Cameras started rolling in town this week on Chicago Med a month after the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour—a hazing ritual of sorts for fall TV’s freshman class.
As I chatted on a couch with showrunner Andrew Dettmann, little did I know that his time was about to be up on Chicago Med. Just a week after press tour, news broke that the former CSI producer would no longer helm the Med writers’ room, reportedly due to “creative differences.” If Dettmann knew the end was near when we talked, he didn’t let on.
Three crossover events are on tap this season, including a “jumbo” four-way in February involving Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and SVU.
Like several of his cast mates, Platt already is a familiar face to fans of Fire. He popped up in an episode last season titled “I Am the Apocalypse,” which doubled as an “embedded pilot” for Chicago Med. Other actors returning include longtime Law & Order star S. Epatha Merkerson, Nick Gehlfuss (Shameless), and Yaya DaCosta, who played the late singer Whitney Houston in Lifetime’s recent biopic.
Torrey DeVitto (Pretty Little Liars) and Rachel DiPillo (Jane the Virgin) joined the cast after the summer press tour, so they weren’t on the Med panel and didn’t have to respond to obtuse questions like this one:
Chicago Med premieres November 17 at 8 PM on NBC.
