With triple whammies of the Chicago series airing Tuesday nights on M-Net, we thought we’d bring you a few fast facts about the shows, including some exciting news about the lawyers in town.
1. Chicago Fire is the original show; PD is the first spin-off; Med, the second; and now there’s a batch of lawyers set to make their debut, in Chicago Justice.
2. With the four Chicago instalments, executive producer Dick Wolf will have clocked a career-best: five shows on NBC in one season, the fifth being Law & Order: SVU.
3. Wolf is still bested by producer Jerry Bruckheimer for holding the most scripted series in a single season. During the 2005-06 period, Bruckheimer held ten shows in a single season.
4. Real-life fire station Engine 18 plays fictional Firehouse 51 in Chicago Fire and has become a tourist attraction, thanks to the show’s popularity.
5. When real firefighters are asked about the accuracy of Chicago Fire's dramatic rescues, they state that there should be a lot more smoke. However, they accept that disbelief needs to be suspended, otherwise we wouldn’t see what was happening on screen.
6. Eamonn Walker, Taylor Kinney and Monica Raymund (Wallace Boden, Kelly Severide, and Gabriela Dawson, respectively, on Chicago Fire) enjoy riding around the city on their motorbikes.
7. Jesse Spencer (Matthew Casey in Chicago Fire) plays the violin.
8. Talking about violins, Torrey DeVitto (Dr. Natalie Manning in Chicago Med) played the violin at Christie Brinkley's wedding.
9. Taylor Kinney used to live in Hawaii, where he spent time surfing and skydiving. Now that’s what we call the good life!
10. If you thought Archie Kao (Sheldon Jin in Chicago P.D. Season 1) looked familiar, it’s probably because you’ve seen him on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, playing Archie Johnson for 11 years.
Tune in for a Chicago triple bill, Tuesdays from 19:30 on M-Net.