This year, crime dramas aren’t the only genre dominating the airwaves: Medical dramas are creating waves as well. They’ve always been popular, thanks medical drama ER, but conventional. Enter newer shows, like those we’ll be talking about here, and the medical drama genre has been altered from a mere medical procedural and reinvented to include more realistic perspectives, classic fictional characters, and their own brand of uniqueness. While we’ve been exposed to plenty of medical dramas this century, 2025 isn’t even half over with, and we’ve already seen some of the most unforgettable medical shows in years, including The Pitt.

One of the top shows of 2025, and Max’s most-watched original title globally, The Pitt is the first medical drama to provide us with a truly realistic look at the functioning of an emergency room and those who run it and those who control it.