Los Angeles, Dec. 21 -- The upcoming second season of medical drama, "The Pitt", continues to take shape with the addition of Rusty Schwimmer (The Righteous Gemstones, The Last Frontier), Jayne Taini (Ray Donovan, Unbelievable) and Annabelle Toomey (The Bear, Chicago P.D.), all set to appear in recurring guest roles.

From creator R. Scott Gemmill and producer John Wells, The Pitt chronicles the urgent challenges U.S. frontline healthcare professionals face through the lens of the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center's emergency department. Offering a real-time format, the series traces, hour by hour, the medical cases and personal crises physicians and nurses must navigate as they reckon with an overabundance of patients and a lack o...