The Pitt is earning more awards.
The Pittsburgh-based medical show took home the Golden Globe for best TV drama for its first season.
The show’s star, Noah Wyle, also won Best Actor in a Drama Series.
Backstage, Wyle was asked why the show was set in Pittsburgh.
“It was chosen not randomly,” he said. “John asked me where we should set it and I picked Pittsburgh because I knew he went to college there and he might like it. Also, my parents met there; my mother was born there.”
The city’s unique features were also a deciding factor.
“It’s a great city in terms of variety of socioeconomic class, ethnic breakdown, because it’s surrounded by farmland, you get a combination of rural and urban cases,“ Wyle said. ”And the last few years, it’s really made itself over into a medical hub.”
Wyle also included a thank you for healthcare workers in his acceptance speech, just like he did when he won Best Actor in a Drama Series at the Emmys.
The second season of The Pitt just premiered last week.
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