ER’s final season to showcase old cast members
An Entertainment Weekly article I read this past weekend makes me want to give ER a return to season pass status when they come back for their final run this fall.
Because of the shortened strike season, networks have less developed pilots and new shows on their hands, hence they are more eager to bring back current series for another go. This is the reason why Scrubs could end up continued for another year, even if it’s on ABC and not NBC.
ER was intended to be over this year, but now that NBC has renewed them for a 15th and final season, the producers have decided to go out with a bang.
At this moment, the plan is to bring George Clooney, Julianna Margulies and Noah Wyle back for final appearances to close out the series. Wyle is already a guarantee, having signed on to reprise his role as Dr. Carter for four episodes.
“We want to revisit characters that have existed on the show over the years and say where they are now,” says executive producer David Zabel. “We’ve love to get them all back in some way, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to. But we’re gonna try.”
This is fantastic news I must say. I used to be an ER devotee, but after 9,10,11 years…it started to get a bit old. Even so, I’ve found myself drawn back to it once or twice over the last few years, just to see what’s going on. But now with this final season to be seen off by returning characters, I’m going to have to watch it.
Would be awesome if we also saw Dr. Benton as well. I’m sure there are countless others that I’ve forgotten over the years, but hopefully the producers round up a few more.
Do you still watch ER? Will you watch the final season?
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Also, I can't remember where I read it, but I think George Clooney is not going to make an appearance, but I could be wrong.
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Clooney has said publicly that he isn't necessarily opposed to the idea since his office is only like 20 feet from where they shoot the show. He still maintains contact with most of the people there. He doesn't know how he could do it or how he could fit it in exactly, but didn't dismiss it as a possibility.
I pretty much stopped watching it this past year, but I think I'd be pretty interested if they started working in stories involving the old characters. Of course, it would have to make some kind of sense.
Most of the people who left the show wanting to do bigger and better things haven't done anything much since leaving. Everyone say Clooney become this huge star and thought they could do the same. It didn't work out for most of them.
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Tiffany Amber-Theissen sucked even when she was on, of course she would when she came back :)
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Some of us still love you, Kelly Kapowski!
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"Canterbury's Law" (7.7 million, 1.7/5) was Fox's lowest-rated premiere on record in the 8 p.m. Monday time period. The time change may have been a factor in the small viewer turnout for the show, but "Law" fared worse than its competition in the hour, finishing fourth among the major broadcast networks.
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Cant bring Romano back, he also dies :-(
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Posted Mar 13th 2008 9:08AM by Bob Sassone
This was my source! Nothing comfirmed but hoping he will!
I'm still hunting around for more info - i've been not so impressed with this current series, especially when Kovac goes! 11 was also a bit rubbish but they brought it back a bit with 12 and 13. I hope ER goes out on a high and not a low! :-)
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