EXCLUSIVE: After solely two early 2025-26 renewals for freshman comedies St. Denis Medical and Completely happy’s Place, NBC is kicking off its pickups at present with three of its strongest sequence, 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 forged members, which you’ll watch beneath.
As Deadline reported final month, the renewal of the three Chicago sequence — and the remainder of Wolf Leisure NBC dramas — was by no means doubtful. Chicago Fireplace, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med in addition to Regulation & Order: SVU lead NBC’s linear scripted rankings and Peacock’s viewership record. In response to NBCUniversal, the present seasons of Chicago Med, Chicago Fireplace and Chicago P.D. have reached almost 46 million complete viewers this season to-date throughout NBC and Peacock, with all three’s streaming viewership rising year-over-year.
Like yearly, there have been finances conversations between the community and sister studio Common Tv, the studio behind the Wolf Leisure sequence, forward of the renewal. They resulted in some trims for One Chicago, thought of commonplace follow for veteran exhibits of that caliber as sequence get dearer with age.
As Deadline reported completely two years in the past, heading into the 2022-23 season, Wolf Leisure and Common TV lowered the “minimal ensures” for many forged members throughout the Chicago and Regulation & Order sequence. The price-saving measure, used broadly on long-running ensemble dramas, includes sequence regulars not showing in each produced episode. Again then, the discount was a few episodes, two for many forged members.
That also is believed to be the case now, with the vary of episodes subsequent season that some actors gained’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 depend for individuals who don’t turn into residents anticipated to slip additional.
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The general 2025-26 orders for the three Chicago exhibits are nonetheless in flux however I hear they are going to seemingly be a tad shorter than this season, additionally an ongoing development in broadcast TV that saves the community’s cash. In one other finances increase-curbing transfer, some One Chicago forged members should forego their annual 5% elevate, sources stated.
With the renewals within the bag, One Chicago nonetheless must safe a handful of veteran forged 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 forged members, Daniel Kyri and Jake Lockett, won’t be returning subsequent season in a cost-reduction measure, Deadline reported completely final month. In response to sources, different One Chicago departures are potential.
One Chicago, referred to as by NBC the most-watched drama franchise on broadcast TV in Stay+7, has helped the community dominate Wednesday nights. The three exhibits, which pioneered the built-in franchise universe, additionally work nicely collectively, with the Jan. 29 crossover setting Stay+7 season excessive marks for every present.
In its tenth season, Chicago Med, which airs at 8 PM. Wednesdays, is government produced by Dick Wolf, Allen MacDonald, Stephen Hootstein and Peter Jankowski.
In its thirteenth season, Chicago Fireplace, which airs at 9 PM Wednesdays, is government 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 government produced by Dick Wolf, Gwen Sigan, Chad Saxton, Gavin Harris, Jason Beghe, and Peter Jankowski.
All three sequence are produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, in affiliation with Wolf Leisure.
Rosy Cordero contributed to this report.
