Synopsis

With more than 19 hours of programming plus bonus features, ER: The Complete First Season will be one of the most comprehensive and extensive television DVDs ever released. ER is one of the most honored and most watched dramas in television history. After nine seasons ER is still going strong with more than 24 million viewers tuning in each week.

With 104 Emmy nominations, more than any other drama series, ER has won 20 Emmy Awards and has been honored with two prestigious Peabody Awards, the Humanitas Prize, as well as numerous awards from the People's Choice (10 wins), SAG (8 wins), Viewers For Quality Television (6 wins) and others.

Enhanced Content:

Other exclusive features loaded on the four-disc DVD collector's set of ER: The Complete First Season are:

• "The First Year Intern Handbook," an interactive feature containing complete character profiles 45 "patient" histories of the various guest stars that have appeared on ER and a medical terminology glossary.
• Two commentary tracks on the pilot episode from Crichton and Wells and another from pilot director Rod Holcomb and key production crew.
• Featurettes about the medical consultants and writers who created the show's trademark realism and a second about the series' post-production process.
• Key production crew and director commentaries on the powerful "Love's Labor Lost" episode directed by Mimi Leder and "Sleepless in Chicago," directed by Christopher Chulack.
• Outtakes and unreleased scenes.
• Hidden bonus materials.