"The Pitt" and Doctor-Centered Media

Issue #7 of "What's Her Problem?": TV medical dramas tend to focus on the doctors, not the patients.

Video: Actor Noah Wyle sits on a couch and talks about his Emmy-nominated show The Pitt on The Kelly Clarkson Show. Kelly Clarkson sits in an armchair, facing him. Note: I do not own the rights to any media from “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” nor any other NBC property.

[Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for The Pitt, ER, and Grey’s Anatomy]

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This week’s question:

Are there any patient-centric medical dramas that I should watch? Or patient stories from doctor-centric shows that have stood out to you? If you could write a patient-centric show from scratch, what would you want to see in it that reflects your own experience?

References:

“The Pitt Is a Show About.” Anne Helen Petersen 5/1/25

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-pitt-noah-wyle-john-wells-er-differences-real-time-format-1236283401/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6876170/#:~:text=The%20Press%20Ganey%20survey%20uses,visits%20in%20July%201%2C%202018.

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