The Pitt season 2 premieres in January 2026, a year after the show originally debuted

Like the first installment, the new season will consist of 15 episodes

The HBO Max series won multiple Emmys for its freshman season, including Outstanding Drama Series

Dr. Robby is ready to clock in for season 2 of The Pitt.

HBO Max's fast-paced medical drama starring Noah Wyle was one of the breakout TV hits of 2025. The series was critically acclaimed and earned multiple Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Wyle, and Outstanding Drama Series.

The 15-episode first season concluded in April 2025, and Dr. Robby and his co-workers are now scrubbing in for another day in the emergency room over a stressful July 4th weekend.

"Fireworks, alcohol-related accidents, bad judgments, celebrations gone awry," Wyle teased to Entertainment Weekly in December 2025. "It's a whole host of cases."

He continued, "And like on any Fourth of July, they start being one type of case, and over the course of the day, you get a higher acuity of cases coming in as people get more inebriated or take bigger chances or start dealing with more pyrotechnics."

Here's everything to know about The Pitt season 2 release schedule, including how many episode there will be.

The Pitt season 2 premieres on Jan. 8, nearly exactly a year after the series debuted on Jan. 9, 2025.

In an April 2025 TVLine interview, it was confirmed that there would be a 10-month time jump between seasons 1 and 2 of The Pitt.

"Nine, basically 10 months later, gives a lot of room for us to have developed a few stories in the interim and catch up with everyone," said series creator R. Scott Gemmill.

Wyle added, "There's no benefit in coming back quickly, before everybody's had a chance to have this experience really sink in, and it manifests itself in behaviors that are interesting to watch — that are different or more informed than in Season 1."

The Pitt season 2 will consist of 15 episodes, the same number as the first season.

Each episode will depict an hour of a 15-hour workday for the doctors and nurses.

"There’s something really hand in glove with having it mirror a work day or a work night," Wyle told The A.V. Club in September 2025 about the show's structure.

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Season 2 of The Pitt premieres on Jan. 8, with a new episode dropping every week until the finale on April 16.

Here's the full release schedule:

Jan. 8: Episode 1

Jan. 15: Episode 2

Jan. 22: Episode 3

Jan. 29: Episode 4

Feb. 5: Episode 5

Feb. 12: Episode 6

Feb. 19: Episode 7

Feb. 26: Episode 8

Mar. 5: Episode 9

Mar. 12: Episode 10

Mar. 19: Episode 11

Mar. 26: Episode 12

Apr. 2: Episode 13

Apr. 9: Episode 14

Apr. 16: Episode 15

New episodes of The Pitt debut Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO Max.

In addition to starring, writing and executive producing on The Pitt, Wyle also stepped behind the camera as director for season 2.

According to Variety, the Emmy-winning actor directed the sixth episode of the new season.

"I feel prepped, which is what you want to feel. This has been such an amazing experience for me, all the way down the line," he said in August 2025, just before filming for episode 6 began.

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Season 2 of The Pitt will be available to stream on HBO Max.

All 15 episodes of season 1 are also available on the platform.