24 Hours

24 Hours is the first episode and pilot of the NBC television series, ER. The episode received four Emmy Award nominations: Directing (Rod Holcomb), Editing (Randy Jon Morgan), Makeup (Susan A. Cabral), and Writing (Michael Crichton). Originally, Carol Hathaway was supposed to die after her overdose in this episode (hence the fact that she is only a guest star), but she was extremely popular with the audience, so the producers decided to add he... more

24 Hours is the first episode and pilot of the NBC television series, ER. The episode received four Emmy Award nominations: Directing (Rod Holcomb), Editing (Randy Jon Morgan), Makeup (Susan A. Cabral), and Writing (Michael Crichton). Originally, Carol Hathaway was supposed to die after her overdose in this episode (hence the fact that she is only a guest star), but she was extremely popular with the audience, so the producers decided to add her to the regular cast. less