''Chicago Med'' is an American
medical drama television series created by
Dick Wolf
Richard Anthony Wolf (born December 20, 1946) is an American film and television producer, best known for his ''Law & Order'' franchise. Since 1990, the franchise has included six police/courtroom dramas and four international spinoffs. He is al ...
and
Matt Olmstead
Matt Olmstead is an American writer and producer for television shows.
Biography
Early life
Olmstead graduated from California State University, Chico in 1988. He is an alumnus of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. He went to Hollywood i ...
, and is the third installment of
Wolf Entertainment
Wolf Entertainment is an American television production company founded in 1988 by producer Dick Wolf, known for its television franchises ''Law & Order'', '' Chicago'', and '' FBI''.
In February 2020, Wolf Entertainment signed one of the la ...
's
''Chicago'' franchise. The series premiered on
NBC
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on November 17, 2015. ''Chicago Med'' follows the
emergency department (ED) doctors and nurses of the fictional Gaffney Chicago Medical Center.
On February 27, 2020, NBC renewed the series for a sixth, seventh, and eighth season. The
sixth season premiered on November 11, 2020. The
seventh season premiered on September 22, 2021.
The eighth season premiered on September 21, 2022.
Premise
Set in
Chicago
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, ''Chicago Med'' is the third series in Dick Wolf's ''Chicago'' franchise. It focuses on the
emergency department at Gaffney Chicago Medical Center and on its doctors and nurses as they work to save patients' lives. It sometimes crosses over with characters from ''
Chicago Fire'' and ''
Chicago P.D.
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind th ...
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Cast
Main
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Nick Gehlfuss
Nicholas Alan Gehlfuss is an American actor, known for his role in 2014 as Robbie Pratt in the fourth season of the Showtime family comedy-drama '' Shameless''. In 2015, he started starring as Dr. Will Halstead in the NBC medical drama ''Chicag ...
as Dr. Will Halstead, a former plastic surgeon, who at the start of the series becomes an ED supervising attending physician. He is originally from
Chicago
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and is the older brother of ''
Chicago P.D.
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'' character
Detective Jay Halstead. He was engaged to Dr. Natalie Manning from seasons three to four.
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Yaya DaCosta
Camara DaCosta Johnson (born November 15, 1982), better known as Yaya DaCosta, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of ''America's Next Top Model''. DaCosta eventually went to star in ABC's daytime drama series ''Al ...
as April Sexton (seasons 1–6; recurring season 8), a first-generation
Brazilian-American ED nurse. She has a younger brother, Noah, who began as a third-year medical student at the hospital. She is also a childhood friend of ''
Chicago Fire'' character
Lieutenant Kelly Severide. In the sixth season, she applies and gets accepted into a nurse practitioner program in order to do more in caring for patients and in the seventh-season premiere "You Can't Always Trust What You See", it is revealed that she has started the program. She later returns in the eighth season after completing the program. She and Dr. Ethan Choi rekindle their relationship during this time, and marry in the middle of the season, with the intent of starting a mobile clinic for the impoverished people in the community.
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Torrey DeVitto
Torrey Joël DeVitto (born June 8, 1984) is an American actress and former fashion model. Her first starring role was as Karen Kerr on the ABC Family drama series '' Beautiful People'' (2005–2006). She followed this up with recurring roles as ...
as Dr. Natalie Manning (seasons 1–7), an ED pediatrician who did a
fellowship
A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context.
In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
in emergency medicine in the first season and becomes an attending in the emergency pediatrics division in the fifth season. She is a widow, coping with the loss of her husband, Jeff, who was
killed in action while serving in the U.S. military. In the first-season episode "Bound", she gives birth to her son Owen. In the seventh-season premiere "You Can't Always Trust What You See", she is fired by Sharon Goodwin and moves back to Seattle with Owen after admitting that she stole drugs from her ex-fiancé Dr. Will Halstead's trial for her sick mother.
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Rachel DiPillo as Dr. Sarah Reese (seasons 1–3; guest season 4), originally a fourth-year medical student, who does not feel inclined to emergency medicine, and would rather become a pathologist. After she graduates from medical school, she changes her mind about being a pathologist and becomes a resident in psychiatry. In the fourth-season premiere "Be My Better Half", she transfers from Chicago Med to Baylor after Dr. Daniel Charles finds out her father is a suspected serial killer and they have a falling out.
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Colin Donnell
Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor and singer best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in ''Anything Goes'', Tommy Merlyn in The CW television series '' Arrow'', Scotty Lockhart on the Showtime drama '' The Affai ...
as Dr. Connor Rhodes (seasons 1–5), a cardio-thoracic fellow from
Chicago
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, who spent some time in
Riyadh
Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of th ...
following his residency. In the first season, he is a trauma surgery fellow, but switches his specialty to cardio-thoracic. In the fifth-season premiere "Never Going Back to Normal", he leaves Med, and Chicago completely for a fresh start after the deaths of his father Cornelius Rhodes and his rival and ex-girlfriend Dr. Ava Bekker, who committed suicide after murdering Cornelius to win Connor back.
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Brian Tee
, known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese film and television actor. He is known for playing Dr. Ethan Choi on the NBC medical drama ''Chicago Med'' and its spin-offs, and has starred in such films as '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo D ...
as
LCDR Dr. Ethan Choi,
United States Navy Reserve
The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy. Members of the Navy Reserve, called Reservists, are categorized as being in either the Se ...
(seasons 1–8), the Chief of Emergency Medicine and former ED chief resident with an expertise in infectious diseases who just returned to the United States after serving on the as a medical officer. He marries April Sexton in the middle of the eighth season and leaves Chicago Med afterwards to start a mobile clinic for the impoverished people in the community with her.
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S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, a former OR nurse and the Chief of Patient and Medical Services (chief administrator) of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center.
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Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many films such as ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''Beethoven'' (1992), '' Indecent Proposal'', ''The Three Musketeers'' (both 1993), '' Execut ...
as Dr. Daniel Charles, the chief of the
psychiatry
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department, who is usually tasked with helping the other doctors deal with the psychological nuances of medicine or difficult patients. He is a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania
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.
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Marlyne Barrett Maggie Lockwood (season 1–present), the ED's charge nurse who is not afraid to speak her mind when it comes to schooling the residents. In the fifth season, she is diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, but is later cured and she marries former cancer patient Ben Campbell.
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Norma Kuhling as Dr. Ava Bekker (seasons 3–5; recurring season 2), a
South Africa
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n trauma surgeon. She butts heads with Dr. Connor Rhodes on professional boundaries, and eventually their rivalry becomes a romantic relationship, which eventually ends after Connor's father alleges that Ava seduced and slept with him to persuade him to fund Connor's hybrid OR. In the fourth-season finale "With a Brave Heart", Connor turns her down in reconciling their relationship and then suspects her of killing his father. In the fifth-season premiere "Never Going Back to Normal", she commits suicide after admitting to killing Connor's father in a last-ditch effort to win him back.
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Dominic Rains
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as Dr. Crockett Marcel (season 5–present), a new trauma surgeon fellow at Chicago Med.
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Steven Weber
Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series ''Wings'' which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC, as Sam Blue in '' Once and Again'', and ...
as Dr. Dean Archer (season 7–present; recurring season 6), an experienced trauma surgeon and emergency physician and a mentor to Dr. Ethan Choi having formerly served in the Navy together.
* Guy Lockard as Dr. Dylan Scott (seasons 7–8), a new ED pediatrician. He is a former Chicago police officer, who switched his career to medicine. In the eighth-season premiere "How Do You Begin To Count The Losses?", after the death of his lover Jo, an undercover cop whom he had crossed paths multiple times with during her assignment, he realizes that he will never be able to let go of his past as a police officer as long as he remains in Chicago and leaves Med, and the city altogether for a new start.
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Kristen Hager
Kristen Hager is a Canadian actress. She co-starred in films '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007) and '' Wanted'' (2008), and played Leslie Van Houten in the independent film '' Leslie, My Name Is Evil'' (2009). From 2011 to 2014, Hager star ...
as Dr. Stevie Hammer (season 7), a new attending physician, who has a past with Dr. Will Halstead. After many ups and downs in dealing with her homeless, addicted, and mentally-ill mother, she moves back to Michigan halfway through the seventh season to give her marriage another chance.
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Jessy Schram
Jessica Schram (born January 15, 1986) is an American actress, model and singer. Her most notable roles include Hannah Griffith in ''Veronica Mars'', Rachel Seybolt in ''Life'', Karen Nadler in ''Falling Skies'' and Cinderella/Ashley Boyd in '' ...
as Dr. Hannah Asher (season 7–present; recurring 5–6), a returning physician from Los Angeles who previously struggled with substance abuse before getting sober.
Recurring
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Julie Berman as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Zanetti (season 1), an
attending trauma surgeon who briefly dates Dr. Connor Rhodes
* Deron J. Powell as Tate Jenkins (seasons 1–2), a retired NFL player who begins dating Nurse April Sexton when she helps treat his son in season one. They become engaged in season two, but break it off shortly after she is infected with tuberculosis and miscarries their child.
* Jeremy Shouldis as Dr. Marty Peterson (season 1–present), an anesthesiologist with a silky, deep voice.
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Peter Mark Kendall as Joey Thomas, a lab tech who dates Dr. Sarah Reese in seasons one and two.
* Roland Buck III as Dr. Noah Sexton (seasons 1–6; guest season 8), a first-year ED resident and Nurse April Sexton's younger brother. In the sixth-season episode "When Your Heart Rules Your Head", he is fired by Dr. Ethan Choi for negligence, due to assisting in Dr. James Coleman's suicide, and he leaves Chicago to take over Dr. Coleman's clinic in Atlanta. He later returns in the eighth season for April and Ethan's wedding.
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Brennan Brown
Brennan Brown (born November 23, 1968) is an American film, television, and stage actor. He currently plays Dr. Samuel Abrams on NBC's ''Chicago Med''. He played Robert Childan on Amazon's ''Man in the High Castle''.
Career
He received his MF ...
as Dr. Sam Abrams, a blunt attending neurosurgeon.
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Gregg Henry
Gregg Lee Henry (born May 6, 1952) is an American character actor and rock, blues and country musician.
He is best known for his performance as serial killer Dennis Rader in the made-for-television film '' The Hunt for the BTK Killer'', and f ...
as Dr. David Downey (season 1), a high-profile heart surgeon who takes an interest in Dr. Connor Rhodes, and dies of cancer in the first-season finale "Timing".
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D. W. Moffett as Cornelius Rhodes (seasons 1–4), the father of Dr. Connor Rhodes. He runs the family business Dolen Rhodes, a high-end department store started by his father. Connor's choice to go into medicine lead to a bitter estrangement between father and son. He is murdered by Dr. Ava Bekker, Dr. Rhodes' ex-girlfriend, via insulin overdose in fourth-season episode "Forever Hold Your Peace" in an attempt to win Dr. Rhodes back, which is revealed later in the fifth-season premiere "Never Going Back to Normal", resulting in Dr. Bekker's suicide.
* Christina Brucato as Claire Rhodes (season 1), the sister of Dr. Connor Rhodes.
* Lorena Diaz as Nurse Doris (season 1–present), ED nurse.
* Casey Tutton as Nurse Monique (season 2–5), ED nurse.
* Marie Tredway as Nurse Trini (season 5-present), ED nurse.
* Amanda Marcheschi as Nurse Dina (season 1-present), ICU charge nurse, sometimes assists in surgical ward.
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Jeff Hephner
Jeffrey Lane Hephner (born June 22, 1975) is an American actor, best known for the role of Jeff Clarke, first on the NBC television series '' Chicago Fire'' and then on its sister show, ''Chicago Med''. More recently, he co-starred with Jennifer ...
as Jeff Clarke (seasons 1–2), a medical student, a former Marine and Iraq veteran, and Dr. Natalie Manning's old family friend. Clarke was briefly a firefighter at Firehouse 51 before returning to medical school after an injury. Clarke briefly dates Natalie until he confesses that her late husband did not approve of his feelings for her. Clarke matches with a hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii, after graduating from medical school.
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Ato Essandoh
Ato Essilfi Bracato Essandoh (born July 29, 1972) is an American television and film actor.
Early life
Essandoh was born in Schenectady, New York to Ghanaian parents and graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1990. He received a B.S. in ch ...
as Dr. Isidore Latham (season 2–present), the attending cardio-thoracic surgeon who supervises Dr. Connor Rhodes' fellowship after Dr. Downey's death from seasons two to five when Connor leaves Chicago Med. Latham has
autism spectrum disorder
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, which sometimes makes it difficult for him to understand the emotional responses of the medical staff.
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Mekia Cox
Mekia Cox (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress and dancer, known for her recurring role as Sasha in the second and third seasons of The CW drama '' 90210'', Dr. Robyn Charles in the NBC medical drama ''Chicago Med'' and her role as a ...
as Dr. Robyn Charles (seasons 2–5), an epidemiologist and Dr. Daniel Charles' previously estranged daughter. She dates Dr. Connor Rhodes from seasons two to three.
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Eddie Jemison
Edward Francis Jemison, Jr. (born November 25, 1963) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as Livingston Dell in the '' Ocean's'' film trilogy and Mickey Duka in ''The Punisher'', as well as the television series '' H ...
as Dr. Stanley Stohl (seasons 2–4), the chief of the emergency department, derisively referred to as "The Troll" by the staff because of his condescending and publicity-courting ways. He is fired from Chicago Med after an arbitrary decision by Gaffney Chicago Medical Center's COO.
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Alexandra Grey as Denise Lockwood (season 2–present), Nurse Maggie Lockwood's transgender sister.
* James Vincent Meredith as Barry (season 3), a paramedic who is Nurse Maggie Lockwood's on-again/off-again ex-boyfriend.
* Nate Santana as Dr. James Lanik (season 3–present), Chief of Trauma Surgery, formerly the interim head of the Emergency Department.
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Michel Gill
Michel Gill (born April 16, 1960), also known as Michael Gill, is an American actor best known for playing President Garrett Walker in the Netflix series ''House of Cards'' and Gideon Goddard on '' Mr. Robot''.
Early life
Gill is a first gener ...
as Robert Haywood (seasons 3–4), Dr. Sarah Reese's estranged father who was an astrophysics professor and a suspected serial killer.
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Arden Cho
Arden Lim Cho (born August 16, 1985) is an American actress, singer and model known for portraying Kira Yukimura in the 2011 MTV television series '' Teen Wolf'' and Ingrid Yun in the 2022 Netflix television series '' Partner Track''.
Early lif ...
as Emily Choi (seasons 3–4), Dr. Ethan Choi's younger and previously estranged recovering–drug addict sister
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Molly Bernard
Molly Kate Bernard (born April 10, 1988) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Lauren Heller on the television series '' Younger''.
Life and career
Molly Bernard began her career in 2000 in the drama ''Pay It Forward'' bes ...
as Dr. Elsa Curry (season 4–5), a first-year ED resident who ends up working closely with Dr. Daniel Charles.
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Ian Harding
Ian Michael Harding (born September 16, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ezra Fitz in the Freeform mystery drama ''Pretty Little Liars'' from 2010 to 2017.
Early life
Harding was born in Heidelberg, West Germany, to an A ...
as Phillip Davis (seasons 4–5), a widowed father who is left to raise his daughter alone after his wife dies from an aneurysm in childbirth. He dates Dr. Natalie Manning from seasons four to five.
* Jodi Kingsley as DCFS Officer Madeline Gastern (season 1-present), a Department of Child and Family Services social worker attached to Gaffney Medical Center
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Tehmina Sunny
Tehmina Sunny is an English actress. She is also trained as a violinist and vocalist. She is of Indian descent.
Life and career
Sunny's career began whilst living in London. After a trip to Los Angeles to study with an acting teacher, she deci ...
as Dr. Sabeena Virani (season 6), a cardiologist who supervises a clinical trial for a new medication and approaches Dr. Will Halstead to lead the project.
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Asjha Cooper as Dr. Vanessa Taylor (season 6–present) is a first year resident, who initially had friction with Maggie due to her being her biological mother and she doesn't want anyone to know.
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Sarah Rafferty
Sarah Gray Rafferty (born December 6, 1972) is an American actress, widely known for her role as Donna Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama '' Suits''.
Early life and education
Rafferty grew up as the youngest of four daughters in the Rivers ...
as Dr. Pamela Blake (season 7), is a transplant surgeon who has friction with Dr. Marcel after he did not want her daughter to be operated on.
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Bonita Friedericy
Bonita Anne Friedericy (born October 10, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her role as Diane Beckman in the NBC series ''Chuck''. Her husband is actor John Billingsley.
Early life
Friedericy was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, w ...
as Terri Hammer (season 7), is the mother of Dr. Hammer.
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Michael Rady as Dr. Matt Cooper (season 7), is a doctor who uses Vas-com a lot and who Will is investigating to find out if he is doing illegal use in the hospital.
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Johanna Braddy
Johanna Elizabeth Braddy (born August 30, 1987) is an American actress. She played the leading role in the 2009 horror film ''The Grudge 3'', and has appeared in '' Hurt'' (2009), '' Easy A'' (2010), ''Paranormal Activity 3'' (2011), and ''The Lev ...
as Avery Quinn (season 7) is the daughter of Dr. Pamela Blake who has an interest in Dr. Marcel.
Episodes
Crossovers
* "The Beating Heart" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 4, Episode 10) / "Now I'm God" (''Chicago P.D.'' Season 3, Episode 10) – In the first crossover with ''Fire'' and ''P.D.'', continuing on "Malignant", a member of Firehouse 51 is rushed to Chicago Med for a stabbing while an attempted suicide uncovers four cases of chemo overdose, leading to an investigation that becomes personal for Voight.
* "Going to War" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 7, Episode 2) / "Endings" (''Chicago P.D.'' Season 6, Episode 2) – In the second crossover with ''Fire'' and ''P.D.'', continuing on "When to Let Go", the victims of an apartment complex fire are rushed into Chicago Med and Intelligence races to find the culprit.
* "
Infection
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" (''Chicago Fire'' Season 8, Episode 4/''Chicago Med'' Season 5, Episode 4/''Chicago P.D.'' Season 7, Episode 4) – In the third crossover with ''Fire'' and ''P.D.'', a bioterrorist spreads a deadly virus throughout Chicago.
Production
Development
The series was greenlighted by
NBC
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for the show's
pilot episode on May 1, 2015.
On August 21, 2015, Andrew Dettman stepped down as showrunner due to "creative differences" following his appointment in June.
Andrew Schneider and
Diane Frolov
Diane Frolov is an American television writer and producer. She has written for several television shows, including ''The Sopranos'' and ''Northern Exposure''. She frequently co-writes episodes with her husband, Andrew Schneider.
Career
Frolo ...
were appointed as new showrunners on August 27, 2015.
NBC originally ordered 13 episodes for season one; on December 11, 2015, an additional 5 episodes were ordered, bringing the season to 18 episodes.
On February 1, 2016, NBC renewed the series for a second season. On May 15, 2016, it was announced that the series would be moving to Thursdays. The second season premiered on September 22, 2016.
On May 10, 2017, NBC renewed the series for a third season but opted to remove it from the fall schedule to midseason, after the premiere of Dick Wolf's sixth ''
Law & Order'' series ''
Law & Order True Crime
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''. The series moved back to Tuesdays after spending one season on Thursdays.
On March 13, 2020, Universal Television shut down production on the series due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Casting
''
The Walking Dead'' star
Laurie Holden
Heather Laurie Holden (born December 17, 1969) is a Canadian-American actress, producer, and human rights activist, known for her roles as Marita Covarrubias in ''The X-Files'' (1996–2002), Adele Stanton in '' The Majestic'' (2001), Cybil Benn ...
was originally cast as Dr. Hannah Tramble, but dropped out due to "family reasons". On May 29, 2015, ''
Arrow'' star
Colin Donnell
Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor and singer best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in ''Anything Goes'', Tommy Merlyn in The CW television series '' Arrow'', Scotty Lockhart on the Showtime drama '' The Affai ...
was cast as Dr. Connor Rhodes, the hospital's newest trauma surgeon. In July 2015, ''
Jurassic World'' star
Brian Tee
, known professionally as Brian Tee, is a Japanese film and television actor. He is known for playing Dr. Ethan Choi on the NBC medical drama ''Chicago Med'' and its spin-offs, and has starred in such films as '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo D ...
joined the cast as Dr. Ethan Choi, an expert in infectious disease prevention and a Navy Reserve medical officer. ''
Pretty Little Liars
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'' star
Torrey DeVitto
Torrey Joël DeVitto (born June 8, 1984) is an American actress and former fashion model. Her first starring role was as Karen Kerr on the ABC Family drama series '' Beautiful People'' (2005–2006). She followed this up with recurring roles as ...
was cast on August 13, 2015, as Dr. Natalie Manning, the ED pediatrician. On August 14, 2015, ''
Jane the Virgin
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'' star
Rachel DiPillo was cast as Sarah Reese, a fourth-year medical student.
On April 19, 2019, NBC announced that original cast member
Colin Donnell
Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor and singer best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in ''Anything Goes'', Tommy Merlyn in The CW television series '' Arrow'', Scotty Lockhart on the Showtime drama '' The Affai ...
and
Norma Kuhling would be written out of the series at the end of the fourth season for creative reasons. On May 12, 2021, NBC announced that original cast members
Yaya DaCosta
Camara DaCosta Johnson (born November 15, 1982), better known as Yaya DaCosta, is an American actress and model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of ''America's Next Top Model''. DaCosta eventually went to star in ABC's daytime drama series ''Al ...
and
Torrey DeVitto
Torrey Joël DeVitto (born June 8, 1984) is an American actress and former fashion model. Her first starring role was as Karen Kerr on the ABC Family drama series '' Beautiful People'' (2005–2006). She followed this up with recurring roles as ...
would leave the series at the end of the sixth season after deciding not to renew their contracts to pursue new roles.
On July 21, 2021, it was announced that
Steven Weber
Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series ''Wings'' which aired from April 1990 to May 1997 on NBC, as Sam Blue in '' Once and Again'', and ...
would be promoted to a series regular after recurring in the sixth season, and Guy Lockard and
Kristen Hager
Kristen Hager is a Canadian actress. She co-starred in films '' Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem'' (2007) and '' Wanted'' (2008), and played Leslie Van Houten in the independent film '' Leslie, My Name Is Evil'' (2009). From 2011 to 2014, Hager star ...
would join the main cast. On October 12, 2022, NBC announced that Tee would leave the series after eight seasons.
Reception
Ratings
Reviews
On
Metacritic
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, season 1 has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100 based on 17 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes
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reported that 50% of critics have given the season 1 of the show a positive review based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 5.52/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "While adding nothing new to the established medical procedural formula, Dick Wolf's ''Chicago Med'' hits its familiar beats forcefully enough to satisfy a few genre enthusiasts."
Broadcast and streaming
''Chicago Med'' airs on
NBC
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and is available through the network's streaming platforms, on demand and Hulu with previous season "stacking rights" on the former, and pay-per-episode purchase via
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platforms. The series will be available for streaming on
Peacock
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along with ''
Chicago Fire'', ''
Chicago P.D.
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, under the jurisdiction of the City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States, behind th ...
'', ''
Law & Order'', ''
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' and ''
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' is an American police procedural Drama (film and television), drama television series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and Executive producer#Motion pictures and television, p ...
''.
In Canada, the series aired on the
Global Television Network for four seasons, then moved to
CityTV. Season three aired at the start of the week ahead of the NBC air date later in the week.
In Malaysia, the series aired on
PRIMEtime for five seasons, then moved to
Sony Channel Asia.
In the UK, ''Chicago Med'' premiered on March 20, 2016, on
Universal Channel
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in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The second season aired on October 23, 2016. Since the fifth season, it has aired on
Sky Witness
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In Australia, the series debuted on November 23, 2016, on the
Nine Network.
In Romania, the series debuted on February 16, 2017, on the channel
Diva
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under the title "Camera de gardă" (The guard room). The sixth season premiered on March 7, 2021.
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