One Chicago and FBI crossover could happen next season

One Chicago’s next crossover might be with FBI, as Dick Wolf revealed that he’s working on a crossover between the FBI franchise and his NBC shows.

One Chicago could be getting a visit from FBI in the upcoming season.

Now that FBI has officially become a franchise, Dick Wolf is planning to cross over the CBS brand with at least one of his NBC series. Both CBS and NBC are interested in the idea, Wolf told Variety, though nothing is officially happening yet.

That’s because Wolf isn’t sure which shows will cross over. The proposed team-up could include any combination of FBI, its new spinoff FBI: Most Wanted, the three One Chicago shows, and/or Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

The latter would be particularly interesting since FBI was conceived as a spinoff of SVU, before NBC passed on the idea and Wolf took it to CBS.

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The producer explained to Variety that which shows will be included in the crossover “depends on which story wins,” so this is clearly in the very early stages of development.

If it happens, though, it would further extend what’s become a massive universe of shows. One Chicago and the Law & Order franchise are already connected because of past crossovers with SVU.

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The original Law & Order also crossed over with Homicide: Life on the Street—which wasn’t a Dick Wolf show, but participated in two crossovers and then SVU brought over the John Munch character from Homicide.

So whatever permutation this happens in, the two FBI series, three One Chicago shows, the six series in the Law & Order franchise (which may still get another spinoff) and Homicide would all be technically in the same fictional universe. That’s a dozen shows that would be linked, even if there’s only one FBI crossover.

Dick Wolf has always been thinking bigger than most TV producers, but this latest idea could be his biggest yet.

Though one fathoms that cross-network crossovers wouldn’t happen often, if only because of all the logistics involved (we know how difficult a One Chicago crossover is, and that’s all part of the same network!), the idea that Wolf could instantly build a sprawling universe with one story is a bit jaw-dropping.

He’s not the first producer to cross over shows on two different networks, though. Perhaps the most well-known is when David E. Kelley orchestrated joint storylines between his ABC series The Practice and each of his FOX shows (Ally McBeal and Boston Public). That’s just one example; it doesn’t happen often, but it does happen when the details can be ironed out.

If it’s a One Chicago series that gets the crossover call, that will be especially interesting. Will the episode with FBI be in addition to the two One Chicago crossovers that happen each season? Or is it going to replace one of those? Because fans might not be happy if Wolf’s latest idea means that they get one less Chicago event that they look forward to.

But at the same time, it’d be nice to see different FBI agents in Chicago. Usually when they appear, like on Chicago PD, they’re just obstacles for our heroes to get around. Or on Chicago Med, when it turns into an awkward not-really-love-triangle.

Nothing for certain yet—as Wolf indicates in the Variety article, a lot still has to be figured out, so this could be an idea that never comes to fruition—but if it does happen, One Chicago fans should keep an eye out. This could be one of the biggest talking points of the season.

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