Neal Baer on ER and LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT’s Milestone Anniversaries
September 19, 2019 by Marisa Roffman
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A number of shows are reaching milestones this fall, but LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (celebrating its 20th anniversary and milestone 21st season on television) and ER (25th anniversary) share a common thread: executive producer Neal Baer. (SVU star Mariska Hargitay also had a brief arc on ER when Baer was an EP.)
Baer, who is also a doctor, was brought on to ER for his medical expertise. “I believe I’m the first doctor-writer on TV,” he points out. While other shows broke the stories first and then added the medicine in later, “[creator] John Wells’ insight and foresight flipped it and started the foundation with [doctors], recounting our stories. So it was built on the medicine.”
Both series were ahead of their times…a move that wasn’t without risk. “I’m very grateful to NBC for allowing us for 18 years—I did seven on ER and 11 on SVU—to do these hard-hitting shows that still resonate to the audience,” Baer says.
ER 25th Anniversary: Pop to Air Guest Star-Focused Marathon
August 28, 2019 by Marisa Roffman
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Pop TV is running a marathon to celebrate ER’s 25th anniversary (which debuted September 19, 1994)—and they’re focusing on some of the biggest guest stars.
Check out the lineup, which will run on Sunday, September 15… Read more
Noah Wyle Reflects on ER, Looks Ahead to THE RED LINE
January 30, 2019 by Marisa Roffman
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From acclaimed producers Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti, THE RED LINE follows the lives of three vastly different Chicago families whose stories of loss and tragedy intersect in the wake of the mistaken shooting of an African American doctor by a white cop. THE RED LINE will premiere on the CBS Television Network during the 2018-19 season. Pictured: Noah Wyle and Aliyah Royale Photo: Elizabeth Morris/CBS é2018 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
When Noah Wyle signed on to do the new CBS limited series THE RED LINE, the series took him back to a familiar location: Chicago, where he sporadically shot ER. (ER’s series production was split between the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank—which housed the hospital set—and select shots in Chicago.)
“That was really interesting to be back in Chicago 25 years later,” Wyle told reporters after the Television Critics Association panel for THE RED LINE. “The city has changed a lot. I’ve changed a lot.”
