Chicago P.D. lead Jason Beghe was investigated by NBC and Wolf Entertainment in 2016 for “inappropriate behavior” when the actor faced complaints from several  members of the cast and crew that some said constituted sexual harassment. "When it was brought to our attention that there were concerns about inappropriate…

There’s been a switch at the helm of NBC’s upcoming drama series Chicago Med, the latest offshoot in Wolf Films/Universal TV’s successful Chicago Fire franchise. CSI alum Andrew Dettmann — who was brought in as executive producer/showrunner in June, after the planted spinoff episode of Chicago Fire that introduced the…

There's a new legal chill hitting the unscripted cold-case procedural this summer. TNT, Cold Justice producers Wolf Films and Magical Elves and on-air talent Kelly Siegler, Yolanda McClary and Alan Brown are among those who acquitted murder suspect Steven Noffsinger is taking to court over civil rights violations and…

Chicago Fire executive producer-director Joe Chappelle has signed an overall with the companies behind the successful NBC drama series, Dick Wolf’s Wolf Films and Universal TV. Chappelle has emerged as one of the key auspices of the Chicago Fire franchise. He has served as executive producer and director on the…

25-year Wolf Films veteran, producer-director Arthur Forney, has closed a new overall deal with Dick Wolf’s production company and Universal TV, where the company is based. Under the pact, Forney will continue as a co-executive producer and director for all of Wolf Films/Uni TV NBC series, including Law & Order: Specia…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Tinker has been named a non-writing executive producer of the upcoming NBC spinoff Chicago PD. He will be based in Chicago for the Wolf Films/Universal Television series, where he will lend a hand to busy series co-creator/executive producer Matt Olmstead, who under his new pact with Universal TV and…

Law & Order repeats provided the foundation on which TNT built its original programming. Now the cable network is getting in business with Law & Order mastermind Dick Wolf on a crime drama procedural but on the unscripted side. TNT has greenlighted Cold Justice, which follows two top female investigators as they dig…

EXCLUSIVE: Dick Wolf’s Universal TV-based production company is having an active development season under new scripted development executive Danielle Gelber. Last month, NBC bought a firefighter drama from feature writers Michael Brandt and Derek Haas. Now I’ve learned that Wolf Films has set up two more hourlong…

Former Showtime executive Danielle Gelber has joined Dick Wolf’s Universal Media Studios-based Wolf Films as an executive producer and EVP. She will work closely with Wolf and Wolf Films president Peter Jankowski on all scripted development for the company. Gelber replaces Nena Rodrigue, who oversaw Wolf Films…

EXCLUSIVE: WME is the victor in the very lucrative Dick Wolf sweepstakes. After taking a month and a half following his surprising exit from UTA to ponder his top agency options, the Law & Order creator has signed with WME. I hear he made the decision just before Thanksgiving. Wolf has strong personal ties with top <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/tv/" id="auto-tag_tv"…

Alfred Molina has joined Skeet Ulrich on NBC’s upcoming Law & Order spinoff, Law & Order: Los Angeles. He will play Deputy D.A. Morales. “I am thrilled that Fred is LOLA‘s Deputy D.A.,” creator-executive producer Dick Wolf said. “He joins a remarkable list of some of America’s greatest character actors like Sam…

I hear start of production on NBC’s new Law & Order spinoff Law & Order: Los Angeles has been pushed by a week and a half to give producers from UMS and Wolf Films more time to cast the project. The series, originally scheduled to start filming July 22, will now begin shooting on Aug. 2. So far, only one of the 5…