Earlier this week Lainey was writing about the Emmys and mentioned that drama categories “loo[k] like it’ll come down to Severance vs The White Lotus although The Last of Us and The Pitt could be a factor”. Well guess what? The Pitt is moving up. With two weeks to go to nominations, The Pitt is emerging as the frontrunner in a VERY competitive category.

 

How do I know? Well, Amy Poehler won’t stop talking about it and other TV people are talking back to her about it, too, which is something, when multiple TV people are talking about the same show at the same time.

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It feels like a saga at this point. Amy Poehler talking about ER/Noah Wyle/THE PITT is so deeply personal to me. Noah on @Good Hang with Amy Poehler when? #amypoehler #kathrynhahn #noahwyle #drcarter #drjohncarter #drrobby #thepitt #er #ertvshow @Amy Poehler

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In fact, The Pitt is a show a LOT of TV people have talked about since it premiered in January. Noah Wyle’s peers are into Noah Wyle’s new show. But mostly it’s because in talking to people I know who work in entertainment, even when we’re talking about other stuff, The Pitt just keeps coming up. My impression is everyone watched it, and everyone liked it. I can just feel momentum gathering around The Pitt. 

 

This doesn’t usually happen with the Emmys, in fact, I usually tune the Emmy race out because the Emmys have that problem of rewarding the same stuff every year. But one incidental effect of long breaks between TV seasons—largely an effect of streaming—is that increasingly, different shows are in rotation for consideration year to year. Shōgun dominated last year, but it won’t be back for a while, making room for a new show like The Pitt. 

 

This is not to say the drama categories aren’t competitive—they most certainly are. It’s the Emmys’ most competitive category this year, with shows like The White Lotus, Severance, Slow Horses, The Pitt, The Last of Us, The Diplomat, Squid Game, and Andor all in contention. But a month ago I was bracing myself, and everyone else, for a Pitt disappointment should the show not garner a lot of Emmys attention. My assumption was that its procedural format would work against it when competing against shows like Severance and The White Lotus, which easily fit into our understanding of “prestige TV”. Instead, it seems like TV people are recognizing how The Pitt’s writers—including Noah Wyle—used the procedural format in a fresh way to tell a compelling story.

Here's Team The Pitt at a for your consideration event on Wednesday, keeping that momentum going. 

Cast and crew members, including Gerran Howell, Shabana Azeez, Tracy Ifeachor, Katherine LaNasa, Noah Wyle, Isa Briones, and Fiona Dourif, attended the Max original drama series 'The Pitt' FYC Event in Burbank, California.
Photo credits: Scott Kirkland/ Shutterstock

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