People: Where are they now? ER

After 15 years, it’s time to grab some kleenex-STAT! In it’s final seson, ER’s stars look back.

“I know it will never be this good again.” Clooney, now 47, said in 1995 of his life as the show’s resident heartthrob.  But it got even better when he left in ‘99 and became a movie star and Oscar winner (for 2005’s Syriana).

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When ER premiered Sept.19,1994 – in a time slot opposite another hospital darma, Chicago Hope – not even the show’s creators were optimistic about their prognosis.  “I think we all thought we would be done by Christmas!” says executive producer John Wells. At it’s peak 32 million viewers returned each Thursday to watch the cast of relative unknowns – including Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies and some guy named George Clooney.  The years rolled on and original cast members left to pursue other goals, but the show remained a hit.  Says Wells: “It was wonderful and shocking to have it last this long.” As ER embarks on its 15th and final season (the doctors will treat their last patient next spring), “there hasn’t been a moment to stop and consider,” says Wells. “It will be a very unusual day for me when it’s all over. “

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