Clear! [ Buzz .] A Los Angeles judge has revived a lawsuit by ER creator Michael Crichton’s estate against Max’s Emmy-winning show, The Pitt , reports Rolling Stone . Here’s everything we know.

How did this medical drama start?

In August 2024, Crichton’s widow, Sherri Crichton, filed a lawsuit that The Pitt is just a knockoff of ER — Sherri claims that when Michael originally sold the show to Warner Bros., he would have to approve of any revival or future production related to ER. They also claim that they were working with Warner Bros. on a reboot of ER , and when negotiations were unsuccessful, they “rebranded” it as The Pitt “without any attribution or compensation for Crichton and his heirs.” “Sherri Crichton was thrilled that the original team behind ER

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