HBO Max's medical drama series The Pitt has won the Best Drama Series Award at the Golden Globes 2026, beating some of the most prestigious and recent Emmy winners. The medical drama series, which recently returned with a second season, is created by R. Scott Gemmill.The Pitt marks the reunion of the ER alums Noah Wyle and John Wells, who serve as the lead actor and executive producer, respectively. The show is set in the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center's emergency room and follows a gruelling 15-year shift of Dr. Robby, the senior attending physician of the ER, and his talented team of medical staff.Noah Wyle especially thanked his long-time partner, John Wells, in his Golden Globes 2026 acceptance speech, for believing in his vision. The show has been praised by the medical community for its realistic portrayal of healthcare workers.More on this in our story.The Pitt wins Best Drama Series at the Golden Globes 2026 View this post on Instagram Instagram PostNoah Wyle's medical drama The Pitt won the Best Drama Series at the Golden Globes 2026. Mimicking its recent Emmy win, the show beat the other heavy lifters in the category, namely Netflix's The Diplomat, Apple TV's Severance, Slow Horses & Pluribus and HBO's The White Lotus. While many of these shows are seasoned Emmy winners, Wyle's popular drama series managed to beat them against all odds and emerge as the true winner of the night.That's not all. This win was extra special for Noah Wyle, as he also bagged the Best Actor in a Television Series (Drama) for The Pitt earlier in the night. Wyle and the series' double win at the Golden Globes 2026 is highly reminiscent of the 2025 Emmy Awards, which also became a game-changer for the medical series, earning it five awards, including Best Actor for Wyle.While The Pitt's win at the Golden Globes 2026 is pivotal, it's hardly shocking, considering the love and praise it has gotten from critics and audiences alike. The series picked up momentum for its authenticity in portraying the harsh realities of the American healthcare system, rarely voiced in modern medical dramas.While accepting his Golden Globes 2026 award, Noah Wyle made a heartfelt speech about the American healthcare system and the need to portray its harsh realities on the small screen. Reflecting on how he and Wells conceived the show after the COVID-19 pandemic, Wyle said:''I called John Wells and said, ‘I know you don’t want to do “ER” again, and I don’t either, but there might be another story to tell about what’s happening in the healthcare system in America.'”The Pitt actor continued:“As we were watching, it was playing itself out to show that we have two different healthcare systems...So whether it was medical misinformation or boarding crisis or nursing shortage or morale fatigue, we wanted to kind of put the spotlight back on first responders, talk about what they’ve been going through for the last five, six years.”The Pitt's win at the Golden Globes 2026 feels even more monumental now that the show has returned for a second season and has already been renewed for a third. The sophomore season takes place on the fourth of July weekend.The Pitt Season 2 releases weekly episodes on HBO Max every Thursday.For the latest scoops on your favorite TV shows and movies, follow SoapCentral.