What is The Pitt about?
The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.
The Pitt (2025)
Hospital staff fight a relentless, earnest battle against death in an underfunded, overcrowded trauma center.
Tense and suspenseful. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max.
The Pitt parents guide
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past a TV-MA: some violence and some strong language.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Gore
- Light gore
- Some blood or injury, briefly.
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- Not rated yet
- We were not sure enough to call this one.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- How gory is The Pitt?
- Light gore and some violence.
- What is The Pitt rated, and is it OK for kids?
- No. It is rated TV-MA, with some strong language.
Cast and crew
Created byR. Scott Gemmill
StarringNoah Wyle, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden
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