Warner Bros responds to lawsuit claiming new TV show ripped off ER

Warner Bros has responded to a lawsuit alleging that a new Max series has plagiarised the hit NBC medical drama ER.

Warner Bros also avers that similarities between The Pitt and ER are “shared by numerous shows in the medical drama genre”, such as the emergency medicine premise, and hospital workers being overwhelmed by their jobs.

The original lawsuit claimed that Warner Bros TV sought to create a version of ER after negotiations to produce an ER reboot broke down.