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Jesse Spencer is back on NBC‘s Chicago Fire alongside Taylor Kinney for the highly anticipated Season 10 finale titled “The Magnificent City of Chicago,” airing May 25. Spencer exited the series in October after a decade on the firefighter drama. Spencer is wearing a blue suit as his character Matt Casey is standing…

Jesse Spencer will return as Matt Casey next month for the Season 10 finale of NBC’s Chicago Fire. Spencer exited the series in October after a decade on the firefighter drama. Casey has good reason to return for this specific episode, which series executive producer Derek Haas refers to as, “pretty epic.” At long…

Things are heating up for Violet (Hanako Greensmith) on NBC’s Chicago Fire whose love triangle with boss man Chief Evan Hawkins (Jimmy Nicholas) and ex-boyfriend Gallo (Alberto Rosende) is still very much in play. With only three episodes left to air in May for Season 10, fans can expect to see more on that…

Chicago Fire boss Derek Haas is tipping his hat to former series star Charlie Barnett, who recently opened up about his heartbreaking departure in Season 3. “I read that article. That was really nice, everything he said about the show,” Haas told Deadline on Monday. “Of course we miss him. He was always such a huge…

Jesse Spencer departed Chicago Fire after a decade on the NBC series in October, and there are plans for his character Matt Casey to return this season for the finale. The news was revealed last week by executive producer Derek Haas during One Chicago Day. He teased that if everything works out as he hopes, fans may…

Jesse Spencer said goodbye to NBC’s Chicago Fire after 10 seasons on Wednesday night and the actor says his character Matt Casey’s departure was “perfect.” “It wraps up ten years for me,” Spencer told members of the media about his exit from the series. “I think it was pretty organic that he’s leaving and he’s going…

Dick Wolf’s vision for FBI as a franchise continues to come together with a potential third series on CBS. I hear the network is eying FBI: International (working title), which would focus on the FBI’s international operations. The project, which is still in the dealmaking stages, is being written by one of the top…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details of Wednesday night’s Season 8 premiere of Chicago Fire. Last night’s Season 8 premiere of NBC’s Chicago Fire sadly answered a lingering question following the cliffhanger ending of season 7. A huge factory fire left the fates of the Chicago Fire crew unknown, and in last…

EXCLUSIVE: Black Panther and Creed II star Michael B. Jordan will play the deadly assassin Columbus in The Silver Bear, a potential franchise launch for Lionsgate based on the book series by Wanted and 3:10 to Yuma screenwriter Derek Haas. Frank Baldwin (The Godmother) has written the script that tells the formative…

There is a second showrunner change on CBS' high-profile new fall drama series FBI, from Law & Order and Chicago boss Dick Wolf, Universal TV and CBS TV Studios. Greg Plageman, who joined the series as showrunner in late July, replacing Craig Turk, is stepping down. He is being replaced by two of Wolf’s top…

EXCLUSIVE: Nickel City Pictures has optioned rights to the critically acclaimed Silver Bear book series, which explores the visceral and psychological world behind a contract killer. The series was authored by accomplished screenwriter Derek Haas (3:10 to Yuma, Chicago Fire/Chicago PD). The story follows Columbus, the…

Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, whose Chicago Fire pilot script helped launch a big drama franchise for NBC, have closed a new multi-year show deal with Universal Television, the studio behind the Chicago series, which are spearheaded by Dick Wolf. Under the deal, Brandt and Haas will continue to executive produce Chica…