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NEWS ABOUT: ER

ER stories: 6 news summaries
critical roundup

 ER Checks Out Tonight 

Critics, fans, brace for last episode tonight

Apr 2, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(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
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television • NBC • emergency room • reviews • TV series • ER

(Newser) - Set your TiVo to stunned: George Clooney will make a return appearance on ER tonight, Entertainment Tonight reports. Clooney, who left the show in 1999, will star with his onetime on-screen love interest, Julianna Margulies. “I want their story to be very fulfilling in the end,” the... More »

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television • NBC • emergency room • reunion • George Clooney • guest appearance • ER • Julianna Margulies • Noah Wyle • Eriq La Salle

 Dr. Ross 
 Heads Back 
 to ER 

Clooney joining cast for final season

Jan 22, 09 8:04 AM CST
(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,... More »

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NBC • George Clooney • ER • Dr. Doug Ross • John Wells • Warner Bros

 Crichton Dead 
 of Cancer at 66 

Jurassic Park author, 66, sold more than 150M copies worldwide

Nov 5, 08 12:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Jurassic Park author and ER creator Michael Crichton died yesterday at 66 after a battle with cancer, Entertainment Tonight reports. “While the world knew him as a great storyteller," Crichton was "a devoted husband, loving father, and generous friend who inspired,” his family said in a... More »

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cancer • obituary • death • ER • Michael Crichton • Jurassic Park

 Edwards' ER 
 Check Funds 
 African Hospital 

Anthony Edwards asks for charity donation for cost of guest appearance

Nov 4, 08 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - In lieu of a paycheck for his return to ER as the deceased Dr. Mark Greene, with scenes shot in flashbacks, Anthony Edwards asked Warner Bros. to donate $125,000 to help build a 250-bed hospital in Africa, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Steven Spielberg matched that money, and ER's executive... More »

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television • Africa • celebrity humanitarianism • ER • Anthony Edwards

 'Dr. Greene' to Return to ER 

Edwards will reprise role as dead character in flashbacks

Sep 5, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(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... More »

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NBC • network television • guest appearance • cameo • ER • Anthony Edwards

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