Article: "ER' HELPED REMAKE THE TV LANDSCAPE.

Byline: Josef Adalian

"Smart, gritty, touching: All apply to the four-star movie premiere of Michael Crichton's `ER,' the better of this season's two high-profile medical dramas. When this show and CBS' `Chicago Hope' move to Thursdays at 10, this is the one you'll want to watch in real-time.''

I was a 23-year-old television critic for the Washington Times when I wrote those words. I'd love to say my rave review indicated an unusual level of small-screen sophistication and TV industry foresight, but around the same time I was gushing over "ER,'' I also distinctly remember dismissing another 1994 fall premiere as pandering, conventional and unfunny.

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