4 days Ago By Robert Oliver
British TV fans can’t believe they still can’t watch the ‘best TV show in years’ (Picture: Warrick Page/Max)British TV fans are officially losing patience as they wait for one of the ‘best shows of 2025’ to have its UK premiere announced.The Pitt, starring Noah Wyle, has been released to rave reviews in America, with the series currently boasting a Rotten Tomatoes score of 94%.Following the work lives of the doctors and nurses at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, each of The Pitt’s episodes takes place over one hour of a 15-hour shift, with the season finale dropping on Tuesday.
The title of the series comes from the nickname given to the hospital, where Wyle’s character, Dr. Michael Robinavitch, works in the emergency department.Each episode is titled 7.
00am, 8.00am, 9.00am and so on, with the final episode of the season being called 9.
00pm – and bringing Dr. Robinavitch’s shift from Hell to an end. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the series has been praised for ‘setting the trials and tribulations of hospital life on a timer,’ as well as ‘combining multiple tried-and-true formulas to create a bracingly fresh medical drama.
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The final episode stunned fans, many of whom couldn’t believe what they’d just watched.‘Genuinely cannot comprehend how we managed to get a 15-episode medical show in 2025 that stands toe to toe with the greats,’ wrote @O_Rye_N on X. ‘Thank you #ThePitt’.
@filmicshailar was similarly enthusiastic, writing the show ‘doesn’t skip a beat with masterful writing throughout, ‘ before admitting he didn’t want to say goodbye to the cast.Despite phenomenal critical success The Pitt doesn’t have a UK release date (Picture: Warrick Page/Max)Other fans were confident after the series finale that the show would be rewarded at next year’s Emmys, with film critic and journalist Matt Neglia apologising to other awards contenders because ‘Noah Wyle is taking it.’However, despite the critical acclaim – and the fact that the first season is over – TV fans here in the UK aren’t happy because we still have no idea when or where the show will premiere.
Unsurprisingly, this has provoked some outrage online with James Allison writing on BlueSky: ‘Absolutely fuming to find that The Pitt isn’t available to watch in the UK.’Dan Grima, meanwhile, probably summed it up best when he wrote: ‘Bring The Pitt to the UK you cowards.’Fans are now starting to worry they’ll never get to see The Pitt (Picture: Warrick Page/Max)British TV fans have been desperate to watch The Pitt ever since it began and a quick scroll through X will bring up countless complaints about the show’s absence from our viewing schedules.
@MrsMintMav complained on X about the lack of a UK premiere: ‘Everyday that passes and The Pitt doesn’t have a UK broadcaster makes me less hopeful I will ever see it.’@Rivertheles also worried that UK fans may never be able to watch it: ‘Everyone is hyping up The Pitt and it still doesn’t have a UK air date.’@Milo_AFC was planning to watch the show via other, less legal means if the UK didn’t get a proper premiere date: ‘The Pitt still not having a UK broadcaster, let alone a release date, really wants to make me pirate this.
’The Pitt was renewed for a second season earlier this year (Picture: Warrick Page/Max)@daryl_millar responded with a theory as to why it might be taking so long: ‘I assume any brand new Max series from now on will be held back until the streamer launches in the UK next year.’The series also stars Taylor Dearden, Katherine La Nasa, Patrick Ball, Isa Brones, Tracy Ifeachor, Shabana Azeez, and Fiona Douriff, who play the rest of the featured staff at the titular hospital.@Nieronlife celebrated the series, saying: ‘The Pitt on Max is the best show on TV right now.
Maybe one of the best ever – it’s a masterclass in tension.’@Smhrbst concurred: ‘The Pitt being both genuinely good and infinitely memeable – ohh, it’s gonna run for a thousand years.’They may have a point.
Max has already renewed The Pitt for a second season that’s due to air sometime in January 2026. Hopefully, by then, a British channel will have picked up The Pitt so people in the UK can finally see what the fuss is about. Otherwise, we’ll be left in a pit of despair.
The original version of this article was published on April 4, 2025.The Pit can be streamed on HBO Max in the US. Got a story?If you’ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.
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