About the Show
NBC version-modified for season 7
A winner of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, the series has also earned 16 Emmy Awards, including one as Outstanding Drama Series (1996). Additionally, the cast has won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series. 'ER' has won the People's Choice Award as Favorite Television Dramatic Series every year it has been on the air. In the series, the overworked and underpaid residents are the heroes of County General Hospital as they make life-and-death decisions every day. The staff includes Dr. Mark Greene (Edwards), a senior attending physician with a promising future whose job cost him his marriage; Dr. Peter Benton (La Salle), an intense, self-assured surgeon; the well-intentioned Dr. John Carter (Wyle), a third-year resident in emergency medicine; Dr. Kerry Weaver (Innes), a tough and determined attending physician who often rubs her colleagues the wrong way; Dr. Elizabeth Corday (Kingston), a dedicated surgeon from Great Britain; Dr. Robert Romano (McCrane), the arrogant new chief of staff; Dr. Luka Kovac (Visnjic), an ER attending physician who recently joined the staff at County; Dr. Cleo Finch (Michele), an assertive second-year resident in emergency medicine and pediatrics; Dr. Dave Malucci (Palladino), a gregarious second-year resident; Dr. Deb Chen (Ming-Na), a competitive third-year resident; and Abby Lockhart (Tierney), a third-year medical student and former OB nurse. 'ER' is a production of Constant c Productions and Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Television.