This hospital drama starring Noah Wyle is the first must-watch Max show of the year

On paper, the new hospital series debuting on Max this week sounds like a slam dunk. The Pitt is a 15-episode medical drama coming on Jan. 9 that reunites the creative team behind ER, one of the biggest TV shows of the modern era, while the star of the new Max show is none other than Noah Wyle -- the actor who played Dr. John Carter on ER and was very much the beating heart of the iconic NBC series.

In The Pitt, Wyle plays Dr. Michael "Robby" Robinavitch, chief attendant in the emergency room of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital.