"Chicago Fire" Boss Talks More Spinoffs, 4-Way Crossover w/ "SVU"

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"Chicago Fire" Boss Talks More Spinoffs, Four-Way (!) Crossover with "SVU"
by Vlada Gelman
August 13, 2015


Just how many shows can NBC’s "Chicago" franchise spawn? The answer to that question depends on the success of the latest entry to the group, "Chicago Med", premiering Nov. 17 at 9/8c.

“There would never be a fourth unless Chicago Med works,” executive producer Dick Wolf said Thursday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills. “If this works, who knows what is possible in the future.”

At the moment, however, “the concern of everybody now is to make this show have the same impact that Fire and P.D. have had,” Wolf added.





Crossovers between the uber producer’s many NBC dramas are already in the works, including a four-way event with "Law & Order: SVU" slated to air in February and a crossover between the three "Chicago" shows.

“The crossovers are incredible ratings engines for us,” Wolf said. “What we can’t do is have them become commonplace. There are three this season, but they won’t include all the shows.”

Added EP Matt Olmstead: “They’re very daunting. Like most creative endeavors, the daunting ones turn out to be the most gratifying.”

http://tvline.com/2015/08/13/chicago...-february-nbc/