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Fox won Wednesday night in the ratings with its “Kensday” lineup (both shows feature Ken Jeong), starting with The Masked Singer which delivered a 1.5 in the adults 18-49 demographic and netted 5.82 million viewers. The reality singing competition was down a tenth from last week but still set the pace in primetime, on…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s Chicago Fire has paused filming its ninth season for two weeks due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests, I have learned. I hear the Chicago-based firefighter drama shut down production on Sunday, Nov. 8. Several individuals on the Chicago Fire production team, believed to be in Zone 1, produced…

EXCLUSIVE: A new paramedic is joining the team at Firehouse 51. Actress Adriyan Rae (Light as a Feather, Vagrant Queen) is set to join NBC’s Chicago Fire as a series regular for the forthcoming ninth season. Rae will step into the role of Gianna Mackey in the procedural. Her character is described as “a lovable…

TV's longest-running primetime live-action series, Law & Order: SVU, today started production on its 22nd season in New York. Star/EP Mariska Hargitay posted two behind-the-scene photos on Instagram to commemorate the occasion. On Saturday, Hargitay shared images from the cast’s virtual table read for the season…

Daniel Kyri, who has been heavily recurring on Chicago Fire since Season 7 as rookie firefighter Darren Ritter, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming ninth season. Kyri has appeared almost every episode of Chicago Fire since he made his debut in the second episode of Season 7 for a total of 36 episodes…

As hinted in last night’s final episode of Chicago Fire‘s seventh season, series regular Annie Ilonzeh is leaving the NBC firefighter drama after two seasons. Ilonzeh joined Chicago Fire as a new series regular at the beginning of Season 7. She was initially set as a recurring, but was upped to series regular after…

Fox’s The Masked Singer continues to take the throne Wednesdays, despite dropping three tenths in the adults 18-49 demographic last night with a mid-competition sing-along special. The show topped the night still with a 1.7 rating and 6.66 million viewers. It was followed by the season finale brick-building reality…

As social distancing and self-quarantines continue, it seems audiences are rediscovering the concept of linear viewing and appointment television, with a small, noticeable boost in ratings and viewership numbers across the board. On Wednesday, The Masked Singer topped the evening with a 2.2 rating in the adults 18-49…

NBC has given more high-performing drama series three-year renewals. All three series in Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise have been picked up for three more seasons. Flagship Chicago Fire has been renewed through Season 11, Chicago P.D. through Season 10, and Chicago Med through Season 8. The massive pickup is part of a m…

NBC’s Chicago franchise featuring its latest crossover episodes ruled Wednesday in primetime viewership, with Chicago Med kicking things off with 8.53 million viewers and a boosted 1.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic. Chicago Fire (1.2, 8.56M) heated things up with a night-leading viewer total, and Chicago P.D…

With Jeopardy!‘s GOAT now crowned after the ABC game show’s strong primetime run, Wednesday’s lineup settled back into form, with NBC’s Chicago Med, Chicago Fire and Chicago PD topping the heap to give the network the overall victory for the night in the adults 18-49 demographic and total viewers. Chicago Med (1.2…

Monica Raymund can currently be seen in the Starz crime drama Hightown, but before she was navigating the rocky road to sobriety as Jackie Quinones, she was starring as the fearless paramedic Gabby Dawson, a fan favorite on Chicago Fire. After 6 seasons, she exited the show, but recently returned to NBC’s…