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NBC has kicked disconnected its play bid renewals pinch a corporate pickup of nan OneChicago franchise, from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television.
Mothership Chicago Fire has been renewed for Season 15, Chicago P.D. for Season 14 and Chicago Med for Season 12. All 3 are group to return successful autumn 2026, apt connected nan franchise’s signature OneChicago Wednesday night.
The renewal follows nan caller March 4 Chicago crossover, which boosted each of nan 3 bid to play highs successful full viewers, pinch societal video views up +75% vs. nan 2025 crossover.
It comes earlier than last year’s OneChicago renewal which went down to nan ligament pinch nan web and workplace going backmost and distant connected fund cuts that resulted in, among different things, nan 3 shows’ orders being trimmed from 22 to 21 episodes this play and formed members crossed aggregate bid departing.
If nan early pickup is immoderate indication, nan trims whitethorn not beryllium arsenic important this year. The number of episodes nan 3 shows will nutrient adjacent play is still TBD.
Per usual, pinch nan renewals successful nan bag, OneChicago will person to unafraid immoderate seasoned formed members whose contracts are up this season. Last year, nan database included Chicago Fire lead Taylor Kinney; this year, it is said to see Chicago Med lead S. Epatha Merkerson. Like Kinney past year, she is expected to continue.
More than a decade in, OneChicago remains a beardown performer some connected linear and streaming, pinch nan 3 shows a regular beingness successful Peacock’s Top 10 in-season.
Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., which chronicle nan master and individual lives of Chicago first responders, are produced by Universal Television, a section of Universal Studio Group, successful relation pinch Wolf Entertainment.
They subordinate nan antecedently renewed NBC sophomore comedies St. Denis Medical and Happy’s Place, pinch pickups for Wolf Entertainment’s Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order pending.
