Why a New Chicago PD, Fire & Med Episode Won’t Air Next Week (April 28
Viewers are curious why there are no new episodes of Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, and Chicago Med premiering next week in their regular time slots. All One Chicago shows typically go on breaks between episodes for various reasons. While the series will air this week, they are scheduled for a break on April 30. Following a one-week hiatus, many are wondering what will air in their place and when the shows will return. Here are the details.
Why Chicago PD, Fire and Med will be on a break next week
According to TV Insider’s listings, NBC will air reruns of Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, and Chicago Med.
It’s a common practice among networks to take short breaks during a season to ensure a smooth run through May, when most seasons conclude. These breaks may provide production teams with additional time to finalize upcoming episodes or allow the network to insert special programming. This time, the former seems likely, as no alternate programming is taking their place.
NBC has scheduled reruns of the One Chicago shows for the week of April 30. These include Chicago Med Season 10, Episode 6 (“Forget Me Not”), Chicago Fire Season 13, Episode 6 (“Bird of Prey”), and Chicago PD Season 12, Episode 6 (“Pawn”). All three shows are set to return with new episodes on May 7, 2025, in their usual time slots.
- Chicago Med Season 10, Episode 20 will air at 8:00 PM. The episode follows a staffing shortage as most nurses call in sick. Meanwhile, Archer and Frost compete to treat and discharge patients quickly. Charles struggles with trust issues involving a patient.
- Chicago Fire’s new episode, “Up and Walking,” airs at 9:00 PM. The team faces staffing shortages while a performance evaluator arrives. Elsewhere, Kidd and Severide connect with the mother of the baby they hope to adopt.
- Chicago PD Season 12, Episode 20 airs at 10:00 PM. Ruzek experiences a traumatic incident on an icy bridge, leading Intelligence to investigate a case linked to sex trafficking.
