Alias star Carl Lumbly is checking into Chicago Med. The veteran character actor, who played Sydney Bristow's (Jennifer Garner) partner Marcus Dixon on all five seasons of Alias, has landed a recurring role on the Chicago Fire spin-off, TVWise has learned. He will play Bert Goodwin, the husband of Gaffney Chicago Medical Center administrator Sharon (S. Epatha Merkerson). 
NBC is showing a early sign of confidence in their new Monday night drama Blindspot. Mere days after the series starring Sullivan Stapleton and Jaimie Alexander premiered to a strong 10.6 million viewers and a 3.1 A18-49 demo rating, the network has ordered nine additional scripts, TVWise has confirmed. 
NBC has found the new Sergeant for SVU. Andy Karl (Forever) has boarded the seventeenth season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sergeant Mike Dodds, the second in command at the Manhattan SVU. He is the son of NYPD Deputy Chief William Dodds (Peter Gallagher). 
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is losing its showrunner. Franchise veteran Warren Leight, who also served as showrunner on Law & Order spin-off Criminal Intent, will step down from his duties as SVU showrunner at the end of its upcoming seventeenth season, He took over as showrunner in 2011 and is widely credited for "creatively rebooting" Special Victims Unit for its thirteenth season. 
NBC has handed out a script commitment with hefty penalty to In The Line Of Fire, a TV series based on the 1990s feature film of the same name which starred Clint Eastwood as a U.S. Secret Service agent who is called upon to prevent the assassination of the President. 
Taken is heading to TV. NBC had handed out a straight-to-series order to an hour-long drama based on Luc Besson's feature film series of the same name starring Liam Neeson. The TV series is being described as a prequel rather than a reboot and will be set several years before the events of the first film. 
NBC has made calls on their scripted summer series, opting to bring back the very well-received The Carmichael Show for a second season to air in 2016. Additionally, the network has cancelled fellow summer comedy Mr Robinson after one six episode season. 
NBC is pulling the plug on Coach. Citing creative differences with the producers, the network has decided not to move forward with the project, which was picked up earlier this year with a thirteen episode straight-to-series order. The show, which was eyed for midseason, was envisioned as a follow up to the original ABC sitcom with Craig T. Nelson on board to reprise his role as Hayden Fox.