Spotlight REVIEW 'White Lotus,' 'The Pitt' loom as the year's best TV dramas BRUCE R. MILLER Apr 6, 2025 Apr 6, 2025 Updated Dec 23, 2025 0 1 of 5 Parker Posey plays a Southern matriarch in "The White Lotus." HBO The family in "The White Lotus," from left: Jason Isaacs, Parker Posey, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sarah Catherine Hook and Sam Nivola. HBO/MAX "The Pitt" HBO Max Noah Wyle plays a veteran emergency room physician in "The Pitt." HBO Max Gerran Howell plays a student doctor experiencing his first day in an emergency room rotation in "The Pitt." MAX Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BRUCE R. 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