premise: They wo n't be killing off George Clooney 's character at ER like they did to Jimmy Smits at NYPD . Instead , Dr. Doug Ross is being forced out over the next two episodes because the maverick heartthrob gives an unauthorized painkiller to a terminally ill boy ( Thursday , 10 p.m. ) .
hypothesis: George Clooney will lose his job ebcause the producers do n't think he can act .