ER:HISTORY

ER CAST CELEBRATE 100 EPISODES!

ER BURST ONTO AMERICAN T.V SCREENS IN 1994. IN THE SIX YEARS THAT FOLLOWED, IT WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL T.V DRAMA SERIES OF ALL TIME. IT IS CONSISTENTLY ON TOP OF RATINGS CHARTS IN IT'S NATIVE AMERICA AND HAS ALSO CAPTURED THE IMAGINATIONS OF VIEWERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THERE ARE TWO WORDS THAT SUP UP ER: DRAMA AND TRAUMA. THE HIGH STANDARDS OF PRODUCTION MAKE IT ONE OF THE SLICKEST SHOWS ON T.V BUT IT IS THE MAIN SET OF CHARACTERS, WHO ARE ALL COMPLEX AND INTERESTING, THAT ATTRACT MILLIONS OF VIEWERS EACH WEEK.
   IN THE BEGINNNING, ER WAS NOT MEANT TO BE A SERIES ON T.V. IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE A FEATURE FILM, HENCE THE 2 HOUR DEBUT OF "24 HOURS". mICHAEL CRICHTON, OF JURASSIC PARK AND LOST WORLD FAME, WORTE THE GROUND-BREAKING EPISODE AND IT BOASTED AN AMAZING 45 GUEST STARS. IT WAS BASED ON MICHAEL'S OWN DAYS AS A MEDICAL STUDENT, AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY, ONE OF AMERICA'S IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES. IT INTRODUCED US TO MARK, DOUG, SUSAN, PETER, CARTER AND CAROL. THE EPISODE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HATHAWAY'S ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. THIS WAS THE ONLY MEDICAL ERROR ER HAS EVER MADE. ACCORDING TO DOCTORS, SHE WOULD NOT HAVE NORMALLY SURVIVED TAKING THIS OVERDOSE. ER FANS, THOUGH, ARE GLAD SHE DID.
  ER HAS NOW JUST FINISHED ITS SIXTH SEASON AND HAS BEEN                 CONTRACTED TO RUN UNTIL 2004. IT IS THIS AND THE NUMEROUS          
AWARDS THE SHOW HAS WON, THAT STAND AS TESTAMENT TO ITS POPULARITY AND QUALITY.


LONG MAY IT CONTINUE!!!!!!!!!