With all of the cost cutting going on in broadcast television, you never know who will be back the following season on the long-running shows. However, we do know who had signed to be part of One Chicago in the Fall.
According to Deadline, Chicago Med‘s S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt, Chicago Fire‘s Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo, and Chicago P.D.’s Jason Beghe are not going anywhere. So that gives you a little spoiler on who survives after yesterday’s cliffhangers.
But with only five names mentioned, we’re left wondering who might not be returning to Chicago.
Who will leave you sad if they are not asked back? Because Chicago Fire definitely has a lot of characters’ lives in peril.
Now, NBC can surprise us and bring everyone back. But, sadly, I don’t think that is possible in this financial climate.
For weeks, NBC has been keeping us on the edge of our seats when it comes to whether or not they were going to renew Law & Order for another season, or cancel it for a second time.
Today, the network made it official, announcing that it will be back for a 26th season, its fifth after an 11-year hiatus.
It is the second-longest-running live-action series on television. What is the longest? Its spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. Dick Wolf sure knows how to make shows that last and last.
Remember season 24 of Law & Order: SVU, when Benson and Stabler came close to giving the fans what they wanted and almost kissed? Well, it turns out, they did!
What??? Mariska Hargitay told The Hollywood Reporter, “I think we [she and Chris Meloni] felt that this moment was earned, that this thing could happen for a second — and so that’s how we shot it. [audience goes crazy] Don’t you wish you were there for that?! Yeah. We shot it a couple different ways. And then they [Wolf and others] had the choice in editing, and they [opted to use the near-kiss version rather than the kiss] … We [she and Meloni] disagreed. We disagreed because we thought that it was earned and the way it was dealt with was really complex and very beautiful and very human and showed the complexity of their relationship and all the different ways that they’re connected … [But] no matter what I want, Dick Wolf can totally just say, ‘Uh, no.’”
However, the Executive Producer said yes to her directing the 600th episode (Can you believe they have done that many episodes?), which will be the sixth episode next season. Maybe Wolf will also say yes to the former partners finally kissing?!?
Dick Wolf recently received two phone calls from NBCUniversal, one with good news and one with bad.
The good news is that Law & Order: SVU was renewed for a record-breaking 28th season. The bad news is that SVU OG Chris Meloni’s spinoff, which airs on Peacock, was not picked up for a sixth season.
Even though Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, FBI, and CIA will be back in the Fall, Wolf is still sitting by the phone waiting to hear if Law & Order: Mothership will be joining all of his other shows. Dun Dun.
Before Michael B. Jordan played a boxer in Creed, he had already done that in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He looks the same now as he did when he was 23 in that 2010 episode.
