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Is Noah Wyle a Better Doctor Than George Clooney? The Pitt Actor Says...

Noah Wyle is a Golden Globe 2026 nominee for his role as Dr. Robby on The Pitt, and he can finally say once and for all who the better TV physician is between him and former ER costar George Clooney.

By Natalie Finn Jan 12, 2026 12:45 AM
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If you have a fake medical emergency, now you know for sure which TV doctor you want by your side.

"I'm the better doctor," The Pitt's Noah Wyle, a Golden Globe nominee for Best Actor in a TV Drama, exclusively told Zuri Hall on LIVE From E!: Golden Globes 2026 when asked who was the superior physician, him or George Clooney

He then challenged his former ER costar to try to remember one of Dr. Ross' 1990s-era speeches, as Wyle himself could apparently recall at least one of his own lengthy monologues from playing Dr. Carter.

"Put him to that test," he told Hall, "and see how well he does."

And with that, the surgical gloves were off.

But Clooney, who's also a nominee at the Jan. 11 ceremony—Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical/Comedy for his stretch of a turn playing a movie star in Jay Kelly—would be first to admit that Wyle always had a knack for at least sounding like he really knew what he was talking about.

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"He never had any trouble. He always could do it, and I hated him for it," Clooney quipped last June on Late Night With Seth Meyers. "People should hate Noah."

But, all jokes aside, he was truly happy for his former colleague.

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"We've been really dear friends since [ER], since we did the pilot," Clooney said. "He's just the most honorable young man—I get to say, because I'm an old man. And I cannot be happier for his success on this show. The show is just a beautiful show. He does a great job with it."

However, if you're hosting a poker night, you probably want to go with the actor who starred in Ocean's Eleven.

Revealing that his wife Sara Wells won't let him go to The Pitt cast poker games at Katherine LaNasa's house, Wyle explained that he's "a really bad gambler."

"I have no poker face whatsoever," he told Hall. "Very good actor, very bad liar. When I play, I tend to lose a lot of money."

And, Wyle said with a smile, "I gamble with our livelihood enough, she doesn't need me playing cards."

Still, we'd bet on Wyle and The Pitt, which just returned for its second season on HBO and has already been renewed for a third, any day.

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As for what we can expect from season two, which unfolds over the course of what promises to be a very long Fourth of July shift in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center's ER, Wyle quipped, "You're gonna mix alcohol, patriotism and fireworks, that's gonna be an explosive combination. A lot of very creative injuries we're going to be treating."

May the Golden Globes light up in a less combustible sort of way. See which other stars turned out on the red carpet at the Beverly Hilton Jan. 11:

Jennifer Lopez

in vintage Jean-Louis Scherrer and Christian Louboutin. 

Dakota Fanning

in Vivienne Westwood and Fred Leighton jewelry.  

Owen Cooper

in Bottega Veneta. 

Jennifer Lawrence

in custom Givenchy and Sabyasachi jewelry.

Hailee Steinfeld

in Prada and Desert Diamonds from Repossi.

Rose Byrne

in Chanel. 

Amanda Seyfried

in Versace. 

Ariana Grande

in custom Vivienne Westwood and Swarovski jewelry.

Julia Roberts

in custom Armani Privé and Swarovski jewelry. 

Priyanka Chopra Jonas & Nick Jonas

in custom Christian Dior and Bvlgari jewelry (Chopra Jonas) and Berluti (Jonas). 

Alicia Silverstone

in Nicole + Felicia. 

Orlando Bloom

in Berluti. 

Wunmi Mosaku

in Matthew Reisman Collection and Messika High Jewelry.  

Ginnifer Goodwin

in Giorgio Armani Privé. 

Ayo Edebiri

in Chanel. 

Abby Elliott

in Valentino and Sydney Evan jewelry.

Glen Powell

in Brunello Cucinelli and Omega watch. 

Jennifer Garner

in custom Cong Tri, Boucheron jewelry, and Roger Vivier shoes. 

Leighton Meester & Adam Brody

in Mui Mui and Kendra Scott Jewelry (Meester) and Valentino, Jaeger-LeCoultre watch, Oliver Peoples glasses and Allen Edmonds shoes (Brody). 

Danny Fujikawa & Kate Hudson

in custom Armani Privé and Garatti jewelry.

Nikki Glaser

in Zuhair Murad and Jimmy Choo shoes.  

Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell

in Armani Privé. 

John Krasinski & Emily Blunt

in Dolce & Gabbana and Bruno Magli shoes (Krasinski) and custom Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin shoes and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. 

Jenna Ortega

in Dilara Findikoglu, Christian Louboutin shoes and Simone Jewels earrings.

Selena Gomez

in Chanel. 

Elle Fanning

in Gucci and Cartier jewelry. 

Tessa Thompson

in Balenciaga.

Teyana Taylor

in custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture and Tiffany & Co. jewelry. 

Leonardo DiCaprio

in Dior. 

Charlie Hunnam

in Saint Laurent and Jaeger-LeCoultre watch. 

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