so is it an actual ER spinoff or does it just happen to share some actors?
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There's ongoing litigation over that question.
The Crichton estate is suing HBO over it because apparently there had been talks that fell apart about a reboot starring Noah Wyle. When it fell through, The Pitt happened.
But even if it smells funny, you can't successfully sue a show for having someone play a doctor just because they played a doctor in the past. The suit is going nowhere.
It isn’t that simple. John Wells originally conceive of the Pitt as an ER spin off but never got it off the ground till now.
You can’t just change the cover a book and claim it is a different book.
Star Trek: Voyager famously renamed one of the principal characters that had been a guest on an episode of Next Generation (keeping the same actor and virtually identical backstory) to keep from having to pay royalties to the writer of the TNG episode that featured the character.
For anyone else wondering:
Tom Paris(voy) & Nicolas Locarno (TNG)
Exactly unlike amusement parks with dinosaurs, Crichton didn't invent hospital dramas