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** Crichton wrote the pilot script with the intent of it being a film rather than a TV show.
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** During a surgery scene, Abby Keaton charges into the OR walking forward, pushing the door open with her hands. No surgeon would ''ever'' enter an OR like this--it would contaminate their hands.
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* DisabledCharacterDisabledActor: Matthew Watkins, who played Reese Benton, is deaf in RealLife.
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* HideYourPregnancy: Glenne Headly was pregnant when she appeared on the show, but this was disguised with surgical scrubs, having her frequently sitting or lying down, placing her behind counters or gurneys.
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* AwardCategoryFraud: Possibly to avoid canceling each other out (as possibly happened to Anthony Edwards and Creator/GeorgeClooney along with Noah Wyle and Eriq [=LaSalle=], Julianna Marguiles was nominated for Best ''Supporting'' Actress during the time when Sherry Stringfield, who was nominated for Lead, was a cast member, even though the two had roughly the same amount of screen time and storylines.
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* AwardCategoryFraud: Possibly to avoid canceling each other out (as possibly happened to Anthony Edwards and Creator/GeorgeClooney along with Noah Wyle and Eriq [=LaSalle=], [=LaSalle=]), Julianna Marguiles was nominated for Best ''Supporting'' Actress during the time when Sherry Stringfield, who was nominated for Lead, was a cast member, even though the two had roughly the same amount of screen time and storylines.
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** Maggie Doyle offhandedly mentions that she's a vegetarian--"No meat, no men". So is her actress, Jorja Fox.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Both Michael Michelle and her character Cleo Finch are biracial, though the mix is different--Michael's father is white, while Cleo's mother is.
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** Courtney B Vance (probably best known nowadays as [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Ron Carver]]) is married to Angela Bassett, who played Catherine Banfield. He plays her husband Russell.
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** Courtney B Vance Creator/CourtneyBVance (probably best known nowadays as [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Ron Carver]]) is married to Angela Bassett, Creator/AngelaBassett, who played Catherine Banfield. He plays her husband Russell.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: The RealLife pregnancies of several of the show's actresses--Ming-Na, Creator/AlexKingston, Sherry Stringfield--resulted in their characters being pregnant as well.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: The RealLife pregnancies of several of the show's actresses--Ming-Na, actresses -- Creator/MingNaWen, Creator/AlexKingston, and Sherry Stringfield--resulted in their characters being pregnant as well.
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* RealitySubtext: Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer's sentiments.
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** Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer'ssentiments.sentiments - Erik La Salle believed that having Benton date a white woman played into dubious ideas about successful black men being "above" dating black women.
** Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer's
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** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show (''RevengeOfTheNerds'', ''TopGun'') even though he became the major star for several years.
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** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show (''RevengeOfTheNerds'', ''TopGun'') (''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'', ''Film/TopGun'') even though he became the major star for several years.
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* WrittenInInfirmity: The RealLife pregnancies of several of the show's actresses--Ming-Na, Alex Kingston, Creator/AlexKingston, Sherry Stringfield--resulted in their characters being pregnant as well.
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** Maggie Doyle offhandedly mentions that she's a vegetarian--"No meat, no men." Her actress, Jorja Fox, is one as well (and so was Fox's Series/{{CSI}} character, Sara Sidle.)
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMinee: Julianna Marguiles and Ron Eldard had been dating for several years before he was cast as Carol's Season 2 boyfriend.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMinee: IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Julianna Marguiles and Ron Eldard had been dating for several years before he was cast as Carol's Season 2 boyfriend.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMinee: Julianna Marguiles and Ron Eldard had been dating for several years before he was cast as Carol's Season 2 boyfriend.
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** Laura Innes audition for the role of said love interest before being cast as Kerry Weaver.
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** The producers wanted to pair Carter and Lucy, but Noah Wyle was adamantly opposed to this, feeling that it would be out of character for Carter to pursue an inappropriate relationship--Lucy was still a medical student and therefore Carter's subordinate.
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* DirectedByACastMember: Several main or recurring cast members helmed episodes of the show. These included Anthony Edwards, Paul [=McCrane=], Laura Innes, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Eriq La Salle. For several of them, they continued to direct after their characters left the show.
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** Noah Wyle was originally supposed to appear in a handful of episodes in Season 13, but this was pushed back to Season 14 (which was supposed to be the final one). However, the 2007-2008 Writers' Strike led to NBC renewing ''ER'' once again, so he ended up appearing again in Season 15 ([[BackForTheFinale along with several other cast members]].
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** Noah Wyle was originally supposed to appear in a handful of episodes in Season 13, but this was pushed back to Season 14 (which was supposed to be the final one). However, the 2007-2008 Writers' Strike led to NBC renewing ''ER'' once again, so he ended up appearing again in Season 15 ([[BackForTheFinale along with several other cast members]].members]]).
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* {{Blooper}}: In "Love's Labor Lost", as Mark futilely tries to revive the patient, Carol can clearly be seen taking off her glasses in the background. When the patient is pronounced dead and get the individual reactions of everyone in the room (Susan, Carol, Lydia, Carter, Chen), Carol is seen taking off the glasses again.
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* {{Blooper}}: In "Love's Labor Lost", as Mark futilely tries to revive the patient, Carol can clearly be seen taking off her glasses in the background. When the patient is pronounced dead and we get the individual reactions of everyone in the room (Susan, Carol, Lydia, Carter, Chen), Carol is seen taking off the glasses again.
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** Carol Hathaway was originally slated to die in the pilot episode, committing suicide after her break up with Doug Ross. Julianna Margulies' performance in the pilot convinced the show-runners to have her recover and make her a regular.
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** Carol Hathaway was originally slated to die in the pilot episode, committing suicide after her break up with Doug Ross. Julianna Margulies' performance in the pilot convinced the show-runners to have her recover and make her a regular.regular.
** Remember those Series/LawAndOrder and Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet {{Crossover}} episodes? At one point, TPTB wanted to include ''ER'', but ER's producers either declined outright or the collective group couldn't figure out how to work ER into the storyline.
* WrittenInInfirmity: The RealLife pregnancies of several of the show's actresses--Ming-Na, Alex Kingston, Sherry Stringfield--resulted in their characters being pregnant as well.
** Remember those Series/LawAndOrder and Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet {{Crossover}} episodes? At one point, TPTB wanted to include ''ER'', but ER's producers either declined outright or the collective group couldn't figure out how to work ER into the storyline.
* WrittenInInfirmity: The RealLife pregnancies of several of the show's actresses--Ming-Na, Alex Kingston, Sherry Stringfield--resulted in their characters being pregnant as well.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Series/ChicagoHope''.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Series/ChicagoHope''.''Series/ChicagoHope'', another Drama Series set at a hospital in Chicago, Illinois that happened to premiere ''one day'' before ''ER'' did. The two ended up competing directly against each other on Thursdays at 10:00 P.M. (with ''ER'' on NBC and ''Chicago Hope'' on CBS). ''ER'' ended up easily winning commercially, maintaining a place as one of the most-watched shows on television for its first 10 years, whereas ''Chicago Hope'' ended up finishing its run after sixth season. At the Emmys, the two tended to trade off, with ''ER'' being the only one of them to win the Drama Series prize, but ''Chicago Hope'' winning more often for its main cast members.
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* {{Blooper}}: In "Love's Labor Lost", as Mark futilely tries to revive the patient, Carol can clearly be seen taking off her glasses in the background. When the patient is pronounced dead and get the individual reactions of everyone in the room (Susan, Carol, Lydia, Carter, Chen), Carol is seen taking off the glasses again.
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* InMemoriam: When writer Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, One of the cast member of the show gave out a speech about the passing of Michael Crichton.
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** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show even though he became the major star for several years.
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** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show (''RevengeOfTheNerds'', ''TopGun'') even though he became the major star for several years.
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* RealLifeRomance: Julianna Marguiles and Ron Eldard had been dating for several years before he was cast as Carol's Season 2 boyfriend.
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** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show even though he became the major star for several years.years.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Julianna Margulies originally read for the part of Dr Mark Greene's wife.
** Sissy Spacek was originally cast as Dr. Weaver's mother, but was eventually played by Frances Fisher.
** Lisa Zane tested for the part of Dr Susan Lewis. She would later play a love interest for George Clooney's character.
** Laura Innes audition for the role of said love interest before being cast as Kerry Weaver.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Julianna Margulies originally read for the part of Dr Mark Greene's wife.
** Sissy Spacek was originally cast as Dr. Weaver's mother, but was eventually played by Frances Fisher.
** Lisa Zane tested for the part of Dr Susan Lewis. She would later play a love interest for George Clooney's character.
** Laura Innes audition for the role of said love interest before being cast as Kerry Weaver.
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* FakeAmerican: Gloria Rueben (Jeanie Boulet) is Canadian.
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* DawsonCasting: In 1995 Rachel Greene celebrates her sixth birthday. Assuming a birth year of 1989, by 2002 Rachel would have been exactly thirteen. Yvonne Zima, who had played Rachel up to this point and who was exactly thirteen, was replaced by the then-fifteen year old Hallee Hirsh.
* DeletedScene: The [=DVDs=] featured numerous deleted scenes from various episodes, all of them unedited (certain sound effects or special effects needed to be added in post-production). Interestingly some of the scenes were subplots that were scrapped so they could be re-used or re-worked for later episodes. ''On The Beach'' had a wealth of deleted scenes, showing (amongst other things) Mark watching Ella take her first steps, Mark and Elizabeth writing his letter to the ER (as seen in ''The Letter'') and Elizabeth talking to Peter Benton [[spoiler: at Mark's funeral]].
* DevelopmentHell: The {{Pilot}} was written in 1974 and filmed 20 years later. Despite the huge time gap, few changes were necessary, aside from making at least one of the doctors (Lewis) a woman instead of a man, and another a black man (Benton) instead of a white one.
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/ChicagoHope''.
* McLeaned: Carla Reese, see Role Ending Misdemeanour below.
* TheOtherDarrin: Several supporting characters were played by different actors. Al Boulet was played by a different actor before being played by Michael Beach starting Season Two. Hathaway's mother was played by different actresses. Perhaps most notably Rachel Greene was originally played by Yvonne Zima, and then replaced by Hallee Hirsh for the rest of the series. Rather egregiously, Roger [=McGrath=] (Carla Reese's husband) was played by Victor Williams in all of his appearances until the eighth season, where he was suddenly played by Series/ChicagoHope's Vondie Curtis-Hall.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Courtney B Vance (probably best known nowadays as [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Ron Carver]]) is married to Angela Bassett, who played Catherine Banfield. He plays her husband Russell.
** Miguel Ferrer (Creator/GeorgeClooney's cousin) and Rosemary Clooney (Creator/GeorgeClooney's aunt) both had roles in the first season, although neither interacted with Clooney.
** David Brisbin, who played Alexander Babcock, is married to Laura Innes. They got to interact at least once, when Kerry is in the ICU screaming at Doug for doing a procedure in secret and without parental consent.
* RealitySubtext: Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer's sentiments.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Lisa Nicole Carson, who played Carla Reese (the mother of Benton's child) had concurrent roles on both ER and ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. She was fired from both for drug use, erratic behavior as well as being in and out of mental hospitals. The ER producers in particular were tired of her 'unpleasant attitude'.
* StarMakingRole:
** For Creator/GeorgeClooney. Also counts to a lesser extent for Julianna Marguiles, Noah Wyle and Mekhi Phifer.
** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show even though he became the major star for several years.
* DeletedScene: The [=DVDs=] featured numerous deleted scenes from various episodes, all of them unedited (certain sound effects or special effects needed to be added in post-production). Interestingly some of the scenes were subplots that were scrapped so they could be re-used or re-worked for later episodes. ''On The Beach'' had a wealth of deleted scenes, showing (amongst other things) Mark watching Ella take her first steps, Mark and Elizabeth writing his letter to the ER (as seen in ''The Letter'') and Elizabeth talking to Peter Benton [[spoiler: at Mark's funeral]].
* DevelopmentHell: The {{Pilot}} was written in 1974 and filmed 20 years later. Despite the huge time gap, few changes were necessary, aside from making at least one of the doctors (Lewis) a woman instead of a man, and another a black man (Benton) instead of a white one.
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/ChicagoHope''.
* McLeaned: Carla Reese, see Role Ending Misdemeanour below.
* TheOtherDarrin: Several supporting characters were played by different actors. Al Boulet was played by a different actor before being played by Michael Beach starting Season Two. Hathaway's mother was played by different actresses. Perhaps most notably Rachel Greene was originally played by Yvonne Zima, and then replaced by Hallee Hirsh for the rest of the series. Rather egregiously, Roger [=McGrath=] (Carla Reese's husband) was played by Victor Williams in all of his appearances until the eighth season, where he was suddenly played by Series/ChicagoHope's Vondie Curtis-Hall.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Courtney B Vance (probably best known nowadays as [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Ron Carver]]) is married to Angela Bassett, who played Catherine Banfield. He plays her husband Russell.
** Miguel Ferrer (Creator/GeorgeClooney's cousin) and Rosemary Clooney (Creator/GeorgeClooney's aunt) both had roles in the first season, although neither interacted with Clooney.
** David Brisbin, who played Alexander Babcock, is married to Laura Innes. They got to interact at least once, when Kerry is in the ICU screaming at Doug for doing a procedure in secret and without parental consent.
* RealitySubtext: Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer's sentiments.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Lisa Nicole Carson, who played Carla Reese (the mother of Benton's child) had concurrent roles on both ER and ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. She was fired from both for drug use, erratic behavior as well as being in and out of mental hospitals. The ER producers in particular were tired of her 'unpleasant attitude'.
* StarMakingRole:
** For Creator/GeorgeClooney. Also counts to a lesser extent for Julianna Marguiles, Noah Wyle and Mekhi Phifer.
** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show even though he became the major star for several years.
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* DawsonCasting: In 1995 Rachel Greene celebrates her sixth birthday. Assuming a birth year of 1989, by 2002 Rachel would have been exactly thirteen. Yvonne Zima, who had played Rachel up to this point and who was exactly thirteen, was replaced by the then-fifteen year old Hallee Hirsh.
* DeletedScene: The [=DVDs=] featured numerous deleted scenes from various episodes, all of them unedited (certain sound effects or special effects needed to be added in post-production). Interestingly some of the scenes were subplots that were scrapped so they could be re-used or re-worked for later episodes. ''On The Beach'' had a wealth of deleted scenes, showing (amongst other things) Mark watching Ella take her first steps, Mark and Elizabeth writing his letter to the ER (as seen in ''The Letter'') and Elizabeth talking to Peter Benton [[spoiler: at Mark's funeral]].
* DevelopmentHell: The {{Pilot}} was written in 1974 and filmed 20 years later. Despite the huge time gap, few changes were necessary, aside from making at least one of the doctors (Lewis) a woman instead of a man, and another a black man (Benton) instead of a white one.
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/ChicagoHope''.
* McLeaned: Carla Reese, see Role Ending Misdemeanour below.
* TheOtherDarrin: Several supporting characters were played by different actors. Al Boulet was played by a different actor before being played by Michael Beach starting Season Two. Hathaway's mother was played by different actresses. Perhaps most notably Rachel Greene was originally played by Yvonne Zima, and then replaced by Hallee Hirsh for the rest of the series. Rather egregiously, Roger [=McGrath=] (Carla Reese's husband) was played by Victor Williams in all of his appearances until the eighth season, where he was suddenly played by Series/ChicagoHope's Vondie Curtis-Hall.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Courtney B Vance (probably best known nowadays as [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Ron Carver]]) is married to Angela Bassett, who played Catherine Banfield. He plays her husband Russell.
** Miguel Ferrer (Creator/GeorgeClooney's cousin) and Rosemary Clooney (Creator/GeorgeClooney's aunt) both had roles in the first season, although neither interacted with Clooney.
** David Brisbin, who played Alexander Babcock, is married to Laura Innes. They got to interact at least once, when Kerry is in the ICU screaming at Doug for doing a procedure in secret and without parental consent.
* RealitySubtext: Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer's sentiments.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Lisa Nicole Carson, who played Carla Reese (the mother of Benton's child) had concurrent roles on both ER and ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. She was fired from both for drug use, erratic behavior as well as being in and out of mental hospitals. The ER producers in particular were tired of her 'unpleasant attitude'.
* StarMakingRole:
** For Creator/GeorgeClooney. Also counts to a lesser extent for Julianna Marguiles, Noah Wyle and Mekhi Phifer.
** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show even though he became the major star for several years.
* DeletedScene: The [=DVDs=] featured numerous deleted scenes from various episodes, all of them unedited (certain sound effects or special effects needed to be added in post-production). Interestingly some of the scenes were subplots that were scrapped so they could be re-used or re-worked for later episodes. ''On The Beach'' had a wealth of deleted scenes, showing (amongst other things) Mark watching Ella take her first steps, Mark and Elizabeth writing his letter to the ER (as seen in ''The Letter'') and Elizabeth talking to Peter Benton [[spoiler: at Mark's funeral]].
* DevelopmentHell: The {{Pilot}} was written in 1974 and filmed 20 years later. Despite the huge time gap, few changes were necessary, aside from making at least one of the doctors (Lewis) a woman instead of a man, and another a black man (Benton) instead of a white one.
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/ChicagoHope''.
* McLeaned: Carla Reese, see Role Ending Misdemeanour below.
* TheOtherDarrin: Several supporting characters were played by different actors. Al Boulet was played by a different actor before being played by Michael Beach starting Season Two. Hathaway's mother was played by different actresses. Perhaps most notably Rachel Greene was originally played by Yvonne Zima, and then replaced by Hallee Hirsh for the rest of the series. Rather egregiously, Roger [=McGrath=] (Carla Reese's husband) was played by Victor Williams in all of his appearances until the eighth season, where he was suddenly played by Series/ChicagoHope's Vondie Curtis-Hall.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Courtney B Vance (probably best known nowadays as [[Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent Ron Carver]]) is married to Angela Bassett, who played Catherine Banfield. He plays her husband Russell.
** Miguel Ferrer (Creator/GeorgeClooney's cousin) and Rosemary Clooney (Creator/GeorgeClooney's aunt) both had roles in the first season, although neither interacted with Clooney.
** David Brisbin, who played Alexander Babcock, is married to Laura Innes. They got to interact at least once, when Kerry is in the ICU screaming at Doug for doing a procedure in secret and without parental consent.
* RealitySubtext: Benton's brief, troubled relationship with Elizabeth is partly because Benton can't get over his discomfort with dating a white woman, thus echoing his portrayer's sentiments.
* RoleEndingMisdemeanor: Lisa Nicole Carson, who played Carla Reese (the mother of Benton's child) had concurrent roles on both ER and ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. She was fired from both for drug use, erratic behavior as well as being in and out of mental hospitals. The ER producers in particular were tired of her 'unpleasant attitude'.
* StarMakingRole:
** For Creator/GeorgeClooney. Also counts to a lesser extent for Julianna Marguiles, Noah Wyle and Mekhi Phifer.
** This was true for most of the original main cast (though none of them reached the heights Clooney has). Anthony Edwards was the exception; he was fairly well-known before the show even though he became the major star for several years.
