Everything We Know About "The Pitt" Season 3
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Kayleigh RobertsJanuary 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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HBO Max officially renewed its hit medical drama The Pitt for a third season before the premiere of season two.
While the show's second season focused on the events at the fictional Pittsburgh emergency medical center during July 4th weekend, star Noah Wyle has said the third season will probably not be set during a holiday.
No details have been announced yet about The Pitt season 3's plot or cast, but Wyle has said he's committed to playing his character, Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, "as long as you’ll have me."
In the age of streaming, viewers have no shortage of high-quality content to choose from—but, frequently, audiences are subjected to sometimes excruciatingly-long waits between seasons of the top-tier series they fall in love with. HBO Max has proven its commitment to making sure that isn't the case for fans of The Pitt, which was officially renewed ahead of its season 2 premiere on January 8.
HBO chairman and CEO Casey Bloys announced the renewal news during the series' season two premiere event in Los Angeles on January 7. The early renewal announcement fit with the streamer's stated scheduling strategy for The Pitt, which it hopes to keep on an "annual cadence."
"One of the reasons that we wanted to have an early renewal is because we want to keep it on an annual cadence,” Warner Bros. Television Group Chairperson and CEO Channing Dungey told Deadline shortly after the hit drama was renewed for a second season. "That’s the other part of this broadcast-style model. You fall in love with these [streaming] shows, you see eight episodes, and then you have to wait 18 months for there to be more. The whole promise of The Pitt was that we would be on an annual cadence, and we’re going to be able to make that happen."
Details about The Pitt's third season are still mostly under wraps (which makes sense, considering season 2 won't finish airing new episodes until mid-April 2026), but below is everything we know about The Pitt’s already highly-anticipated season three.
The Pitt season three will likely premiere in January 2027.
Season 1 of The Pitt debuted on January 9, 2025 and season 2 returned on January 8, 2026. Considering HBO Max's stated dedication to keeping The Pitt on an "annual cadence" for its seasons, it's likely the streamer will aim for a January 2027 premiere date for the show's third season.
Season 3 of The Pitt will probably have a shorter time jump—and probably won't take place during a holiday.
Each season of The Pitt plays out in real time, with each episode covering one hour of one of a 15-hour shift being worked by Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (played by Noah Wyle), the chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital’s emergency room. For its second season, The Pitt jumped forward 10 months from where it left off in season 1 and focused on a holiday weekend shift on July 4th.
While no firm details are known about the plot of the show's third season, when asked if season 3 would include another holiday shift at the hospital, Wyle said "probably not."
Noah Wyle on the success of #ThePitt and what he would tell his younger self: "Don't worry so much. It's going to work out okay.""I didn't think lighting would strike twice like this in my life, 30 years apart... it's the greatest gift." pic.twitter.com/tNgGI3utZ4
— Variety (@Variety) January 8, 2026
"Although we might not push it so far into the future this time—10 months was a long jump. I don’t think we need to make that long of a jump next time," the actor teased to Variety during an interview on the Season 2 premiere red carpet in Los Angeles on January 7, after showrunner R. Scott Gemmill joked that next season would happen on Halloween.
"He’s just giving—ask a Canadian a question and they answer. It’s unbelievable," Wyle said in response to Gemmill’s comment about setting season 3 during Halloween. "He’s got this Krampus costume he wants to wear on set."
The cast for season 3 has not been announced yet.
For its second season, The Pitt expanded its cast, adding newcomers like Sepideh Moafi as Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi and Laëtitia Hollard as a nurse named Emma to the mix. Season three may very well introduce new characters, as well, but no casting announcements have been made yet.
Wyle, who told TV Insider last year that he'll play Dr. Robby "as long as you’ll have me," is a safe bet to return and other members of the ensemble cast, like Patrick Ball (Dr. Langdon), Katherine LaNasa (Dana Evans), Supriya Ganesh (Dr. Mohan), Fiona Dourif (Dr. McKay), Taylor Dearden (Dr. King), Isa Briones (Dr. Santos), Gerran Howell (Whitaker), and Shabana Azeez (Javadi), all of whom appeared in the show's first two seasons, could also return for season 3.
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