‘Chicago Fire’: Brett Dalton Boards NBC Series In A Recurring Role Following Jesse Spencer’s Departure

Steven Oxman “Paradise Square,” an ambitious new musical heading to Broadway in March, is a fictionalized historical take on the Five Points area of Manhattan and the social forces leading up to the violent Draft Riots of 1863, where what began as immigrant protests against the Civil War draft turned into violence against the Black population of the city.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing drama The Santos of Chicago, from Jorge A. Reyes, Pharrell Williams, and Ben Silverman of Propagate.

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Fire executive producer Andrea Newman has been promoted to co-showrunner of the veteran NBC drama, joining co-creator, executive producer and longtime showrunner Derek Haas.

TPG Real Estate Partners has acquired the studio campuses of Cinespace Studios in Chicago and Toronto — combined the second largest independent sound stage platform in North America — as the buying, selling and building of sound stages continues at a fast clip. It’s the firm’s second major deal in the space in as many months after agreeing in late September to acquire a large stake in Germany’s Studio Babelsberg.

The best and the brightest of country music gathered Wednesday for the 2021 Country Music Association Awards, hosted by Luke Bryan. The ceremony, which honored Luke Combs, Carly Pearce and more, earned a 1.1. rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.56 million viewers, per Nielsen fast affiliates, topping all of primetime. The CMA numbers were steady compared with last year’s ceremony (1.1, 6.82M).

UPDATED with letter to Board: AMG CEO Byron Allen said he’s sent a letter to the board of directors of McDonald’s asking them to fire CEO Chris Kempczinski after a controversial text message from the executive surfaced related to the shooting deaths of two black children.

It may not be the Marvel universe, but the One Chicago world is full of actresses playing real-life superheroes. For years, Kara Killmer, Marina Squerciati and Marlyne Barrett have starred as first responders on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med, respectively.

After the hype of the 2021 World Series, which saw the Atlanta Braves take home the championship on Tuesday, primetime assumed regular programming with the usual suspects back at the top. Survivor and The Masked Singer, after losing out to the World Series last week, were the highest-rated programs of the evening, tying with a 0.9 rating in the 18-49 demo.

EXCLUSIVE: Desmond Chiam (The Falcon and The Winter Soldier) and Tehmina Sunny (Chicago Med) have signed on to recurring roles in Partner Track, the Netflix drama series based on Helen Wan’s 2013 novel of the same name, from creator Georgia Lee.

Camille Saviola, whose many stage and TV roles included the Bajoran religious leader Kai Opaka in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the mother of the hapless Turtle in Entourage and, on Broadway, characters in Nine and Chicago, has died at age 71.

Sarah Rafferty and Lily Harris have joined the cast of NBC’s Chicago Med.

Kim Kardashian may have been the birthday girl on October 21, but it was her daughter North West, 8, who was the true star of the evening. In the late hours of her 41st birthday, Kim shared an adorable video on her Instagram Stories of an at-home “party” that her children — which include North, Saint, 5, Chicago, 3, and Psalm, 2 — threw for the SKIMS founder.

Jesse Spencer's exit from stirred up a lot of emotions for fans on Wednesday's landmark 200th episode, when he decided to relocate to Portland, Oregon, to look after his late best friend's sons.Spencer, who had been with the long-running firefighter drama since its inception in 2012, departed the series after nearly a decade playing Captain Matthew Casey, one of the leaders at Firehouse 51.Following his final episode (for now), the 42-year-old actor took to Twitter to share a sweet and emotional

Gone, but not forgotten! Jesse Spencer shared the sweet song he wrote about Chicago Fire in honor of his season 10 exit.

CBS and NBC reigned supreme on Wednesday evening as Survivor and Chicago Fire led the charge in primetime. Survivor returned to CBS to take the top ratings spot, earning a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo and 5.41 million viewers, per fast affiliates.

CBS and NBC reigned supreme on Wednesday evening as Survivor and Chicago Fire led the charge in primetime. Survivor returned to CBS to take the top ratings spot, earning a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo and 5.41 million viewers, per fast affiliates.

TVLine. “I called [showrunner] Derek [Haas] and broke him the news, said I thought it was time to leave the show, and he agreed that we should at least get Casey to 200 episodes.

A long-distance love. Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Brett (Kara Killmer) won’t be ending their relationship despite his big move to Oregon, Chicago Fire cocreator Derek Haas told Us Weekly and other reporters ahead of the 200th episode on Wednesday, October 20.

Viewers of “Chicago Fire” bid farewell to Matthew Casey as star Jesse Spencer exited the primetime drama he’s been part of since the first episode back in 2012.