Chicago Med Up Steven Weber to series regular; Adds Two to Cast

Looks like Dr. Dean Archer will be staying at Chicago Med for a while.

Deadline is reporting that Chicago Med has added Weber to series regular as the series enters its seventh season this fall.

Also,  there will be two new doctors coming to Med as Guy Lockard and Kristen Hager have landed to series regular. The new cast additions come after the casting departures of Yaya DaCosta and Torrey DeVitto.

Lockard will portray Dr. Dylan Scott, who left a career as a Chicago police officer to become a doctor. Whether the doctor has any connections to characters in Chicago PD is as yet unknown.

Hager will play Dr. Stevie Hammer, a brilliant and scrappy emergency room attending physician. 

After what the season six finale brought, I didn't think that Archer would be back but never say never. Weber did do a great job this past season and I look forward to seeing what his character will do in season seven. Meanwhile, I always look forward to new casting additions and the additions of Lockard and Hager sound interesting. 

What do you think of the casting news? Excited? Leave a comment! 

Chicago Med returns on September 22 on NBC.

NBC's 2021 Fall Premiere Dates

 

On Thursday, NBC comes the fourth broadcasting TV network to announced their premiere dates for their fall schedule. 

Kicking off Monday, Sept. 20, Ariana Grande and James Wolk will kick things off with The Voice and Ordinary Joe. The mighty #OneChicago lineup returns on Wednesday, Sept. 22 while The Blacklist's ninth season, originally set for Fridays, will eventually lead off Thursday nights (due to Law Order spinoff not moving forward).

This Is Us' sixth and final season will premiere at midseason ,yet air it's 18 episodes almost uninterrupted), while The Voice will air one cycle this TV season.

Here are the premiere dates:

Monday, Sept. 20

8/7c The Voice

10/9c Ordinary Joe (series premiere)

Tuesday, Sept. 21

10/9c New Amsterdam

Wednesday, Sept. 22

8/7c Chicago Med

9/8c Chicago Fire 

10/9c Chicago PD

Thursday, Sept. 23

8/7c Law & Order SVU (2-hour premiere, speical time)

10/9c Law & Order: Organized Crime

Friday, Sept. 24

10/9c Dateline

Tuesday, Sept. 28

9/8c La Brea (series premiere)

Thursday, Sept. 28

8/7c Law & Order SVU (special time)

9/8c Law & Order: Organize Crime (two episodes)

Thursday, Oct. 21

8/7c The Blacklist (replaces Law & Order: For the Defense, which is no longer moving forward).

Midseason: AGT: Extreme, American Auto, American Song Contest, Grand Crew, Kenan, Mr. Mayor, The Thing About Pam, This Is Us, Transplant, Young Rock, and Weakest Link.

With all the networks announcing their fall premiere dates, I'm looking forward to getting back to normal with shows returning in September. Sad to hear about the Law & Order spinoff isn't moving forward, was looking forward to having three full nights of Dick Wolf shows in a week. 

We're just two months away from premiere night! 

Are you excited about the returns shows and new shows? Leave a comment below!