Clooney Returns to ER Tonight

Show ends doing what it does best

(NEWSER) - ER capped 15 seasons last night with a finale that satisfied many critics happy with cameos by original cast members and the series’ trademark fast pace.

• Alan Sepinwall, Star-Ledger: "The finale worked hard to bring as many elements from that pilot full circle as they could, while showing that the circle of life (and death) at County General goes on. It wasn't an all-time great finale, but it did what it set out to do."

Critics, fans, brace for last episode tonight

(NEWSER) - After 15 seasons, viewers will make their final trip to County General Hospital tonight in the series finale of ER. Critics and fans are reflecting on the groundbreaking show:

• Mixing “medical triumph” with “personal angst,” ER “may have begun as a show about salvation, but it became a show about the near impossibility of salvation—a show less about healing than about damage,” writes Neal Gabler in the Los Angeles Times.

(NEWSER) - George Clooney’s appearance on ER last night gave the NBC standby a boost, E! Online reports. Thursday’s episode, which also featured cameos by Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies, and Eriq La Salle brought in 10.7 million viewers, 2 million more than the previous week—though CBS’ Eleventh Hour, with 11.8 million, ruled the timeslot. More»

Clooney joining cast for final season

(NEWSER) - George Clooney is returning for the final season of ER, the show that made him a star, reports People. It's not clear how many shows ER's most famous alum will appear in to reprsie his role as soulful babe hound Dr. Doug Ross. The show's creator, John Wells, has ordered a closed set to avoid leaks. More»

Edwards will reprise role as dead character in flashbacks

(AP) - Dr. Mark Greene is coming back to ER, but he's not coming back from the dead. Anthony Edwards will reprise the role of Greene, who died of a brain tumor at the end of the 2002 season, in flashback scenes in the Nov. 13 episode, NBC says. Other County General alumni will also make cameos during the show's 15th and final season, but there's no word yet on the show's most famous alum, George "Dr. Doug Ross" Clooney. More»