ER - Season 6 Coming Before Christmas: Say Farewell To Hathaway, And Hello to Luka & Abby **LARGE ART ADDED**

Created by best-selling author Michael Crichton, this series centers on the medical personnel in the emergency room of a Chicago county hospital. ER tracks the inner workings of County General Hospital, a Level One Trauma Center where heroic doctors and nurses are faced with life-and-death decisions on a daily basis. In its sixth season, ER received 9 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series.

Warner Bros is set to release the second ER season for 2006 with the announcement that season 6 will be out on December 19 (almost the same day as season 4 was released last year). Get ready for another 22 episodes on 6 discs, presented in Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1) and English stereo audio, along with subtitles in French and Spanish. Extras include deleted scenes. The set will retail for the familiar list price of $49.98.

1. Leave It to Weaver
2. Last Rites
3. Greene with Envy
4. Sins of the Fathers
5. Truth & Consequences
6. The Peace of Wild Things
7. Humpty Dumpty
8. Great Expectations
9. How the Finch Stole Christmas
10. Family Matters
11. The Domino Heart
12. Abby Road
13. Be Still My Heart
14. All in the Family
15. Be Patient
16. Under Control
17. Viable Options
18. Match Made in Heaven
19. The Fastest Year
20. Loose Ends
21. Such Sweet Sorrow
22. May Day

Goran Visnjic joins the cast as Dr. Luka Kovac, Maura Tierney first appears as Nurse (yes Nurse!) Abby Lockhart, and we also see actress Michael Michele join for a few seasons as Dr. Cleo Finch. Ming-Na returns as Dr. Chen, who hasn't been seen since the first season of the show. At the end of the season, Julianna Margulies makes her final appearance as Nurse Carol Hathaway. Guest stars in year six - several of them in multiple episodes - include Steven Culp (Desperate Housewives), film star Rebecca De Mornay, Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Khandi Alexander (C.S.I.: Miami), film star Martha Plimpton, Rosalind Chao (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Gabrielle Union (Night Stalker), Shia LaBeouf (Even Stevens, and "Spike" in the upcoming Transformers live-action film), Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files), young film star Dakota Fanning (in her first "non-ad" on-screen role, at age six), Randolph Mantooth (Emergency!), and a special appearance by George Clooney as "Doug Ross".