NBC’s beloved One Chicago and Legislation & Order franchises weren’t spared through the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
The community introduced on Wednesday, July 19, that new seasons of Dick Wolf’s biggest hits — together with Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Chicago P.D. — have been pushed from its fall lineup. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Legislation & Order have additionally been affected by the picketing. (Legislation & Order: Organized Crime, for its half, was at all times set to be a midseason return and for now could be unaffected.)
The One Chicago shows historically air back-to-back on NBC Wednesdays beginning in September. The Legislation & Order applications, in the meantime, have been initially set to return again on Thursdays this fall, however neither franchise tapped new episodes ahead of the simultaneous writer and actor strikes.
Of their locations will probably be reruns of previous seasons from 8 to 9 p.m. ET/PT on their respective nights beginning in October.
Recent episodes of Magnum P.I. (the ultimate season) and Transplant have been initially slated for midseason premieres however have been now moved to the autumn. Magnum P.I. will assist fill the void on Wednesdays alongside Quantum Leap, which returns in October for season 2. Transplant’s third season will probably be slated on Thursdays starting that very same month.
The One Chicago and Legislation & Order collection aren’t the one reveals affected by the Author’s Guild of America (WGA) strike, which started in Might, and the SAG-AFTRA picketing, which began earlier this month.
Some reveals have been in a position to hold filming amid the beginning of the WGA protests — the writers have been combating over labor disputes and wages — attributable to accomplished scripts that modified in July. Nevertheless, when SAG-AFTRA stood up in opposition to the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP) over their very own need for fair wages and better residuals from streaming sites the leisure panorama bought extra difficult.
Mariska Hargitay as Captain Olivia Benson, Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler, in ‘Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit’. Peter Kramer/NBC
Though most initiatives needed to press pause this month attributable to SAG strike guidelines — no actors can film new pieces or promote past, present or future movies and shows — there were a few exceptions.
Home of Dragon, for instance, shoots within the U.Ok. and the solid are largely from the encircling space. Due to this fact, the U.Ok. actors, who’re a part of a unique union referred to as Fairness, have been instructed to maneuver ahead as deliberate. The truth is, Fairness prohibits its members to picket in solidarity with their U.S. counterparts.
Forward of the U.S. strikes, Chicago P.D. star LaRoyce Hawkins solely instructed Us Weekly in June that he couldn’t “wait to get again to work” forward of season 11. Hawkins, 35, revealed on the time that all the One Chicago stars are “very very like household” regardless that there is a “soft sibling rivalry” between the shows.
“We tease Chicago Med as a result of they’re by no means out within the components and, you understand, simply type of keep of their plush scrubs they usually’re extraordinarily comfy,” Hawkins, who performs Kevin Atwater on P.D. instructed Us. “We tease Fireplace typically as a result of they’re most likely essentially the most dramatic out of all of us.”
Scroll right down to see NBC’s present fall 2023/2024 lineup — with each unique episodes and reruns — because the strike continues:
Monday, September 25
8-10 p.m. – The Voice (Unique)
10-11 p.m. – The Irrational (Unique)
Tuesday, September 26
8-9 p.m. – The Voice (Unique)
Sept. 11 p.m. – America’s Got Talent (Efficiency finale)
Wednesday, September 27
8-9 p.m. – America’s Received Expertise (Rerun)
Sept. 11 p.m. – America’s Received Expertise (Season finale)
Thursday, September 28
8-10 p.m. – 2023 Folks’s Alternative Nation Awards
10-11 p.m. – The Irrational (Rerun)
Friday, September 29
Sept. 11 p.m. – Dateline NBC (Unique)
Tuesday, October 3
8-10 p.m. – The Voice (Unique)
10-11 p.m. – Discovered (Unique)
Wednesday, October 4
8-9 p.m. – One Chicago dramas (Rerun)
9-10 p.m. – Quantum Leap (Unique)
10-11 p.m. – Magnum, P.I. (Unique)
Thursday, October 5
8-9 p.m. – Legislation & Order dramas (Rerun)
9-10 p.m. – Transplant (Unique)
10-11 p.m. – Dateline NBC (Unique)
Friday, November 3
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8-9 p.m. – The Wall (Unique)
