Great city, you know, tremendous city that opened their arms to us and have now been extremely generous about letting us film, you know, anywhere we want. Uh, the hospitals in Pittsburgh are some of the gold standard in the nation in terms of care, especially Children’s Hospital. It’s one of the most incredible facilities I’ve ever been to. Uh, it was chosen not randomly. John asked me where we should set it, and I picked Pittsburgh because I knew he went to college there, so you might like it. Uh, also my parents met there, my mother was born there. Uh, it’s *** great city in terms of *** variety of socioeconomic class, ethnic breakdown, because it’s surrounded by farmland, you get *** combination of rural and urban cases. In the last few years, it’s really remade itself over into *** medical hub, so it seemed uh appropriate, um, just *** great American city that hasn’t been overshot, you know, it’s not LA, Chicago, New York, Miami, but representative of the country as *** whole.
Noah Wyle gives shoutout to Pittsburgh hospitals after Golden Globes win
Updated: 4:25 PM EST Jan 12, 2026
It was a big night at the Golden Globes for HBO’s award-winning drama, The Pitt. The show added new hardware to their already impressive trophy collection, including best drama. Noah Wyle, who plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama. Following the presentation, Wyle stopped backstage to talk about his win and gave a special shoutout to the hospitals in Steel City. “The hospitals in Pittsburgh are some of the gold standard in the nation in terms of care, especially Children’s Hospital, it’s one of the most incredible facilities have ever been to. It was chosen not randomly,” Wyle said. Wyle’s connection goes beyond being the lead actor in the hospital drama. “I picked Pittsburgh because I knew we went to college there, so you might like it. Also, my parents met there. My mother was born there. It’s a great city in terms of a variety of socioeconomic class, ethnic breakdown. Because it’s surrounded by farmland, you get a combination of rural and urban cases,” Wyle said. “In the last few years, it’s really remade itself over into a medical hub. So it seemed appropriate. Just a great American city that hasn’t been overshot. You know, it’s not L.A., Chicago, New York, Miami, but representative of the country as a whole.”
PITTSBURGH —
It was a big night at the Golden Globes for HBO’s award-winning drama, The Pitt. The show added new hardware to their already impressive trophy collection, including best drama.
Noah Wyle, who plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, took home the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama.
Following the presentation, Wyle stopped backstage to talk about his win and gave a special shoutout to the hospitals in Steel City.
“The hospitals in Pittsburgh are some of the gold standard in the nation in terms of care, especially Children’s Hospital, it’s one of the most incredible facilities have ever been to. It was chosen not randomly,” Wyle said.
Wyle’s connection goes beyond being the lead actor in the hospital drama.
“I picked Pittsburgh because I knew we went to college there, so you might like it. Also, my parents met there. My mother was born there. It’s a great city in terms of a variety of socioeconomic class, ethnic breakdown. Because it’s surrounded by farmland, you get a combination of rural and urban cases,” Wyle said. “In the last few years, it’s really remade itself over into a medical hub. So it seemed appropriate. Just a great American city that hasn’t been overshot. You know, it’s not L.A., Chicago, New York, Miami, but representative of the country as a whole.”