ER won in 1996 (season 2), then in 1997 Law and Order won best drama. I need to know way more about that year.
I get why The Practice won in 98 and 99, then the West Wing happened.
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EcstaticAd8179Apr 26, 2026
+5
West wing beating the HBO shows that were on at the time was always a joke
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lve2raftApr 26, 2026
+1
West wing is/was the best show ever
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Unusual-Ad4890Apr 26, 2026
+120
ER suffered from way too many competitors. The Pitt is a breath of fresh air in a stagnate genre.
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Koppite93Apr 26, 2026
+37
Doesn't help (well it does the Pitt), that most other compelling dramas take years to release consecutive seasons now... Noah Wyle and the creators are doing it right 👍
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PurrmymeowApr 26, 2026
+12
Also the Pitt is on HBO. They love sucking HBO d***. ER was still getting noms up to 15th season, which is remarkable.
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
-31
I wouldn't exactly call shows like Game of Thrones, Shogun, and Succession stagnant, and those are just the winners not even all of the nominees.
This year doesn't have many good dramas
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Unusual-Ad4890Apr 26, 2026
+21
I mean medical genres, emergency service shows etc.
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DookieFartzApr 26, 2026
+7
2 of those shows are already over and the third only has 1 season.
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
-6
Okay so drama is a weak field right now so why is it so surprising they can win? It's no different than when other shows won twice in a row, it's all about competition.
And having one season like Shogun doesn't matter
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SmallshotLawyerApr 26, 2026
+7
It’s beyond obvious the guy is talking specifically about medical dramas mate
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
-9
No by "genre" you could take it to mean drama, not medical drama
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TerribleAntelope6134Apr 26, 2026
+5
What year do you think it is?
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
+1
Why does it matter?
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TerribleAntelope6134Apr 26, 2026
+7
Because we're talking about the here and now, of course. The original commenter is obviously saying it's a stagnant genre *right now*, and you're all like, "Hey, wait a minute, guys, how about *Game of Thrones*?"
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
-5
Well I said Succession and Shogun because they were the winners immediately proceeding the pitt. It is not a stagnant genre, this year is a weak field, the rest were not.
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TerribleAntelope6134Apr 26, 2026
+3
And we're talking about this year, Einstein.
EDIT: Little twerp blocked me.
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
-3
When someone says "stagnant genre" statistically you have to use more than one year Einstein. You're done here
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Negative_Baker_2141Apr 26, 2026
+90
Wild that “The Pitt” might get what “ER” never did, considering “ER” basically invented Prestige Hospital Chaos. This is my reminder to finally rewatch old “ER” on streaming somewhere.
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zemorahApr 26, 2026
+15
It’s on HBO Max or whatever they call themselves now. They’re always trying to autoplay it after I finish an episode of The Pitt lol
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MetroidmanApr 26, 2026
+14
Does er get better? I watch like a couple episodes but it didnt scratch the same itch
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emailunavailableApr 26, 2026
+53
ER needed a few episodes to realize what it was able to do. The first-season episode "Blizzard" is the prototype episode for the first six seasons of the show. If your itch still doesn't get scratched after that episode, you are allowed to drop it.
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TheUmbrellaMan1Apr 26, 2026
+25
The first season had some absolutely banger episodes. Like "Love's Labor Lost." What an episode. If "Blizzard" was intense, "Love's Labor Lost" is straight-up horror.
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Peg-LemacApr 26, 2026
+5
I still think about Love’s Labor Lost and I saw it when it aired. That episode and the Battleflag episode are the two most memorable of the series.
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nighthawk_mdApr 26, 2026
-1
You can skip right to this one after the pilot. If this one doesn't grab you, then give up.
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djkhan23Apr 26, 2026
-13
It's a very dated show at this point.
It was one of the more "prestige" network dramas but in 1994 then this was pre Sopranos and the bar wasn't very high.
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wagon_earApr 26, 2026
+4
I will say, I did unironically love Twin Peaks when I first watched it in 2015, and not just in a "wow this must have been special when it first came out" kind of way.
But I do know what you mean - especially with television, it's tough for me to go back to many older network shows after having seen how far the medium came in the years that followed.
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djkhan23Apr 26, 2026
Yeah Twin Peaks, The Simpsons, and Buffy are the only 90s shows I would go out of my way to recommend today. Technically Sopranos started in 99 so it goes in too.
For the reason you mentioned, the medium has evolved. Nothing about ER would feel original today. ER would be another network drama and would be cancelled within 1 season because The Pitt exists.
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pumpkinspruceApr 26, 2026
+3
Some of the storylines on ER are very much a product of their time, like any HIV/AIDS storyline, but mostly the show holds up fairly well. And it had incredible characters, plus the casting was a total home run.
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ERSTFApr 26, 2026
+2
I love The Pitt but ER was something else. Rewatch it and every episode felt like a mini movie. Somehow production values are higher in ER. The camera work is amazing and The Pitt looks like a TV show. As I said, The Pitt is great (if a bit too conventional) but ER was on a league of its own
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pepperbet1Apr 26, 2026
+14
Seems likely. Last year, its biggest competition was Severance. There's not an obvious alternative front runner this year.
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ItzliApr 26, 2026
+6
That's crazy, I really thought back in the day er was more respected than say grey's anatomy but it never got a second Emmy?
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Reveal-BasicApr 26, 2026
+19
It seems to have held its own, but its contemporaries were very hard to compete with. West Wing, The Practice, The Sopranos.
Same issue that befell Mad Men, which I love dearly, where it lost out of Emmy wins due to Breaking Bad existing during the majority of its seasons.
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DaHarbinger2000Apr 26, 2026
+3
It never won a 2nd Emmy for best drama. Winning twice doesn’t happen super easily. But ER was still getting noms out the ass and was always highly regarded. Not winning against no knock on it
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PurrmymeowApr 26, 2026
+1
I think ER is still the most nominated TV series ever.
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notthatgeorgeApr 26, 2026
+6
ER competed against really good dramas, the drama field this year is really weak
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Captain-WilcoApr 26, 2026
+15
Andor deserved the first one
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AZ_RBBApr 26, 2026
+3
This is where awards become somewhat trivial
How can you compare those two shows and say one is better than the other
Putting aside how subjective the topic is to begin with, even if you focus on objective stuff like - storytelling, acting, production quality - the two shows are quite literally from different worlds
Either way, both beautifully made and great to watch
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higzgridzApr 26, 2026
+13
I don't think second season is worth the next emmy.. maybe another series should win...
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DaHarbinger2000Apr 26, 2026
+12
I think right now it’s still in the lead for quality of what is currently in contention. Task is probably in the anthology category. Knight of the 7 Kingdoms will compete. I mean I can’t name anything CURRENT in the drama category that is swinging at its weight class…do you? Even if season 2 wasn’t as good to you, what beat its right now?
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AKBearmaceApr 26, 2026
+2
Interview with the Vampire but AMC refuses to air it in nomination windows or push it for nominations.
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adryy8Apr 26, 2026
+1
Task has announced another season iirc so it won't be in limited series.
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DaHarbinger2000Apr 26, 2026
+2
The Pitt tracking best makes sense but the most the others in that list were wack. Like I don’t know how they track the “odds”. Euphoria will NOT be nominated for this season. 2nd season of Paradise that ain’t happening. Task is an anthology show I’m pretty sure. Anyway it seems only based on past placement and not at all on if the latest season of something is any good.
But yes Pitt is front runner again right now only because it is still that good.
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pepperbet1Apr 26, 2026
+1
Task will submit as drama series. Ruffalo is returning for S2, and reprising his character, it's not an anthology.
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EastcoastpalApr 26, 2026
+2
I hope they win the best ensemble again this year
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IMO2021Apr 26, 2026
+2
Stop with the comparisons. Things are different now than 20 years ago. ER will always be the best medical drama ever. To me, the Pitt doesn’t compare. Only saw S1 but the show lacked humor and personal chemistry; roles seem stoic. Recently watched ER and loved it. So far, the Pitt may be ok but nothing like ER.
*just one person’s opinion. *
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bolonomadicApr 26, 2026
+1
And so starts the cycle of the Emmys awarding the same series over and over and over again until it goes off the air.
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MidwestTroy92Apr 26, 2026
first show in a while i have not half slept through on the couch. deserves the hype honestly.
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