New episodes of “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” air Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. ET on NBC.
INDIANAPOLIS — “One Chicago” is back for Wednesday nights on NBC.
“Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” return Wednesday, Oct. 1 with their 11th, 14th and 13th seasons, respectively.
Jessy Schram, who plays Dr. Hannah Asher, grew up in Buffalo Grove, a northwest suburb of Chicago.
“It is a homecoming. It’s insanely surreal to be looking at a billboard or driving past set and realizing that this every day when I was growing up was my dream,” Schram said. “To do my dream in my hometown, working with the people that I grew up with, it’s a different sense of pride for sure.”
LaRoyce Hawkins, who plays Officer Kevin Atwater, also grew up in the area in Harvey, a south suburb of Chicago.
“I can only imagine how the Bulls felt in the ’90s, and there’s this energy that attracts a lot of attention and positive traffic towards Chicago that makes people want to think about Chicago,” Hawkins said. “If you’re a fan of the shows, you become a fan of the city, and being from this city attaches that pride to it that we definitely appreciate, and the city loves the shows as well, which makes it that much better.”
According to Nielsen, all three shows finished among the top 20 for total viewers among network shows in the 2024-25 TV season.
“We put so much effort into it, and it feels so rewarding to know that people set time in their schedules and make time in their lives to absorb what we create every week,” said Hanako Greensmith, who plays Violet Mikami. “I came onto this show never thinking that I would get to be a fixture in the way that I’ve gotten to be, and it’s been such a gift and an honor to work with the amazing people.”
After last season’s three-part crossover event, fans are always ready for more characters and storylines to intersect between the three shows.
“I can’t say or deny, yeah or nay, that we will be doing a three-show crossover, but I know that already we definitely have some overlap for at least some characters going to and fro between the shows,” Greensmith said. “You don’t often get the opportunity to work with one another on such a large scale, so getting to do that again, it would be so much fun and such an honor, so fingers crossed.”
And if fans are looking for even more content, the “One Chicago” podcast launched Sept. 18 with Brian Luce, a former Chicago police officer who now works on “Chicago P.D.” as a producer and technical consultant.
“Brian Luce has been the heart and soul of ‘Chicago P.D.’ specifically since we started. We truly wouldn’t be able to do the show as authentically or genuine without him,” Hawkins said. “The way that he’s able to unpack conversation and character development and analysis and just storytelling with everybody involved from all of the shows, I think it is great for the average fan — and if you’re not the average fan, I think you become a fan and you want to check out these stories.”
New episodes of “One Chicago” air Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m. ET and are available to stream the following day on Peacock.
