{
  "id": 6956659,
  "title": "‘ER’s Big Payday: How Hit Medical Drama Scored Record $13M An Episode From NBC – Book Excerpt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/ers-big-payday-how-hit-medical-drama-scored-record-13m-an-episode",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T16:47:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/er-license-fee-battle-nbc-oral-histiory-book-excerpt-1237098591/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "ER was an instant hit when it premiered on NBC in October 1994. But the project had not been an easy sell: it was created by an author, Michael Crichton, with no television record and conceived in a style drastically different from any other medical drama. Add to that a cast of then-largely unknowns and […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}