The Blot has heard some crazy ER rumors for the past few weeks and surprisingly they’ve all turned true! The biggest surprise of all has to be that Mr. Hollywood himself George Clooney has agreed to return to the show that made him a star. (link) According to E!’s Kristin Dos Santos, NBC has also lined up a very special guest star for Clooney’s return to County General, Susan Sarandon. (link)
I’m pretty excited to see how they explain Dr. Doug Ross’ (a.k.a. Clooney) return to the Chicago hospital he called home for 108 episodes, and if Julianna Margulies’ Nurse Carol Hathaway will return in the same episode. According to reports, the ER episode featuring Clooney and Sarandon “will air toward the end of the current final season.” (link)
What’s even better is that due to the success of ER’s final season NBC has decided to extend “the season’s run by three extra episodes,” meaning the series finale will now air on Thursday, April 2, 2009. (link) The ER series finale will be preceded by a one hour retrospective featuring interview’s from the cast and clips from the show’s 15 seasons. As a life long fan of the NBC drama this is music to The Blot’s ears.
ER airs Thursdays on NBC at 10/9c.
