A Very Big Update About ‘The Pitt’ Season 2 On Max

It may not be news that the massively popular Max series, The Pitt, has already been renewed for season 2 before season 1 has even ended its 15 episode run (the finale is next week), but now we have some more information about what’s coming after this.

During a Deadline event, producer R. Scott Gemmill confirmed four key things about the coming season:

1) It’s already in production before season 1 is over

2) It will take place 10 months after season 1

3) It will once again be 15 hours, and therefore 15 episodes

4) It will take place over Fourth of July weekend

The series doing Fourth of July is not just picking a holiday like it’s a Christmas special, rather, the Fourth of the July is known in the ER as possibly the most dangerous day of the year. Why? There are more minor things like heat exhaustion. There are drunken accidents at loads of parties across the country. And of course, there are fireworks-based injuries. You can bet you’re going to see more than a few of those in season 2, without question.

Season 1 of The Pitt started out with an ER shift that was certainly busy and full of intense cases, but by the end of the season, turned in a completely different direction with the final stretch of episodes devoted to dealing with the chaotic aftermath of a nearby mass shooting. The concept seemed pretty telegraphed by the early focus on a troubled kid with a hitlist, but in the end, it was not that predictable, and the attack was carried out by some other unknown shooter, not him.

The Pitt is no doubt in line to land a slew of Emmy nominations this coming year, including one for Noah Wyle as lead actor. It’s become a huge, surprise hit in 2025, one that no one saw coming, and one that easily could have gone wrong in a world of forgettable medical dramas and with a 24-like gimmick that may not have landed. Instead, the opposite happened and you can argue that it has probably been the best show on TV this year, and that’s even ahead of what happens during the finale.

We do not know the full list of cast members who will return. It is unlikely that all of them will. For one, some of the young cast members may leave due to landing new rotations, if they don’t concoct a reason for them to stay. Then there’s obviously the situation with Langdon, where even if he returned for the last few episodes, it is tough to see how he would stay in an ER with Robby given what he knows about his medicine thievery. Robby giving him a second chance would be wildly irresponsible, but who knows. So it’s possible the show does lose a chunk of its cast and replaces them with new faces. We’ll have to wait and see.

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