The Chicago franchise known as One Chicago is one of the most successful franchises running on the NBC channel. It consists of four shows dedicated to characters in a particular field or profession.
The franchise format is quite similar to Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19, where we follow the lives of a few characters in each show, with crossover events every season. If you’re looking for a proper watcher for all the shows, you’ve come to the right place.
One Chicago consists of four shows: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, and Chicago Justice. Justice was canceled after one season, and the remaining shows are still running.
The timeline across seasons of all shows is linear. So, all one has to focus on is watching the shows in parallel every season to have enough context for the crossover episodes. Here’s the complete watch order and guide on how to go about the franchise.
Contents
1. Release Year Watch Order
2. Chronological Watch Order
3. One Chicago Franchise Crossover Episodes Watch Order
4. Where to Watch Chicago Franchise
5. Run-Time and Binge Duration
6. About One Chicago
1. Release Year Watch Order
The One Chicago universe has four main shows. Here are their original release dates, along with the number of seasons they have:
- Chicago Fire (Fire Department): 2012 – Present, 11 Seasons
- Chicago PD (Police Department): 2014 – Present, 10 Seasons
- Chicago Med (Medical Profession): 2015 – Present, 8 Seasons
- Chicago Justice (Justice Department): 2017, 1 Season
Now, let’s look at the release year of each season of each show. I have listed them down in such a way that if multiple shows are released in the same year, they must be watched parallelly.
| Year | Show | |||
| 2012 | Chicago Fire S01 | |||
| 2013 | Chicago Fire S02 E01 – E11 | |||
| 2014 | Chicago Fire S02 E12 – E22 | Chicago PD S01 | ||
| 2014 – 2015 | Chicago Fire S03 | Chicago PD S02 | ||
| 2015 – 2016 | Chicago Fire S04 | Chicago PD S03 | Chicago Med S01 | |
| 2016 – 2017 | Chicago Fire S05 | Chicago PD S04 | Chicago Med S02 | Chicago Justice S01 |
| 2017 – 2018 | Chicago Fire S06 | Chicago PD S05 | Chicago Med S03 | |
| 2018 – 2019 | Chicago Fire S07 | Chicago PD S06 | Chicago Med S04 | |
| 2019 – 2020 | Chicago Fire S08 | Chicago PD S07 | Chicago Med S05 | |
| 2020 – 2021 | Chicago Fire S09 | Chicago PD S08 | Chicago Med S06 | |
| 2021 – 2022 | Chicago Fire S10 | Chicago PD S09 | Chicago Med S07 | |
| 2022-23 | Chicago Fire S11 | Chicago PD S10 | Chicago Med S08 |
Besides these, the creator of One Chicago, Dick Wolf, also developed another show called Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Though it’s not tightly related to this franchise, it exists in the same universe and has a few crossover episodes with One Chicago.
2. Chronological Watch Order
The release of the series also corresponds to their chronological timeline. However, if you want a more detailed list on what’s the chronological order to watch episodes, have a look here!
(I must warn you that since the entire franchise has over 500 episodes, this list is quite long!)
2012-2013 — Chicago Fire S1
- Chicago Fire 1×1 — 1×24
2013-2014 — Chicago Fire S2, Chicago PD S1, Law & Order SVU S15
- Chicago Fire 2×1 — 2×9
- Chicago PD 1×1 — 1×2
- Chicago Fire 2×13
- Chicago PD 1×3
- Chicago Fire 2×14
- Chicago PD 1×4
- Chicago Fire 2×15
- Chicago PD 1×05
- Chicago Fire 2×16
- Law & Order: SVU 15×15 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 1×06 (Crossover 2/2) — 1×7
- Chicago Fire 2×17 — 2×19
- Chicago PD 1×8 — 1×11
- Chicago Fire 2×20 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 1×12 (Crossover 2/2) — 1×14
- Chicago Fire 2×21
- Chicago PD 1×15
- Chicago Fire 2×22
2014-2015 — Chicago Fire S3, Chicago PD S2, Law & Order: SVU S16
- Chicago Fire 3×1
- Chicago PD 2×1
- Chicago Fire 3×2
- Chicago PD 2×2 — 2×3
- Chicago Fire 3×3 — 3×4
- Chicago PD 2×4 — 2×5
- Chicago Fire 3×5 — 3×6
- Chicago PD 2×6
- Chicago Fire 3×7 (Crossover 1/3)
- Law & Order: SVU 16×7 (Crossover 2/3)
- Chicago PD 2×7 (Crossover 3/3)
- Chicago Fire 3×8
- Chicago PD 2×8
- Chicago Fire 3×9
- Chicago PD 2×9 — 2×10
- Chicago Fire 3×10 — 3×11
- Chicago PD 2×11 — 2×12
- Chicago Fire 3×12 — 3×13 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 2×13 (Crossover 2/2) — 2×14
- Chicago Fire 3×14 — 3×15
- Chicago PD 2×15
- Chicago Fire 3×16 — 3×17
- Chicago PD 2×16
- Chicago Fire 3×18
- Chicago PD 2×17 — 2×18
- Chicago Fire 3×19 (Chicago Med backdoor pilot)
- Chicago PD 2×19
- Chicago Fire 3×20
- Chicago Fire 3×21 (Crossover 1/3)
- Chicago PD 2×20 (Crossover 2/3)
- Law & Order: SVU 16×20 (Crossover 3/3)
- Chicago PD 2×21 — 2×23
- Chicago Fire 3×22 — 3×23
2015-2016 — Chicago Fire S4, Chicago PD S3, Chicago Med S1, Law & Order: SVU S17
- Chicago Fire 4×1 — 4×2
- Law & Order: SVU 17×1 — 17×2
- Chicago PD 3×1 — 3×2
- Chicago Fire 4×3 — 4×4
- Chicago PD 3×3 — 3×7
- Chicago Fire 4×5
- Chicago Med 1×1
- Chicago PD 3×8
- Chicago Med 1×2
- Chicago Fire 4×6 — 4×7
- Chicago Med 1×3
- Chicago PD 3×9
- Chicago Med 1×4
- Chicago Fire 4×8 — 4×10 (Crossover 1/3)
- Chicago Med 1×5 (Crossover 2/3)
- Chicago PD 3×10 (Crossover 3/3)
- Chicago Med 1×6 — 1×7
- Chicago Fire 4×11 — 4×12
- Chicago PD 3×11 — 3×12
- Chicago Fire 4×13
- Chicago 3×13
- Chicago Fire 4×14
- Law & Order: SVU 17×14 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 3×14 (Crossover 2/2)
- Chicago Med 1×08
- Chicago Fire 4×15
- Chicago PD 3×15
- Chicago Med 1×09
- Chicago Fire 4×16
- Chicago PD 3×16
- Chicago Med 1×10 — 1×11
- Chicago PD 3×17
- Chicago Fire 4×17
- Chicago Med 1×12
- Chicago PD 3×18 — 3×19
- Chicago Med 1×13 — 1×14
- Chicago Fire 4×18
- Chicago Med 1×15
- Chicago Fire 4×19 — 4×20
- Chicago Med 1×16
- Chicago PD 3×20 — 3×21
- Chicago Fire 4×21
- Chicago Med – 1×17 — 1×18
- Chicago PD 3×22
- Chicago Fire 4×22
- Chicago PD 3×23
- Chicago Fire 4×23
2016-2017 — Chicago Fire S5, Chicago PD S4, Chicago Med S2, Chicago Justice S1
- Chicago Fire 5×1 — 5×2
- Chicago PD 4×1 — 4×2
- Chicago Med 2×1 — 2×2
- Chicago PD 4×3
- Chicago Med 2×3
- Chicago PD 4×4
- Chicago Med 2×4
- Chicago Fire 5×3
- Chicago PD 4×5
- Chicago Med 2×5
- Chicago Fire 5×4
- Chicago PD 4×6
- Chicago Med 2×6
- Chicago Fire 5×5
- Chicago PD 04×7 — 4×8
- Chicago Fire 5×6 — 5×7
- Chicago Med 2×7 — 2×8
- Chicago Fire 5×8 — 5×9 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 4×9 (Crossover 2/2) — 4×10
- Chicago Fire 5×10
- Chicago Med 2×9
- Chicago PD 4×11
- Chicago Fire 5×11
- Chicago Med 2×10
- Chicago Fire 5×12
- Chicago Med 2×11
- Chicago Fire 5×13 — 5×14
- Chicago PD 4×12
- Chicago Med 2×12
- Chicago PD 4×13
- Chicago Med 2×13
- Chicago PD 4×14 — 4×15
- Chicago Med 2×14
- Chicago Fire 5×15 (Crossover 1/4)
- Chicago Med Special Episode (Cross 2/4)
- Chicago PD 4×16 (Crossover 3/4)
- Chicago Justice 1×1 (Crossover 4/4)
- Chicago Med 2×15
- Chicago Fire 5×16
- Chicago Justice 1×2 — 1×3
- Chicago Med 2×16
- Chicago Justice 1×4
- Chicago PD 4×17
- Chicago Med 2×17
- Chicago Justice 1×5
- Chicago PD 4×18 — 4×19
- Chicago Justice 1×6
- Chicago Med 2×18
- Chicago Fire 5×17
- Chicago Justice 1×7 — 1×8
- Chicago PD 4×20
- Chicago Justice 1×9
- Chicago Med 2×19
- Chicago Justice 1×10
- Chicago Fire 5×18 — 5×19
- Chicago Med 2×20 — 2×21
- Chicago Justice 1×11
- Chicago PD 4×21
- Chicago Fire 5×20 — 5×21
- Chicago Justice 1×12
- Chicago Med 2×22 — 2×23
- Chicago Justice 1×13
- Chicago PD 4×22 — 4×23
- Chicago Fire 5×22
2017-2018 — Chicago Fire S6, Chicago PD S5, Chicago Med S3
- Chicago Fire 6×1
- Chicago PD 5×1 — 5×2
- Chicago Fire 6×2
- Chicago PD 5×3
- Chicago Fire 6×3
- Chicago PD 5×4
- Chicago Fire 6×4
- Chicago PD 5×5
- Chicago Fire 6×5
- Chicago Fire 6×6
- Chicago PD 5×6 — 5×7
- Chicago Med 3×1
- Chicago PD 5×8
- Chicago Med 3×2 — 3×3
- Chicago PD 5×9
- Chicago Med 3×4 — 3×5
- Chicago PD 5×10
- Chicago Fire 6×7
- Chicago Med 3×6
- Chicago PD 5×11
- Chicago Fire 6×8
- Chicago Med 3×7
- Chicago PD 5×12
- Chicago Fire 6×9
- Chicago Med 3×8
- Chicago Fire 6×10
- Chicago PD 5×13
- Chicago Fire 6×11
- Chicago Med 3×9
- Chicago PD 5×14
- Chicago Med 3×10
- Chicago PD 5×15
- Chicago Fire 6×12
- Chicago Med 3×11
- Chicago PD 5×16 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago Fire 6×13 (Crossover 2/2)
- Chicago PD 5×17
- Chicago Med 3×12
- Chicago PD 5×18
- Chicago Fire 6×14 — 6×15
- Chicago Med 3×13
- Chicago Fire 6×16
- Chicago Med 3×14
- Chicago Fire 6×17
- Chicago Med 3×15
- Chicago PD 5×19
- Chicago Fire 6×18
- Chicago Med 3×16
- Chicago PD 5×20
- Chicago Fire 6×19
- Chicago Med 3×17
- Chicago Fire 6×20
- Chicago Med 3×18
- Chicago PD 5×21
- Chicago Fire 6×21
- Chicago Med 3×19
- Chicago PD 5×22
- Chicago Fire 6×22 — 6×23
- Chicago Med 3×20
2018-2019 — Chicago Fire S7, Chicago PD S6, Chicago Med S4
- Chicago Med 4×1
- Chicago Fire 7E×1
- Chicago PD 6×1
- Chicago Fire 7×2 (Crossover 1/3)
- Chicago Med 4×2 (Crossover 2/3)
- Chicago PD 6×2 (Crossover 3/3)
- Chicago Med 4×3
- Chicago Fire 7×3
- Chicago PD 6×3
- Chicago Med 4×4
- Chicago Fire 7×4
- Chicago PD 6×4
- Chicago Med 4×5
- Chicago Fire 7×5
- Chicago PD 6×5
- Chicago Med 4×6
- Chicago Fire 7×6
- Chicago PD 6×6
- Chicago Med 4×7
- Chicago Fire 7×7
- Chicago PD 6×7
- Chicago Med 4×8
- Chicago Fire 7×8
- Chicago PD 6×8
- Chicago Med 4×9
- Chicago Fire 7×9
- Chicago PD 6×9
- Chicago Med 4×10
- Chicago Fire 7×10
- Chicago PD 6×10
- Chicago Med 4×11
- Chicago Fire 7×11
- Chicago PD 6×11
- Chicago Med 4×12
- Chicago Fire 7×12
- Chicago PD 6×12
- Chicago Med 4×13
- Chicago Fire 7×13
- Chicago PD 6×13
- Chicago Med 4×14
- Chicago Fire 7×14
- Chicago PD 6×14
- Chicago Med 4×15
- Chicago Fire 7×15 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 6×15 (Crossover 2/2)
- Chicago Med 4×16
- Chicago Fire 7×16
- Chicago PD 6×16
- Chicago Med 4×17
- Chicago Fire 7×17
- Chicago PD 6×17
- Chicago Med 4×18
- Chicago Fire 7×18
- Chicago PD 6×18
- Chicago Med 4×19
- Chicago Fire 7×19
- Chicago PD 6×19
- Chicago Med 4×20
- Chicago Fire 7×20
- Chicago PD 6×20
- Chicago Med 4×21
- Chicago Fire 7×21
- Chicago PD 6×21
- Chicago Med 4×22
- Chicago Fire 7×22
- Chicago PD 6×22
2019-2020 — Chicago Fire S8, Chicago PD S7, Chicago Med S5, FBI S2
- Chicago Med 5×01
- Chicago Fire 8×1
- Chicago PD 7×1
- Chicago Med 5×2
- Chicago Fire 8×2
- Chicago PD – 7×2
- Chicago Med 5×3
- Chicago Fire 8×3
- Chicago PD 7×3
- Chicago Fire 8×4 (Crossover 1/3)
- Chicago Med 5×4 (Crossover 2/3)
- Chicago PD 7×4 (Crossover 3/3)
- Chicago Med 5×5
- Chicago Fire 8×5
- Chicago PD 7×5
- Chicago Med 5×6
- Chicago Fire 8×6
- Chicago PD 7×6
- Chicago Med 5×7
- Chicago Fire 8×7
- Chicago PD 7×7
- Chicago Med 5×8
- Chicago Fire 8×8
- Chicago PD 7×8
- Chicago Med 5×9
- Chicago Fire 8×9
- Chicago PD 7×9
- Chicago Med 5×10
- Chicago Fire 8×10
- Chicago PD 7×10
- Chicago Med 5×11
- Chicago Fire 8×11
- Chicago PD 7×11
- Chicago Med 5×12
- Chicago Fire 8×12
- Chicago PD 7×12
- Chicago Med 5×13
- Chicago Fire 8×13
- Chicago PD 7×13
- Chicago Med 5×14
- Chicago Fire 8×14
- Chicago PD 7×14
- Chicago Med 5×15
- Chicago Fire 8×15 (Crossover 1/2)
- Chicago PD 7×15 (Crossover 2/2)
- Chicago Med 5×16
- Chicago Fire 8×16
- Chicago PD 7×16
- Chicago Fire 8×17
- Chicago PD 7×17
- Chicago Med 5×17
- Chicago Fire 8×18
- Chicago Med 5×18
- Chicago PD 7×18
- FBI 2×19
- Chicago Fire 8×19
- Chicago PD 7×19
- Chicago Med 5×19
- Chicago Fire 8×20
- Chicago Med 5×20
- Chicago PD 7×20
2020-2021 — Chicago Fire S9, Chicago PD S8, Chicago Med S6
- Chicago PD 8×1 — 8×2
- Chicago Med 6×1
- Chicago Fire 9×1 — 9×2
- Chicago Med 6×2
- Chicago Fire 9×3
- Chicago Med 6×3
- Chicago PD 8×3 — 8×4
- Chicago Fire 9×4 — 9×5
- Chicago PD 8×5
- Chicago Med 6×4 — 6×6
- Chicago Fire 9×6
- Chicago PD 8×6
- Chicago Med 6×7
- Chicago Fire 9×7
- Chicago PD 8×7
- Chicago Med -6×8 — 6×9
- Chicago PD 8×8
- Chicago Fire 9×8 — 9×9
- Chicago PD 8×9
- Chicago Med 6×10
- Chicago Fire 9×10
- Chicago PD 8×10
- Chicago Med 6×11
- Chicago Fire 9×11
- Chicago PD 8×11
- Chicago Med 6×12
- Chicago Fire 9×12
- Chicago PD 8×12
- Chicago Med 6×13
- Chicago PD 8×13
- Chicago Med 6×14
- Chicago PD 8×14
- Chicago Fire 9×13 — 9×14
- Chicago PD 8×15 — 9×1
- Chicago Med 6×15 — 6×16
- Chicago Fire 9×5 — 9×16
2021-2022 — Chicago Fire S10, Chicago PD S9, Chicago Med S7
- Chicago Fire 10×1
- Chicago Med 7×1
- Chicago Fire 10×2 — 10×3
- Chicago PD 9×2
- Chicago Med 7×2 — 7×3
- Chicago Fire 10×4 — 10×5
- Chicago Med 7×4
- Chicago PD 9×3
- Chicago Fire 10×6 — 10×7
- Chicago PD 9×4 — 9×5
- Chicago Fire 10×8
- Chicago PD 9×6
- Chicago Med 7×5
- Chicago PD 9×7
- Chicago Med 7×6
- Chicago PD 9×8 — 9×10
- Chicago Fire 10×9 —10×11
- Chicago Med 7×7 — 7×10
- Chicago PD 9×11
- Chicago Med 7×11
- Chicago Fire 10×12 — 10×13
- Chicago PD 9×12
- Chicago Med 7×12 — 7×13
- Chicago PD 9×13
- Chicago Med 7×14
- Chicago Fire 10×14 — 10×15
- Chicago Med 7×15
- Chicago PD 9×14 — 9×15
- Chicago Fire 10×16
- Chicago Med 7×16 — 7×17
- Chicago PD 9×16
- Chicago Fire 10×17
- Chicago PD 9×17
- Chicago Med 7×18
- Chicago Fire 10×18
- Chicago PD 9×18 — 9×19
- Chicago Med 7×19
- Chicago PD 9×20
- Chicago Med 7×20
- Chicago PD 9×21 — 9×22
- Chicago Fire 10×19 —10×22
- Chicago Med 7×21 — 7×22
2022-2023 — Chicago Fire S11, Chicago PD S10, Chicago Med S8
- Chicago Med 8×1
- Chicago Fire 11×1
- Chicago PD 10×1
- Chicago Med 8×2
- Chicago Fire 11×2
- Chicago PD 10×2
- Chicago Med 8×3
- Chicago Fire 11×3
- Chicago PD 10×3
- Chicago Med 8×4
- Chicago Fire S11×4
- Chicago PD 10×4
- Chicago Med 8×5
- Chicago Fire 11×5
- Chicago PD 10×5
- Chicago Med 8×6
- Chicago Fire 11×6
- Chicago PD 10×6
- Chicago Med 8×07
- Chicago PD 10×07
- Chicago Fire 11×07
- Chicago PD 10×08 — 10×09
- Chicago Med 8×08
- Chicago Fire 11×08
- Chicago Med 8×09
- Chicago Fire 11×09 — 11×10
- Chicago Med 8×10
- Chicago PD 10×10
- Chicago Med 8×11
- Chicago Fire 11×11
- Chicago PD 10×11
- Chicago Med 8×12
- Chicago Fire 11×12
- Chicago PD 10×12
- Chicago Med 8×13
- Chicago Fire 11×13
- Chicago PD 10×13
- Chicago Med 8×14
- Chicago Fire 11×14
- Chicago PD 10×14
3. One Chicago Franchise Crossover Episodes Watch Order
Here’s a heads-up before we start with the list of crossover episodes. Law & Order exists in the same universe, so there are one or two instances where the crossover events involve them. But overall, One Chicago is different. So, you don’t have to keep track of Law & Order as a show.
Here’s the crossover episode watch order list:
| Year | Chicago Fire | Chicago PD | Chicago Med | Chicago Justice | Law & Order SVU |
| 2013 | 1×23 (Chicago PD Backdoor Pilot) | ||||
| 2013 | 1×06 (Part 2/2) | 15×15 (Part 1/2) | |||
| 2014 | 2×20 (Part 1/2) | 1×12 (Part 2/2) | |||
| 3×07 (Part 1/3) | 2×07 (Part 3/3) | 16×07 (Part 2/3) | |||
| 2015 | 3×13 (Part 1/2) | 2×13 (Part 2/2) | |||
| 3×19 (Chicago Med Backdoor Pilot) | |||||
| 3×21 (Part 1/3) | 2×20 (Part 2/3) | 16×20 (Part 3/3) | |||
| 2016 | 4×10 (Part 1/3) | 3×10 (Part 3/3) | 1×05 (Part 2/3) | ||
| 3×14 (Part 2/2) | 17×14 (Part 1/2) | ||||
| 3×21 (Chicago Justice Backdoor Pilot) | |||||
| 2017 | 5×09 (Part 1/2) | 4×09 (Part 2/2) | |||
| 5×15 (Part 1/4) | 4×16 (Part 3/4) | Special Episode (Part 2/4) | 1×01 (Part 4/4) | ||
| 2018 | 6×13 (Part 2/2) | 5×16 (Part 1/2) | |||
| 7×02 (Part 1/3) | 6×02 (Part 3/3) | 4×02 (Part 2/3) | |||
| 2019 | 7×15 (Part 1/2) | 6×15 (Part 2/2) | |||
| 8×04 (Part 1/3) | 7×04 (Part 3/3) | 5×04 (Part 2/3 | |||
| 2020 | 8×15 (Part 1/2) | 7×15 (Part 2/2) |
In 2021, One Chicago couldn’t do any crossover episodes due to COVID-19. This made fans even more eager for a crossover event in 2022. However, so far, there have been no crossover events in the ongoing seasons of Chicago Fire, PD, and Med.
Perhaps we may get a crossover episode in 2023!
4. Where to Watch Chicago Franchise
If you want to watch everything in one place itself, then you can check out the NBC website, where all the shows are available for free. Alternatively, you can also check out Amazon Prime Video, Peaco*ck, and Hulu to watch the shows, although these platforms might have one show but not the other.
5. Run-Time and Binge Duration
Until now, there are a total of 536 episodes in the One Chicago franchise, and the average duration of each episode is about 43 minutes. Thus, if you decide to binge the entire franchise, it’d take you approximately 384 hours.
6. About One Chicago
TheChicagofranchise(also calledOne Chicago) is a media franchise of American television programs created byDerek Haas,Michael Brandt,andDick Wolf, produced byWolf Entertainment, and broadcast onNBC, all of which deal with different public services inChicago, Illinois.TheChicagofranchise has maintained strong ratings leading primetime in total viewers averaging nearly seven million viewers per show betweenChicago Fire,Chicago P.D., andChicago Med.
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