While we get 15 hours in The Pitt every year, there are eleven other hours in the day that we don’t get to see. However, there’s an easy fix to that, because there should be a spinoff that’s about the night shift. This concept has been floating among fans for a while now, and it’s come back up as Season 2 of The Pitt has been airing on the 2026 TV schedule. However, now, Shawn Hatosy, who plays the night shift’s attending Dr. Jack Abbot, has been asked to share his take on the idea.
In Season 2 of The Pitt (which you can stream with an HBO Max subscription), Dr. Jack Abbot and his night shift crew have been seen here and there. And despite having less screentime than the regular cast, fans adore Abbot, Shen, Ellis, and their crew, and they want to see more of them. Plus, the notion of following a night shift, which is bound to be very different from the day shift, feels irresistible. Fans have made it clear they’d be down for something like this, and now Hatosy has too, as he told Parade:
