The Pitt season 2 will be here sooner than you think.
Max confirmed the return of the heart-palpitating medical drama back in February, just one month after audiences were introduced to ER doctor Michael “Robby” Rabinovitch (played by ER alum Noah Wyle) and a less-than-merry band of overworked medical professionals at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center.
“It’s been a thrill to watch audiences embrace The Pitt as an update to procedural storytelling with a cast who authentically embody the heroics of doctors and nurses on shift in a 2025 emergency room,” the head of Max Original Programming, Sarah Aubrey, said in a statement announcing the second season.
So, what do we know about the next season of The Pitt so far? Way more than we know about season four of The White Lotus, that’s for sure. Here’s all the details we know about The Pitt season two, including an ominous message about future plot-lines, hints about the cast and characters, plus an honest-to-God premiere month.
When will The Pitt season 2 premiere?
Though fans have gotten used to years-long waits between seasons of their favorite shows, Max CEO Casey Bloys promised The Pitt’s season 2 will begin airing in January 2026.
“On [Max], we have shows like House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, and White Lotus, which, because of how they’re made, can take two years to make,” he told Vulture in April. “What I love about something like The Pitt is, I can get 15 episodes in a year. That’s a really great addition to what we’re already doing on the platform. And I’d like to do more shows in this model.”
Noah Wyle, who also serves as an executive producer on the series, is already hard at work in the writer’s room, telling Variety that filming will commence in June 2025.
How many episodes will there be?
Like season one, The Pitt will take us through a 15-hour shift over the course of 15 episodes. “It is going to be a single shift,” executive producer John Wells told Entertainment Weekly after the season one finale. “The intent here is to let us follow and understand and feel what happens to emergency room physicians and all the other medical personnel during those kinds of shifts.”
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When will The Pitt season 2 take place?
Executive producer R. Scott Gemmill recently revealed a time-jump during an appearance at Deadline’s Contenders TV event in April. According to Gemmill, season two will take place over a Fourth of July weekend 10 months after the events of season one. Oh boy.
Which cast members and characters will return?
Aside from Dr. Robby, it’s hard to say which doctors will be on call during this particular 15-hour shift.