3 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s 3 Chicago bid will person their leads successful spot erstwhile they return successful nan autumn arsenic Chicago Med‘s S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt, Chicago Fire‘s Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo arsenic good arsenic Chicago P.D.’s Jason Beghe are each locked successful to proceed connected their shows.
Med’s Merkerson and Platt and Fire‘s Kinney and Mayo person signed caller deals to proceed connected their shows, sources said. Like past year, negotiations pinch nan quartet started aft nan 3 Chicago series, produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, were renewed for adjacent season. (The pickup came successful early this time, successful March). Also for illustration past year, Kinney was nan past of nan group to adjacent a caller pact.
Beghe will return to P.D. nether his existent contract. As Deadline reported past year, he has much clip connected his existing deal.
Kinney, Beghe, Merkerson and Platt person been headlining their Chicago bid arsenic original formed members from Day 1. Kinney is headed into his 15th play connected Fire, Beghe into his 14th play connected P.D. and Merkerson and Platt into their 12th play connected Med.
Emmy victor Merkerson is successful a convention of her own; she has been successful nan Dick Wolf beingness for 29 seasons (610 episodes) and counting; earlier Chicago Med, she was connected Law & Order for 17 seasons arsenic nan series’ longest-running formed member.
More than a decade in, One Chicago continues to predominate Wednesday nights. The 3 shows besides pioneered nan integrated franchise universe, staging highly rated crossovers. The astir caller March 4 arena boosted each of nan 3 bid to play highs successful full viewers, pinch societal video views up 75% vs. nan 2025 crossover.
In summation to linear, One Chicago is simply a beardown performer connected streaming, pinch nan 3 shows a regular beingness successful Peacock’s Top 10 in-season.
Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. chronicle nan master and individual lives of Chicago first responders.
Med, which airs astatine 8 PM. Wednesdays, is executive produced by Dick Wolf, Allen MacDonald, Steven Hootstein, Meridith Friedman, Anastasia Puglisi, Rebecca McGill and Peter Jankowski. Fire, which airs astatine 9 PM, is executive produced by Dick Wolf, Reza Tabrizi, Victor Teran, Matt Whitney, Anastasia Puglisi, Rebecca McGill and Peter Jankowskii. P.D. airs astatine 10 PM and is executive produced by Dick Wolf, Gwen Sigan, Chad Saxton, Gavin Harris, Jason Beghe, Anastasia Puglisi, Rebecca McGill and Peter Jankowski.
All 3 bid are produced by Universal Television, a section of Universal Studio Group, successful relation pinch Wolf Entertainment.
Merkerson is repped by CAA, head Bob McGowan and lawyer Roger Haber; Platt by WME; Kinney by Principal Entertainment LA; Mayo by The Rosenzweig Group and Kopeikin Law; and Beghe by Paul Hastings.
