--- description: The 19th episode of 'Chicago Fire,' which films later this month, will be set in a hospital and could be the basis of a medical spinoff. title: 'Chicago Fire' May Get a Medical Spinoff image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a83e660ad6bc1c9/69877dc4f887dc5f1de89f2a/462723362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Chicago Fire_ May Get a Medical Spinoff by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2015 3:46 AM CUT  A still from Chicago Fire's episode "Headlong Toward Disaster" A still from Chicago Fire's episode "Headlong Toward Disaster"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 5, 2015 3:46 AM CUT A new medical drama could be on the way: the 19th episode of NBC’s _Chicago Fire_, which films later this month, will be set in a Chicago hospital and is being touted as the basis of [a medical spinoff](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcs-chicago-medical-spinoff-taking-770384 "undefined"). Although it has yet to be ordered as a pilot, NBC is already considering converting _Chicago Medical_ into a stand-alone series, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. If that goes ahead, this would be _Chicago Fire_’s second spinoff, following _Chicago PD_. NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt told reporters last month that _Chicago Medical_ “is something that we’re just seeding into the system, seeing if there’s a show there that could eventually spin off into itself.” There are several other medical pilots being produced this season, _THR_ reports: NBC’s _Heart Matters,_ ABC’s _The Advocate_, and CBS’s _Code Black_ and _LFE_. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbcs-chicago-medical-spinoff-taking-770384 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3696618/chicago-fire-medical-spinoff-nbc/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3696618/chicago-fire-medical-spinoff-nbc/"},"headline":"Chicago Fire May Get a Medical Spinoff","datePublished":"2015-02-05T03:46:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:10:00.002Z","description":"That would make it the show's second, after Chicago PD","url":"https://time.com/3696618/chicago-fire-medical-spinoff-nbc/","keywords":["Television","NBC","entertainment"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a83e660ad6bc1c9/69877dc4f887dc5f1de89f2a/462723362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a83e660ad6bc1c9/69877dc4f887dc5f1de89f2a/462723362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A still from Chicago Fire's episode \"Headlong Toward Disaster\"","caption":"A still from Chicago Fire's episode \"Headlong Toward Disaster\"","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3696618/chicago-fire-medical-spinoff-nbc/","name":"Chicago Fire May Get a Medical Spinoff"}}]}] ```