ALL RIGHT. WELL, IN JUST TWO DAYS, SEASON TWO OF THE PIT PREMIERES ON HBO MAX. AND TO CELEBRATE, HBO BROUGHT A COFFEE TRUCK TO SERVE EMPLOYEES AT ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL. THAT’S THE BACKDROP FOR THIS EMMY AWARD WINNING SHOW. AT TODAY’S EVENT, WE SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR FOR THE HOSPITAL’S EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. THAT’S THE ROLE THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER PLAYS ON THE SHOW. HE SAYS EVERYTHING YOU’VE SEEN ON THE PIT IS STRIKINGLY ACCURATE. A LOT OF THE CASES THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE’VE ALL THOSE CASES YOU SAW IN THE FIRST SEASON WE’VE HAD HERE AT HGH OVER OUR CAREERS, JUST NOT IN ONE SHIFT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT OUR THROUGHOUT OUR CAREERS, IT’S BEEN IT’S BEEN VERY SIMILAR TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE SEE. HE ALSO SAYS THE SHOW IS SHED LIGHT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN
‘The Pitt’ coffee truck serves workers at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh
Updated: 10:50 AM EST Jan 7, 2026
“The Pitt” is back for Season 2, and HBO Max celebrated by bringing a coffee truck to the employees at Allegheny General Hospital on Tuesday.The hospital in Pittsburgh’s North Side is the backdrop for the Emmy-winning show.Dr. Brent Rau, medical director for AGH’s emergency department, told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that everything that viewers have seen on “The Pitt” is strikingly accurate.”All those cases you saw in the first season, we’ve had here at AGH over our careers, just not in one shift. But throughout our careers, it’s been very similar types of things that we see,” Rau said.He also said the series has shown the general public some of the things that happen in the emergency department every day that help save lives.The season premiere of “The Pitt” is scheduled for Thursday.
PITTSBURGH —
“The Pitt” is back for Season 2, and HBO Max celebrated by bringing a coffee truck to the employees at Allegheny General Hospital on Tuesday.
The hospital in Pittsburgh’s North Side is the backdrop for the Emmy-winning show.
Dr. Brent Rau, medical director for AGH’s emergency department, told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that everything that viewers have seen on “The Pitt” is strikingly accurate.
“All those cases you saw in the first season, we’ve had here at AGH over our careers, just not in one shift. But throughout our careers, it’s been very similar types of things that we see,” Rau said.
He also said the series has shown the general public some of the things that happen in the emergency department every day that help save lives.
The season premiere of “The Pitt” is scheduled for Thursday.