According to Deadline, medical drama The Pitt returns to HBO Max, with 5.4 million U.S. viewers tuning in for the premiere episode in its first three days of availability, which Warner Bros. Discovery says is up nearly 200% from the first season. The first episode of the current season has reached 7.2 million viewers ahead of Thursday night’s new episode.
As per Deadline. The Pitt is realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today’s America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh. The second season of the series picks up 10 months after the final hour of the first season. It is not common for WBD to share viewership data about streaming-only series, as opposed to shows that also air on the HBO network. Although this is the case, the company did previously reveal that the first season was averaging about 10M viewers per episode just ahead of the finale. That grew to 18M viewers per episode in September.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery states that the series is currently pacing among the top five returning seasons in HBO Max platform history. The first season was the fourth most-watched series on streaming according to Luminate. The company should have data at the top of next week to help measure the performance of thesecond instalment.
As per Deadline, the series is produced by John Wells (Animal Kingdom, Shameless) Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, where JWP is under an overall deal. R. Scott Gemmill (Green Day: Know Your Enemy, Women’s Murder Club) created the series and serves as an executive producer alongside Emmy winner Wells, Wyle, Michael Hissrich (My Own Worst Enemy, The West Wing), JWP’s Erin Jontow (Maid, Emperor of Ocean Park) and Simran Baidwan (Ordinary Joe, The Good Doctor).
According to Deadline, the cast includes Noah Wyle (Donnie Darko, A Few Good Men) as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch , Sepideh Moafi (The Killing of Two Lovers, The L Word: Generation Q) as Dr. Al-Hashimi, Patrick Ball (Law & Order) as Dr. Langdon, Supriya Ganesh (Spoiler Alert, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game) as Dr. Mohan, Fiona Dourif (The Blacklist, When We Rise) as Dr. McKay, Taylor Dearden (Breaking Bad, Invincible: Atom Eve) as Dr. King, Isa Briones (Goosebumps, American Crime Story) as Dr. Santos, Gerran Howell (Ludwig, Out There) as Whitaker and mnay others.
The Pitt is available to stream on HBO Max.