Fall 2015 Preview: NBC Picks Up 'Chicago Med,' 'Blindspot,' and 'Heartbreaker'
Chicago Med
Fans of Chicago-set emergency services dramas, today’s your lucky day. NBC has announced pick-ups for three fall 2015-16 series, including Chicago Med, the newest and third entry in Law & Order producer Dick Wolf’s Windy City franchise that began with Chicago Fire and also begat Chicago P.D.
Med, which was introduced to viewers via April 7’s “I Am the Apocalypse” episode of Chicago Fire, is set at Chicago Memorial hospital, and stars Law & Order alum S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt, The Walking Dead alum Laurie Holden, Chicago P.D.’s Nick Gehlfuss, and Lifetime’s Whitney Houston biopic star Yaya DaCosta as the Chicago Memorial staff.
The other new entries in the NBC lineup: Blindspot, a Greg Berlanti-produced drama about the mystery surrounding a naked woman dropped into Times Square who has a body covered in tattoos but no memory of who she is, and Heartbreaker, a fact-based medical drama about a world-class heart transplant surgeon who — of course — has a messy personal life. Because, don’t uber-successful professional women always have messy personal lives? And don’t women in the middle of international mysteries always land somewhere sans memory and clothing?
Blindspot
NBC’s official descriptions of its newest series, with cast info:
Blindspot
From executive producer Greg Berlanti ( Arrow, The Flash, The Mysteries of Laura) comes Blindspot: A vast international plot explodes when a beautiful Jane Doe is discovered naked in Times Square, completely covered in mysterious, intricate tattoos with no memory of who she is or how she got there. There’s one that’s very clear, however: the name of FBI agent Kurt Weller, emblazoned across her back. “Jane,” Agent Weller and rest of the FBI quickly realize that each mark on her body is a crime to solve, leading them closer to the truth about her identity and the mysteries to be revealed.
The cast includes Sullivan Stapleton, Jaimie Alexander, Audrey Esparza, Rob Brown, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Ukweli Roach and Ashley Johnson.
Chicago Med
Executive producer Dick Wolf delivers the newest installment of the compelling Chicago franchise, an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city’s most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room, and through it all, familiar faces from the Chicago police and fire departments will intertwine as this third team of Chicago heroes hits the ground running.
The cast includes Oliver Platt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Laurie Holden, Nick Gehlfuss and Yaya Dacosta.
Heartbreaker
Heartbreaker
Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere (Melissa George, The Slap), an outspoken world-renowned heart-transplant surgeon and one of the few women in her field. Stubborn and fearless, Alex always operates on her own terms. She revels in a racy personal life that’s a full-time job in itself, manages the daily demands of skeptical faculty and dutiful interns, and pushes the boundaries of medical science to impressive new heights.
The cast includes Melissa George, Dave Annable, Don Hany, Shelley Conn, D.L. Hughley, Jamie Kennedy, Maya Erskine, J. Louis Mills and Joshua Leonard.
