Updated 21st January: The show is now in "active development".
"Dick Wolf has been responsible for some of the biggest hits in NBC history, including SVU and the current three Chicago dramas, Fire, P.D., and Med," Jennifer Salke, President of NBC Entertainment said. "The Chicago universe will continue to grow as we are in active development on Chicago Law (working title)."
Source:
Spearheaded by Wolf, I hear the new installment is eyed for a potential launch during the 2016-17 season, likely in midseason, as had been the plan for both previous Chicago spinoffs.
Source:
Original Post:Chicago Law - NBC Considering 4th Chicago Series, Will Spin-Off from Chicago PD
NBC is considering a fourth installment of its increasingly successful franchise of Chicago-set procedural dramas.
Network execs have had early conversations with exec producer Dick Wolf about the possibility of launching “Chicago Law” set in the legal realm. A show focused on courts and lawyers would complement the existing series: “Chicago Fire,” which bowed in 2012, “Chicago P.D.,” now in its third season, and “Chicago Med,” which bowed in the fall.
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke emphasized that the discussions are still in the conceptual stage and there is no script or writer attached for the spinoff. But the idea is that key characters for “Chicago Law” could be introduced in “Chicago P.D.,” much as the other spinoffs came from planted episodes of mothership “Chicago Fire.”
“We could plant the seeds for some characters who could live within the world of ‘P.D.’,” Salke told Variety on Wednesday during NBC’s winter Television Critics Association press tour presentation.
Network execs have had early conversations with exec producer Dick Wolf about the possibility of launching “Chicago Law” set in the legal realm. A show focused on courts and lawyers would complement the existing series: “Chicago Fire,” which bowed in 2012, “Chicago P.D.,” now in its third season, and “Chicago Med,” which bowed in the fall.
NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke emphasized that the discussions are still in the conceptual stage and there is no script or writer attached for the spinoff. But the idea is that key characters for “Chicago Law” could be introduced in “Chicago P.D.,” much as the other spinoffs came from planted episodes of mothership “Chicago Fire.”
“We could plant the seeds for some characters who could live within the world of ‘P.D.’,” Salke told Variety on Wednesday during NBC’s winter Television Critics Association press tour presentation.
Source:
