
It’s possible that if ER hadn’t made it onto the NBC schedule (or, at least, if it hadn’t become a blockbuster, 15-season hit), that George Clooney wouldn’t have become one of our biggest stars for nearly 30 years now. Though the 2025 movies star was certainly a recognizable film/TV presence before, having been in a number of “failed” projects, the medical drama made him a megastar. Now, he’s funnily revealed how he ‘cheated’ his way through all that difficult medical dialogue.