ER was a highly popular American medical drama television series created by best-selling novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April
2, 2009, for fifteen consecutive seasons. It was produced by Constant C Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television - produced
by John Wells, Christopher Chulack, David Zabel, and R. Scott Gemmill. The series followed the hectic inner life of the emergency room of the fictional County General
Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and various critical issues faced by the room's physicians and staff as they confronted the daily challenges of a busy urban hospital -
including overcrowded waiting rooms, staffing shortages, and the impact of life-and-death decisions. All the while teaching the next generation of doctors, as this show
also portrayed the plight of medical students in their quest to become physicians, they each had to tackle the demands and trials and tribulations of their professional
and personal lives - at times successfully and other times not quite so successfully. The show completed 15 seasons with a total of 331 episodes, becoming the longest-running primetime
medical drama in American television history. It was awarded 23 Emmy Awards, including the 1996 Outstanding Drama Series award, and received 124 Emmy nominations, which makes it
the most nominated drama program in history. The show won 116 awards in total, including the Peabody Award, while the cast earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding
Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series.