Streamers rush to the ER, but Pulse is DOA

When money gets tight, as it is in Hollywood now, industries default to dependable formulas.

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Hence the many new shows set in emergency rooms. Reuniting producers of ur-ER drama ER with one of its stars, Noah Wyle, Max's The Pitt, whose debut season unfolds over a single shift, is the best and buzziest of the bunch. NBC sitcom St. Denis Medical gives emergency medicine the mockumentary treatment. Apple has a dry, German-language take in Berlin ER.

Each of these series puts a novel spin on the format. The same cannot be said of Netflix’s first English-language medical procedural,