ER at 25: a matter of life, death - and George Clooney
(The Guardian Culture News)

In 1994, the doctors and nurses crashed through the doors of County General to save patient after bloody patient - and save the world from all the tedious TV that came before!ER is 25 years old. And this means you should all drop whatever you´re doing now and dedicate the next 331 hours of your life to reminding yourself what an incredible series it was.And it was. The overwhelming majority of shows from the past 25 years would be dramatically different if it wasn´t for ER. The murmured dialogue of The Sopranos and The Wire. The dramatic surge of Breaking Bad. The sheer spectacle of Game of Thrones. The breathless professional jargon of Line of Duty. All of them, in one way or another, owe a debt of thanks to ER. Continue reading...