A judge is allowing the estate of Michael Crichton — the late creator of hit television series "ER" — to pursue its lawsuit against Max's new medical drama "The Pitt."

A lawsuit has been brewing that alleged the new series is a thinly veiled copy of the NBC medical drama ER, which Crichton's estate has the rights to. Recently Warner Bros. Televi

A court has denied Warner Bros.' anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss the case between WBD and the Michael Crichton estate over "The Pitt." Because of this ruling, the lawsuit will be allowed to move through discovery and to trial.

Warner Bros Discovery said on Wednesday that it plans to offer sports and news content at no additional cost on its streaming platform, Max, to standard and premium subscribers in the U.S.

Warner Bros. Discovery reversed plans announced in September of 2023 to launch a premium tier for sports programming on Max, and said it also would end an experiment called “CNN Max” that attempted to create a new CNN tier for subscribers to the streaming service.

The service will make its long-awaited debut down under on March 31, with the second season of HBO's post-apocalyptic series 'The Last of Us' serving as an early tentpole title when it releases in April.