Watching ER

The latest to come out of TV land is that ER is scheduled for a go this fall. The first season will find Doctors treating the victims of the war protest from last season’s finale. Neela will be in surgery for most of the episode and a certain doctor (can you guess?) will have to let someone else take over Neela’s surgery because of how he feels about her. The premiere also promises the return of a recurring character named Paul Grady who plays a young, likeable intern. What we want to know is, will Neela make it?

Does anyone know who plays Paul Grady? I have been looking and I can’t seem to find this actor anywhere.

It looks like ER once again, will bring the real world to the set. I have been reading on some sites, and other blogs that ER is too preachy with its storylines and having the art imitate life or current events a little too close. To those people, I ask, “How can they not?” Let’s face it, there IS A REAL WAR. Our Healthcare is lacking for those who really need it. The show wouldn’t be what it is, without all those factors. It has to hit close to home. I don’t think the show was ever designed as “fluff”. It hasn’t been since the beginning.

What do you think? Could ER use more or less “fluff”?

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In a story this week on DailyIndia.com, George Clooney gives credit for his success not to himself but to ER.

Wow! So it has nothing to do with his charming smile, fabulous good looks and irresistable voice? (Am I the only one who can drool on contact at the sound of his voice?) Hmph. I never woulda thunk it. He claims that it was all luck.

Well, now I have to love him more. Humble is extremely sexy.

It may have been luck that ER received the timeslot that they did but after that, it was all the writing and the actors. You can have good writers and bad actors and no one will watch but it takes the perfect balance of the two in order to make something a success. Don’t you think?

As Dr. Doug Ross, Clooney rarely showed a humble side. He was the pediatrician everyone wanted (especially the single moms). He crusaded for the kids and went beyond the call of duty to save them.

Now for my apology. In my first post, I noted that ER had been on for 17 years, that’s incorrect. My math is horrible and thus this is why I blog. The show has actually only been on for about 14 years. I know, seasons, years… you would have think I noticed it before now but no…. It took me this long. Again, I apologize. If anyone noticed and was too nice to point it out, thank you. If you didn’t notice then I don’t feel so bad and weren’t you in my Sophmore Math?

It still doesn’t change how old I feel now.

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Oh wait! I can be! And so can you! Or at least you can take this fun quiz to find out which ER Doctor you are.

Isn’t that just wrong? I can for a few moments be one of the ER Docs? Yippe! I had to bring this over here and share it with all of you.

Here are my results:

Which ER Character Are You?

Congratulations! You are Dr.Robert ‘Rocket’ Romano! You are an antagonistic, arrogant, honest, self assured person. Although people act like they dislike you, they greatly respect you. You are a born leader, even if it means you have to make enemies along the way. You are skilled and intelligent. Those precious few whom you share your feelings and your compassion with are lucky to have you. The world needs more leaders like you!
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Seriously? I am not sure how I feel about this. I really thought I was DR. Greene. Mark is warmer and fuzzier. Aren’t I warm and fuzzy? Can I get a retest? There has to be an error somewhere!

Go ahead. Take the test, and let me know in the comments which ER Doctor you are!

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Don’t you just love a celebration? I do. And wouldn’t you just love to celebrate with Noah Wyle? Who wouldn’t? I mean he is just yummy. He invented McDreamy.

On June 4th, Noah Wyle (Dr. John Carter) celebrated his 36th birthday. Really? He is much too hot for 36. That math has to be wrong.

For anyone who doesn’t remember John Carter (How could you call yourself a FAN? Shame on you!) He played the young intern in the first season and was cast as a regular character. He stayed with the role and made it one of the most memorable and longest running on the show before finally leaving in season 12.

The most memorable of Carter’s relationships on the show was not his love interests, but his relationship with his grandmother. I know, sappy? Probably but its things like this which make a character more human to me.

Another ER celeb having a birthday this week is Shane West (Dr. Ray) Another McDreamy Doc but in a bad boy sort of way.Shane will be 29 on June 10th. Here’s hoping that Dr. Ray sticks around the show for season 14, gets new legs, and runs off with Neela!

Happy Birthday to 2 of my favorite ER men! Here’s wishing you all the best and a great year!

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Julianna Marguilies will be joining Fox this fall in a new courtroom drama called Canterbury’s Law in which she plays the main character Elizabeth Canterbury a defense attorney.

Is anyone other than me excited? I should think so. We watched Julianna be Carol for so long, it’s hard to imagine her as anything but. Though in this courtroom drama we will get to see a little Carol-esque when she bends the rules to help those who are guilty until proven innocent. The new show isn’t scheduled until Mid-season so don’t be disappointed when you don’t see it start up right away. However, if you’re nosey like me, and you can’t wait for mid-season (are you kidding me, I don’t think I’ll make it to July), then go to Fox and check out a clip of the new show by following this link.

YAY! I don’t know about the rest of you but I am thrilled to see Julianne Margulies back on the small screen, not only on a regular show again but as the lead character. After years of doing guest appearances and plays she is finally back in front of the camera and this time as a lead.

Will you tune in to see Canterbury’s Law? I will.

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If season 14 were to be ER’s last, what story lines would you like to see developed? This is just one of the questions fans all over ER fan message boards are asking each other.

And with good reason too, some rumors are floating about that season 14 could very well be the last.

One of the biggest story lines that fans would like to see is a definite hook-up between Neela and Ray. With Shane West (Ray) admitting that he would no longer be a season regular, that story line is sketchy at best. Though because his new show was not picked up, he may be more of a regular than a guest after all.

If ER did make season 14 the last, I would predict that they close County. That would be the only logical way to do it. Episodes in the past have touted the hospital’s money troubles and cuts so it would be plausible to have the Hospital close, if not the entire Hospital, then at least the ER. This would also make for a very topical story line since so many hospitals across the United States are also facing similar problems.

What do you think? Any speculations on a final season?

Did you know that ER has been on NBC for 17 years this September? I did but I didn’t think about it until now and it makes me officially old. I felt old before but this is feels worse.

Hi all, I am Nikki, your blogger for Watching ER.

I anticipated the pilot episode for ER (I know you all remember the token scene of Noah Wyle sitting in the alley with his head resting on his stethoscope. A girl could really go for a guy like that, and oh how so many of us did). I was left thirsting for more. It was my first taste of a medical drama and it had hooked me like an addict needs a fix.

It was back in the day when I had finished my first semester of college and was living in SC, the only woman in a house full of Navy men (yes ladies it can happen to you!) When ER first debuted and we were introduced to the doctors and nurses that would become a regular fixture of “Must See TV” on Thursday nights and one of NBC’s go-to shows for ratings and awards.

To say that I was single-handedly responsible for turning a bunch of sailors into ER fans might be a little presumptuous and pompous of me, but I will take credit for being able to commandeer the television for an hour in order to view NBC’s brand new show. I won’t add how the rest of the house, filed into the living room with me and jumped up on commercials to make munchies. I won’t rat out the manly men who dished with me during the show about newcomer Noah Wyle, Top Gun’s talented Anthony Edwards, and sexy Julianna Margulies and all of the other fabulous cast members who paved the way for what ER is today.

Not much has changed in 17 years. I still need the fix. The characters have become my family and I can’t go through a tragic episode with a dry eye. When Mark died, I sat and sobbed through the entire thing and then again during reruns. I prayed for Abby when the baby came early and she was in a pool of blood on the floor. I was angry with Carrie when she fought for custody of her son after the death of her life partner, and I waited with Abby at the bottom of the apartment building while Luka bargained for his life against a deranged stalker. It’s television moments like those, the actors, and writers that make me shake uncontrollably when summer comes or I am faced with a long hiatus.

Let’s see what NBC has in store for us this fall. Stay tuned to Watching ER as faithfully as you have watched ER for 17 years. I hope you will enjoy reading and particpating in the discussions as much as I will blogging for you.

For now, I leave you with this:

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