Justice League

The latest entry in the Chicago franchise is keeping law and order in the Windy City.

- Ileane Rudolph

March 1 is a historic day for NBC and Dick Wolf. All three primetime hours will be dedicated to the mega producer’s Windy City franchise. Chicago Fire kicks off the night with a suspicious blaze at a rave. The drama crosses over to Chicago P.D. as the detectives hunt for evidence of arson while the docs at Chicago Med treat the victims. Next stop? The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, responsible for gathering evidence and bringing suspects to trial.

Welcome to Chicago Justice, the latest member of the Chicago family. Or, as executive producer Michael Chernuchin calls the new series, “the 21st-century Law & Order.” Chernuchin, who worked on that groundbreaking drama for a dozen years, wants to re-create the show’s ability “to be topical and expose issues the way no other drama has. I got to write a story about whatever issues were pissing me off that week, and I want to do that again,” he says. “A big part of Justice has to do with the anger prevalent in the country today.”