A timeline of the most important things to happen to ER

By Abby West
April 02, 2019 at 09:00 AM EDT

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September 19, 1994

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Season 1 begins, and will go on to win eight Emmys, including Juliana Margulies’ for best supporting actress. 

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September 26, 1996

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Jeanie Boulet (Gloria Reuben) learns she has HIV; many other regulars will face their own health crises. 

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May 14, 1998

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ER gets its biggest audience ever — 47.8 million viewers — when it follows the Seinfeld finale. 

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February 18, 1999

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George Clooney leaves the show, but will return for a surprise cameo in 2000 for Margulies’ ER swan song. 

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September 30, 1999

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Goran Visnjic joins the cast, eventually becoming the show’s new romantic center with Maura Tierney. 

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November 16, 2000

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Sally Field plays Tierney’s mom, and wins an Emmy. Future Emmy bait: Ray Liotta and Don Cheadle. 

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May 9, 2002

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Succumbing to a brain tumor, Dr. Greene (Anthony Edwards) is one of six hospital staffers to die thus far. 

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September 25, 2003

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Season 10 begins: Parminder Nagra, Scott Grimes, and Linda Cardellini will join the crowded ER. 

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May 19, 2005

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Last original cast member Noah Wyle leaves. Counting return cameos, he appeared in the most episodes: 254. 

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November 10, 2005

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John Stamos joins the show, picking up the “hunky doctor” mantle once carried by Clooney and Visnjic. 

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April 2, 2009

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After past castmembers returned to pay respects, the series ended on episode 332.

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