EXCLUSIVE: After solely two early 2025-26 renewals for freshman comedies St. Denis Medical and Blissful’s Place, NBC is kicking off its pickups as we speak with three of its strongest collection, the formidable One Chicago franchise.
Forward of the community’s 2025-26 schedule reveal subsequent Monday, NBC has renewed Chicago Fireplace for a 14th season, Chicago P.D. for a thirteenth season and Chicago Med for an eleventh season. The renewal is being introduced on social media with a video filmed by a number of Chicago Fireplace solid members, which you’ll be able to watch beneath.
As Deadline reported final month, the renewal of the three Chicago collection — and the remainder of Wolf Leisure NBC dramas — was by no means doubtful. Chicago Fireplace, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med in addition to Legislation & Order: SVU lead NBC’s linear scripted rankings and Peacock’s viewership listing. In keeping with NBCUniversal, the present seasons of Chicago Med, Chicago Fireplace and Chicago P.D. have reached practically 46 million whole viewers this season to-date throughout NBC and Peacock, with all three’s streaming viewership rising year-over-year.
Like yearly, there have been price range conversations between the community and sister studio Common Tv, the studio behind the Wolf Leisure collection, forward of the renewal. They resulted in some trims for One Chicago, thought of normal observe for veteran exhibits of that caliber as collection get dearer with age.
As Deadline reported solely two years in the past, heading into the 2022-23 season, Wolf Leisure and Common TV lowered the “minimal ensures” for many solid members throughout the Chicago and Legislation & Order collection. The price-saving measure, used extensively on long-running ensemble dramas, entails collection regulars not showing in each produced episode. Again then, the discount was a few episodes, two for many solid members.
That also is believed to be the case now, with the vary of episodes subsequent season that some actors received’t be in, stated to be about 2-4. In one other wrinkle, I hear the casts of the Chicago dramas, which movie within the Windy Metropolis, have been requested to tackle Illinois residency, with the episode rely for individuals who don’t change into residents anticipated to slip additional.
The general 2025-26 orders for the three Chicago exhibits are nonetheless in flux however I hear they may possible be a tad shorter than this season, additionally an ongoing pattern in broadcast TV that save the networks cash. In one other price range increase-curbing transfer, some One Chicago solid members must forego their annual 5% increase, sources stated.
With the renewals within the bag, One Chicago nonetheless must safe a handful of veteran solid members whose contracts are up this season, together with Chicago Fireplace star Taylor Kinney. Talks are underway with all of them, I hear.
Two Chicago Fireplace solid members, Daniel Kyri and Jake Lockett, is not going to be returning subsequent season in a cost-reduction measure, Deadline reported solely final month. In keeping with sources, different One Chicago departures are potential.
One Chicago, known as by NBC the most-watched drama franchise on broadcast TV in Dwell+7, has helped the community dominate Wednesday nights. The three exhibits, which pioneered the built-in franchise universe, additionally work effectively collectively, with the Jan. 29 crossover setting Dwell+7 season excessive marks for every present.
In its tenth season, Chicago Med, which airs at 8 PM. Wednesdays, is govt produced by Dick Wolf, Allen MacDonald, Stephen Hootstein and Peter Jankowski.
In its thirteenth season, Chicago Fireplace, which airs at 9 PM Wednesdays, is govt produced by Dick Wolf, Andrea Newman, Reza Tabrizi, Matt Whitney and Peter Jankowski.
In its twelfth season, Chicago P.D. airs at 10 PM Wednesdays and is govt produced by Dick Wolf, Gwen Sigan, Chad Saxton, Gavin Harris, Jason Beghe, and Peter Jankowski.
All three collection are produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, in affiliation with Wolf Leisure.
Rosy Cordero contributed to this report.
