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Gerran Howell, Taylor Dearden, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Isa Briones, John Wells, Noah Wyle, and R. Scott Gemmill attend HBO’s “The Pitt” Season 2 Emmy FYC Event at David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum on June 09, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gennia Cui)<\/p>\n
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The cast and creatives of HBO\u2019s The Pitt made an appearance at the Academy Museum last week during their Season 2 FYC event, moderated by American comedian Jon Lovett. The panel featured actor, writer, and executive producer Noah Wyle, actors Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, Sepideh Moafi, Gerran Howell, Taylor Dearden, Katherine LaNasa, Isa Briones, Shabana Azeez, Shawn Hatosy, executive producer John Wells, and creator and executive producer R. Scott Gemmill.<\/p>\n
Last year, the critically-acclaimed drama series won several Emmys, including Best Drama Series, Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Noah Wyle), Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Katherine LaNasa), Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Shawn Hatosy), and Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series. It also won several awards from the Critics\u2019 Choice Awards, the Television Critics Association, the Golden Globes, and the Actors Awards.<\/p>\n
The series is coming back strong in this year\u2019s award season with the TV Academy, submitting <\/a>for Best Drama Series, Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Wyle), several of the cast for Best Supporting Actor\/Actress in a Drama Series (LaNasa, Patrick Ball, Fiona Dourif, Sepideh Moafi, Gerran Howell, Isa Briones, Shabana Azeez, and Shawn Hatosy), Outstanding Guest Actor, Best Directing For a Drama Series, Casting For A Drama Series, Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), Prosthetic Makeup, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing, Cinematography for a Series (One-Hour), Picture Editing For a Drama Series, Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One-Hour or More), Contemporary Costumes, Contemporary Hairstyling, Music Supervision, Original Music and Lyrics, and Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction Or Reality Series for the companion interview show Inside The Pitt.<\/p>\n Noah Wyle attends HBO’s “The Pitt” Season 2 Emmy FYC Event at David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum on June 09, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gennia Cui)<\/p>\n \u00a9 Gennia Cui<\/p>\n During the Q&A, Lovett, who didn\u2019t seem to understand The Pitt or the actors very well, asked about specific storylines and controversial topics like A.I. Yet he didn\u2019t seem to grasp the importance and seriousness of the series, its cast, or the topics he was presenting. Let alone, didn\u2019t really ask the entire cast anything. The majority of the speakers were the executive team, which included Wyle (also an executive producer, director, and writer for the series). The cast and creatives were gracious with their answers, giving the audience an in-depth look inside the ins and outs of what made The Pitt one of the most popular, as well as one of the most accurate, medical dramas.<\/p>\n Here are some of the highlights from the eventHow relevant the ICE storyline was<\/p>\n In Season 2, episode 11, titled \u201c5:00 p.m.\u201d, the series tackled a controversial yet relevant topic regarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) department, which featured two ICE agents bringing an injured undocumented detainee into the ER following a workplace raid. After Jesse (played by real-life ER nurse and rock musician Ned Brower), one of the nurses, intervenes to protect his patient, he is unjustifiably detained by the agents. <\/p>\n Wells stated that the show is deeply researched, and they do not just make things up. Everything they do comes from doctors, nurses, and experts in the fields, taking their stories into account. After the script was written, the New York Times piece<\/a> on this very topic was released. They shot the episode a month before the killing of intensive care nurse<\/a>, Alex Pretti, in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n The Pitt Season 2, Episode 11 “5:00 p.m.”<\/p>\n Warrick Page\/MAX<\/p>\n \u201cWe didn\u2019t go nearly far enough when we actually shot [the episode],\u201d says Wells. \u201cWe tried to be truthful and simply tell what we found out.\u201d<\/p>\n Wyle adds, \u201cBy the same token, the world gave context to that storyline that we couldn\u2019t have possibly written. So it became an exercise in showing the bear, not poking the bear \u2013 because everybody knows what bears can do now \u2013 so I thought what we ended up with was appropriate given the real-world context that was brought to the show after we filmed.\u201d<\/p>\n Wells and Wyle touched on the importance of ensuring places are safe from these kinds of police or customs actions. There are so many who are afraid now to come into the ER or medical offices when they are in a dire condition. <\/p>\n \u201cSchools, hospitals, and churches used to be sanctuary sites,\u201d says Wyle. \u201cYou couldn\u2019t go in there. Law enforcement couldn\u2019t go in there. That\u2019s not true any longer. Hospitals don\u2019t really understand what the protocols are about, what they’re allowed to do, in terms of saying you can’t come in or not. You do need a warrant, but not everybody guards the back door. It’s a very loophole system, so it seemed like a really ripe storyline to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n Wyle did reveal that a family member told him they wouldn\u2019t be watching the series anymore because it featured that storyline. <\/p>\n Executive Producer John Wells praises the writers and actors<\/p>\n When asked about AI’s use in the industry, Wells said AI will never replace excellent writers or storytelling. He tells the audience, \u201c[AI] is just generating what\u2019s already been done. People don\u2019t watch television, read books, or go to movies that they’ve already seen. It\u2019s what [R. Scott Gemmill], the writers, and the actors do that, bringing you something that you haven\u2019t seen before and giving you an experience that you want \u2013 a dramatic experience.\u201d<\/p>\n Wells has seen what AI can do and has no interest in its output. He commends all the writers \u2013 \u201cthe good human ones\u201d \u2013 for their work on the series.<\/p>\n John Wells, Taylor Dearden, Patrick Ball, Noah Wyle, and Katherine LaNasa attend HBO’s “The Pitt” Season 2 Emmy FYC Event at David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum on June 09, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gennia Cui)<\/p>\n \u00a9 Gennia CuiThe show is proud to film in Los Angeles<\/p>\n The Pitt is filmed at the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in Burbank, California, which is very rare nowadays, as productions now move to locations where it would be \u201ccheaper\u201d to film and produce. The exterior shots are filmed in Pittsburgh, where the series is set. Wyle has repeatedly stated<\/a> why it\u2019s important to film in Hollywood and remain there.<\/p>\n Wyle states during the panel, \u201cWe\u2019ve got multi-generational talent that\u2019s been groomed in this city for over 100 years, and it is the biggest asset that the city offers. You can put up a soundstage in any other city, but they don\u2019t have the talent pool we have here. The artisans working on our show: some of their fathers, some of their grandfathers, worked in this industry. And we\u2019ve got actors here tonight. Ernest Harden Jr. (who played the beloved character, Louie) is here. It\u2019s a joy to cast this show out of the city, and we couldn’t do it someplace else.\u201d<\/p>\n Wells adds, \u201cThere are hundreds of really, really talented actors here that we need every week. We have 120-130 background artists onstage every day. We’re using 20-30 actors in speaking parts every day. I love the people in Albuquerque. There are not 1200 talented actors available for us to do this show.\u201d<\/p>\n The team gathers to remember Louie. (Warrick Page\/HBOMAX)<\/p>\n Warrick Page\/MAXWyle defends the background actors<\/p>\n Lovett joked that background actors were just \u201clying there and then asking for a sandwich,\u201d playing on scenes in which a few patients asked for one. Wyle was quick to defend the actors, who are all SAG-AFTRA members or SAG-AFTRA-qualified.<\/p>\n \u201cTo tell you the truth, most of our background actors are SAG-AFTRA actors who need to get their insurance and their days up, so when they come to work, they come to play,\u201d Wyle says. \u201cThe relationships they engage you in the background and the specificity of the tasks they involve themselves in give you that realistic texture. Everybody on that set is performing \u2013 really performing. They\u2019re not just walking through it. We are a company. It\u2019s one of the few sets I\u2019ve ever been on where there\u2019s no division between foreground, background, cast, or crew. Everybody wears scrubs every day.\u201d<\/p>\n The Pitt tackles medical misinformation<\/p>\n The creative team discussed the importance of being as accurate as possible when discussing medicine. According to several ER doctors<\/a>, the series is accurate in its medical decisions, diagnoses, pacing, burnout<\/a>, and interruptions. There are several board-certified emergency physicians and nurses in their writing room and on set.<\/p>\n Wyle, whose mother is a retired nurse, understands that there\u2019s a lot of medical misinformation everywhere and that people tend to hold on to their beliefs. He\u2019s not there to change their mind, but the series will present the facts and statistics \u201cin the most human way possible\u201d and present \u201cthe human side of it.\u201d He explains, \u201cPart of our messaging is to dispel a lot of the misinformation that\u2019s out there, and to reestablish for viewers that if you see it on The Pitt, it\u2019s a medical fact that you can take it to your doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n Shooting for Season 3 begins on Tuesday, June 16<\/p>\n Wyle revealed that production for Season 3 begins on Tuesday, June 16. Though the cast and creatives didn\u2019t specify the setting, it was revealed that Season 3 will be set in early November.<\/p>\n Gemmill confirms that Robbie will be back, and the season will be all about exploration from all the characters. He reveals, \u201cWe\u2019re gonna see people doing new things this year. It\u2019s going to be very exciting. We have a lot of plans. In reality, we’ve been really grateful for creating these characters that come to life. Now we get to explore and take them on the next sort of journey, seeing how they deal with each other and themselves as they go through this journey of becoming these doctors. It’s really exciting for us. We have a lot of good things planned for everyone. The cast is going to bring a lot of new colors to the characters this year.\u201d<\/p>\n LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Shabana Azeez attends HBO’s “The Pitt” Season 2 Emmy FYC Event at David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum on June 09, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for HBO)<\/p>\n Getty Images for HBOAustralian actress Shabana Azeez stood up for herself<\/p>\n During the panel, Lovett complimented Welsh actor Howell for his American accent. Wyle and the team let him know that Azeez was not American either. Wyle relays, \u201cI think these are two of the finest American accents you\u2019ll hear.\u201d<\/p>\n Lovett then proceeds to insult Azeez with his comment, \u201cAustralian, yeah, but it\u2019s easier. It\u2019s easier for Australians to do American accents sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n Rather than laugh it off, she asks what he meant by that comment. He repeats that some people say it\u2019s easier to do an American accent. She asks again, \u201cWho are these people?\u201d Before Lovett can change the subject, she tells him, \u201cNo, actually. It\u2019s really hard because my accent is right at the back, and your accents are right up the front. It\u2019s the opposite, actually.\u201d<\/p>\n