| 1 | Thompson, Robert J. Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues to ER. New York: Continuum, 1996. | |
| 2 | She hopes to continue to contribute herself in being a caring and competent doctor in future. | |
| 3 | It's Valentine's Day in the ER and Love is blind. | |
| 4 | With SVU, we do something similar, but with crimes instead of patients. | |
| 5 | ER was a fictional drama, but viewers still saw it as a realistic depiction of doctors treating patients. |