Could a OneChicago crossover happen this season? Co-showrunner Andrea Newman has a disappointing, but hopeful, answer. '[COVID is a challenge], but it’s a possibility.'
As the franchise kicks back up, co-showrunner Andrea Newman addresses a potential One Chicago crossover this season. Chicago Fire season 11, Chicago PD season 10, and Chicago Med season 8 have all successfully rolled out their respective premieres as of September. While it's still early in their runs to predict what exactly will happen down the year, long-time fans of the shows have their own list of things they want to see from the Chicago franchise shows.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY One of those is a bigger crossover involving all three procedurals. As with many shows and films that exist in the same universe, narratives that connect all properties function as important storytelling events. For One Chicago, its last one was before the coronavirus pandemic hit in early 2020.
[COVID is a challenge], but it’s a possibility.There’ll be some fun stuff not only with our show, but in the #OneChicago universe with Violet’s family this year. How One Chicago Can Cross Over In Small Ways While a bigger One Chicago crossover is difficult to stage, NBC has been doing mini ones for a while. Based on Newman's comment, it seems like they are planning to continue doing just that as the season goes on, which often include someone from a sibling show coming to another to be involved in a mission, case, or patient.
Understandably, NBC wants to be extra careful with coronavirus still going on. But if it was able to do a three-part crossover involving Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and Law & Order, it's curious why the same cannot be done for One Chicago. It may have something to do with the original New York-based procedural revival struggling with ratings, hence Wolf Entertainment would push for a crossover with its sibling shows.