What Is Happening With the One Chicago and ‘Law & Order’ Franchises During SAG and WGA Strikes?
usmagazine.comNBC’s beloved One Chicago and Law & Order franchises were not spared during the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.The network announced on Wednesday, July 19, that new seasons of Dick Wolf’s biggest hits — including Chicago Fire, Chicago Med and Chicago P.D. — have been pushed from its fall lineup.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order have also been affected by the picketing. (Law & Order: Organized Crime, for its part, was always set to be a midseason return and for now is unaffected.)The One Chicago shows traditionally air back-to-back on NBC Wednesdays starting in September.
The Law & Order programs, meanwhile, were initially set to come back on Thursdays this fall, but neither franchise tapped new episodes ahead of the simultaneous writer and actor strikes.In their places will be reruns of past seasons from 8 to 9 p.m.
ET/PT on their respective nights starting in October.Fresh episodes of Magnum P.I. (the final season) and Transplant were originally slated for midseason premieres but have been now moved to the fall.
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