I didn't realize he was the only one who stayed with the show straight for 14 years. At least he's getting back together with his former baby momma.
Dr. Carter's leaving 'ER,' but will visit
USA Today
April 1, 2005
It's the end of an "ER"a.
Noah Wyle, the only "ER" lead to stay with the hit NBC drama for its 11-year run, will depart as a cast regular in May, but return for four episodes in each of the next two seasons.
Wyle's character, Dr. John Carter, will say his goodbye to colleagues at Chicago's County General Hospital in the season finale May 19. A week earlier, Carter will reunite with his true love, Kem (Thandie Newton), in Paris, producers say. "ER" will shoot in the French capital in early April.
Executive producer John Wells says he'll feel the loss personally as well as professionally; he and Wyle, 33, are among just a few people still with the show who worked on the 1994 pilot. Sherry Stringfield, another original, returned as Dr. Susan Lewis in 2001 after five years.
"It's very sad for me. Noah and I have a lot of history together," Wells says. "He's a wonderful actor and a wonderful man, and it's been great to watch him grow up and get married and have a family."
Wyle, who has received five Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Carter, said last fall that he planned to leave "ER" when his contract expired at the end of this TV season. But he left the door ajar on whether he would return in some capacity.
Carter will leave to work with a Doctors Without Borders-type organization, Wells says.
Dr. Carter's leaving 'ER,' but will visit
USA Today
April 1, 2005
It's the end of an "ER"a.
Noah Wyle, the only "ER" lead to stay with the hit NBC drama for its 11-year run, will depart as a cast regular in May, but return for four episodes in each of the next two seasons.
Wyle's character, Dr. John Carter, will say his goodbye to colleagues at Chicago's County General Hospital in the season finale May 19. A week earlier, Carter will reunite with his true love, Kem (Thandie Newton), in Paris, producers say. "ER" will shoot in the French capital in early April.
Executive producer John Wells says he'll feel the loss personally as well as professionally; he and Wyle, 33, are among just a few people still with the show who worked on the 1994 pilot. Sherry Stringfield, another original, returned as Dr. Susan Lewis in 2001 after five years.
"It's very sad for me. Noah and I have a lot of history together," Wells says. "He's a wonderful actor and a wonderful man, and it's been great to watch him grow up and get married and have a family."
Wyle, who has received five Emmy nominations for his portrayal of Carter, said last fall that he planned to leave "ER" when his contract expired at the end of this TV season. But he left the door ajar on whether he would return in some capacity.
Carter will leave to work with a Doctors Without Borders-type organization, Wells says.
