The second season premiere January 8 drew 5.4 million viewers in its first three days, a 200 percent increase compared to Season 1. He also realizes that his friendship with Dr. Robby seems irreparably damaged and he will be assigned to lower-level duties. The PittThe Pitt is facing the inevitable difficulties and “growing pains” that all breakout hit television shows have to contend with in their second season and beyond. Long bitter strikes in Rhode Island and Michigan, and now massive walkouts on both US coasts demonstrate that healthcare workers are anything but passive or submissive. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers are not martyrs who either stay and suffer or ultimately break down.