backlash. Or maybe there will be a new show to capture momentum. Or maybe the rules will change and Heated Rivalry will be allowed to compete. Or maybe The Pitt will sweep again because we are so f-cking desperate for a little kindness and empathy in the world.