Over the last three decades, Noah Wyle has been working consistently in TV, acting on shows like ER, The Librarians, Falling Skies, Leverage: Redemption and more. Now, he's continuing his Emmy-winning role as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch on Season 2 of The Pitt, which has been airing on the 2026 TV schedule. While he has done a handful of movies, he’s kept a steady television career, even though he originally turned his nose up at having a career on the small screen. Now, he's explained how he ended up on this TV-trajectory, and yes, it does involve ER.
Wyle has been blowing up lately thanks to his critically-acclaimed HBO Max series, which saw him stepping back into the medical drama genre years after ER ended. He even recently earned a well-deserved Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So it’s surprising to know that when he was first starting out, he “had a little snobbery about doing TV,” as he recalled to Variety. And when it came to ER, he was initially on board for it until he realized it wasn’t a movie:
