Code Black: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Code Black is a heart-pounding medical drama that takes place in the busiest, most notorious ER in the nation, where the staggering influx of patients can outweigh the limited resources available to the extraordinary doctors and nurses whose job is to treat them all - creating a condition known as Code Black. At the heart of the ER's controlled chaos is Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish, renowned for successfully performing high-risk procedures in Center Stage, the trauma area reserved for the most critical cases. Her four new first-year residents are Christa Lorenson, Malaya Pineda, Mario Savetti and Angus Leighton. Leanne's confidante, Jesse Sallander, is an amiable seen-it-all senior nurse who manages the residents. Also working in the ER is Dr. Neal Hudson, an excellent physician who sometimes disagrees with Leanne's "cowboy" approach, and Dr. Rollie Guthrie, the energetic, longest-serving attending. In Center Stage, life is measured in seconds, and these heroic doctors and nurses operate with speed and skill within an overwhelmed system to treat the crowds of people who are often there for one of two reasons: to die or to receive a life-saving miracle.

Series details

• Title: Code Black
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Medical
• Premiere date: 2015-09-30
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-07-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 2276

Cast and credited roles

• Marcia Gay Harden — Dr. Leanne Rorish
• Ben Hollingsworth — Mario Savetti
• Luis Guzmán — Jesse Sallander
• Harry Ford — Angus Leighton
• William Allen Young — Dr. Rollie Guthrie
• Boris Kodjoe — Dr. Will Campbell
• Melanie Chandra — Malaya Pineda
• Rob Lowe — Colonel Ethan Willis
• Emily Tyra — Dr. Noa Kean
• Noah Gray-Cabey — Dr. Elliot Dixon
• Jillian Murray — Dr. Heather Pinkney
• Bonnie Somerville — Christa Lorenson

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-09-30; final listed air date 2016-02-24; episode order: 18.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-09-28; final listed air date 2017-02-08; episode order: 16.
• Season 3: premiered 2018-04-25; final listed air date 2018-07-18; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Code Black on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.