Will The Pitt dominate the 2020s the way Game of Thrones did the 2010s?

Let The Pitt’s reign begin, after winning multiple Emmys, including Outstanding Drama Series, The Pitt picked up more trophies at the Critics Choice Awards.

Noah Wyle won Best Actor in a Drama Series, Katherine LaNasa won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and the show itself won Best Drama Series. Genuinely love this for them, The Pitt is staffed by some real good guys and gals, and it’s nice to see them win. Emmy winner Shawn Hatosy was also on hand—one of the good guys!—and Patrick Ball, who stars as Dr. Langdon, was nominated and turned up in a suit that does not fit.

Patrick Ball and Elysia Roorbach at the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards

Season two of The Pitt is back this week, and there is a full trailer online now.

So, it’s July 4, it’s Dr. Robby’s last day before a sabbatical, it’s Dr. Langdon’s first day back after rehab, and it is also maybe Dana’s first day back after her own sabbatical. And this year, multi-hyphenate Wyle is credited with writing an episode (number 203), and he’s directing one (number 206), too. Busy guy.

The Pitt is entering its second season as the reigning drama series on television, with Emmys, Television Critics Association Awards, and Critics Choice Awards under its belt. Next week, it might be a Golden Globe winner, too. But in this era of too much TV, and with Pluribus picking up momentum and Severance always hanging around, I wonder if it can dominate the 2020s the way Game of Thrones did the 2010s. Like how monoculture is The Pitt? I’d like to think it’s monoculture, but we did all say GOT would be the last monoculture show. (Lainey: I have not started watching this show and I meant to during the holidays but never got around to it. It seems like a January show though… so maybe this week?)

Is The Pitt proving us wrong? Or is the fact that the TV drama landscape is spread around a ring of favored shows proof we’re not all on the same page anymore? At least not at the same. Like I’m just starting Pluribus and the season finale aired two weeks ago. I suspect a lot of people are watching the same stuff, we’re just not doing it in synch anymore.