After the crippling strikes of 2023, Chicago is an anomaly in an industry that is struggling to get back on its feet.
Chicago production is back in full force. March will likely be one of the busiest months of the year with an impressive total of nine episodical TV series currently filming in Chicago. NBC/Peacock, Showtime, Stars, Hulu, HBO/MAX, MGM+ are all in town.
Beginning with our longest running Chicago Fire, here is the list of series now filming in Chicago.
Chicago Fire – Filming Season 12
Chicago Fire takes us into the professional and personal lives of the firefighters and paramedics of Firehouse 51 as they risk their lives every day to save and protect the citizens of Chicago.
Filming at Cinespace. NBC & PEACOCK
Chicago P.D. – Filming Season 11
Chicago P.D. is a riveting police drama about the men and women of the elite Intelligence Unit, combatting the city’s most heinous offenses – organized crime, drug trafficking, high-profile murders and beyond.
Filming at Cinespace. NBC & PEACOCK
Chicago Med – Filming Season 9
Chicago Med is an emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city’s newest state-of-the-art trauma center and into the lives of the courageous doctors, nurses and staff who hold it all together.
Filming at Cinespace. NBC & PEACOCK
The Chi – Filming Season 6 & 7
A coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
Filming at Cinespace. SHOWTIME
POWER BOOK IV: FORCE – Filming Season 3
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Filming at Cinespace. STARZ
THE BEAR – Filming Season 3 & 4
Carmen Berzatto, a brilliant young chef from the fine-dining world is forced to return home to run his local family sandwich shop – the Original Beef of Chicagoland – after a heartbreaking death in his family.
Filming at Cinespace. FX ON HULU
SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE – Filming Season 3
Sam, a true Kansan on the surface, struggles to fit her hometown’s mold; grappling with loss and acceptance, singing is her saving grace and leads her on a journey to discover herself and a community of outsiders who don’t fit in and don’t give up.
Filming in Lockport, Illinois HBO/MAX
DELI BOYS – Filming Season 1
A pair of pampered Pakistani-American brothers lose everything when their convenience-store magnate father suddenly die. They are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime.
Filming at Cinespace. HULU
EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK – Filming Season 1
Follows Talcott Garland, whose tranquil existence is upended by the death of his father. Mariah Tal, a former journalist and ardent conspiracy theorist, questions the manner of his death and thinks he was victim of foul play.
Filming at Chicago Studio City. MGM+
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