The Pitt airs its second episode tonight, which will take us two hours into a somewhat streaming-unprecedented 15-episode season that won’t end until April. While The Pitt has a great ensemble cast, there is an obvious standout in Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby, the anchor of the series, who swings between total competence and total emotional breakdowns. At least last season. It’s too early to tell how he’s going to function this time around.
While much focus has been put on Wyle’s recent Emmy win, viewers have noticed that he may be about to set a TV awards record that has never been done before, winning all five major actor awards for a male performance in one season of a TV show. Those would be:
- An Emmy
- A Golden Globe
- The Critic’s Choice Award
- The Television Critics Association Award
- A SAG award
That last one is the final piece of the puzzle for Wyle, winning at the Screen Actors Guild awards. Those will not air until Sunday, March 1, 2026, and will be streamed on Netflix. The SAG nominees were just announced last week. Like most other awards, these are split both by gender and by comedy/drama. Here’s his competition for the SAG:
- Sterling K. Brown – Paradise
- Billy Crudup – The Morning Show
- Walton Goggins – The White Lotus
- Gary Oldman – Slow Horses
- Noah Wyle – The Pitt
Overlooking the fact that it’s wild someone like Adam Scott didn’t get nominated for Severance season 2, I do not think this category will be particularly close. Not that any of these performances are bad. I will watch Gary Oldman on Slow Horses forever. Goggins did great on The White Lotus, but he was just a small part of a huge ensemble cast. I cannot see a way Wyle does not win here, and in turn, sets this five-award record for season 1 of The Pitt. The female SAG category is much more competitive with Britt Lower (Severance), Parker Posey (The White Lotus), Keri Russell (The Diplomat), Rhea Seehorn (Pluribus) and Aimee Lou Wood (The White Lotus). Though I would say Seehorn takes it, which she just did recently at the Golden Globes.
It is worth noting that while this kind of sweep has not happened in the male actor category, it has happened with a number of female actors, which include Sarah Paulson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Michelle Williams, Catherine O’Hara and Jean Smart, with a number of those in the comedy category. Impressive!
Is Wyle giving one of the best performances in TV history? I mean, I don’t think so. He is fantastic, to be sure, but I think some of this may be due to a somewhat weaker slate of competition at this time. I mean, The Morning Show? Paradise? Come on. This is far from the Breaking Bad versus Mad Men years.
Will Wyle get nominated for season 2 of The Pitt? Almost certainly, given that I doubt he’s going to turn in a worse performance. But for now, we’ll see if he can snag this fifth award in a month and a half.
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