George Clooney is on the hype train for “The Pitt.”
The 64-year-old actor appeared on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on Monday and praised his former “ER” co-star Noah Wyle’s popular new medical series, which is at the center of a lawsuit involving “ER” creator Michael Crichton’s estate.
“Have you guys seen that show?” Clooney, 64, asked the audience. “It’s so good.”
“I have to say, we’ve been really dear friends since we did the [‘ER’] pilot,” Clooney said about Wyle, 54. “He is just the most honorable, talented young man.”
Clooney continued, “I get to say [that] because I’m an old man and I cannot be happier for his success on the show. The show is just a beautiful show, and he does just a great job with it.”
Clooney and Wyle worked together on the first five seasons of “ER.” Clooney departed the series in 1999, while Wyle remained a series regular until 2005.
The NBC medical show ended in 2009 after 15 seasons.
In April, Wyle and fellow “ER” alums Julianna Margulies and Anthony Edwards supported Clooney at the Broadway premiere of his “Good Night, and Good Luck” play.
Wyle plays Dr. Robby on HBO Max’s “The Pitt,” which he also executive produces. The critically acclaimed series is set in a fictional Pittsburg hospital in a post-pandemic world.
Before the show premiered in February, Crichton’s widow, Sherri, sued Wyle, creator R. Scott Gemmill, executive producer John Wells and Warner Bros. Television, alleging that “The Pitt” is a rebranded version of an unauthorized “ER” reboot.
“It’s not like ER, it’s not kind of ER, it’s not sort of ER. It is ER complete with the same executive producer, writer, star, production companies, studio and network as the planned ER reboot. No one has been fooled,” the Aug. 2024 lawsuit claimed.
A rep for Sherri — whose husband died in 2008 — told Rolling Stone that she was involved in making an “ER” reboot before Warner Bros. allegedly “abruptly broke off negotiations and announced ‘The Pitt’ — a carbon copy of the ‘ER’ reboot that was pitched to her.”
Wyle told Variety in April that he’s “profoundly sad and disappointed” by the lawsuit.
“At one point, this could have been a partnership. And when it wasn’t a partnership, it didn’t need to turn acrimonious,” the Emmy-nominated actor added. “But on the 30th anniversary of ‘ER,’ I’ve never felt less celebratory of that achievement than I do this year.”
Patrick Ball, who plays Dr. Langdon on “The Pitt,” weighed in on the lawsuit in an exclusive interview with The Post.
“Mercifully, they keep us completely out of the loop with that,” Ball shared in April. “I have really no idea what’s going on with it.”
