NBC's 'Chicago Med' Season 3 Premiere Date Set For November 21

by John Rosca / Oct 11, 2017 11:11 AM EDT

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The long-awaited return of "Chicago Med" will be happening next month. NBC has announced that "Chicago Med" season 3 has been scheduled a premiere air date of November 21, Tuesday at 10 PM.

Deadline reports that "Chicago Med" will take the same slot as the currently airing "Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders." Both of them are shows from star producer Dick Wolf.

It's good news for the show's fans, who have been waiting for the follow-up to the "Chicago Med" season 2 cliffhanger. Oliver Platt's Dr. Daniel Charles got shot by a mentally ill former patient, notes TV Line. Dr. Charles' fate will finally be revealed when the show comes back in November.

On the other hand, his fate has actually been revealed in recent teasers of "Chicago Med" season 3 storylines. Do not read further if you don't want to be spoiled. If you want to learn some of the plot details of the upcoming season, you can continue.

Spoilers for "Chicago Med" season 3 will be detailed from hereon. Fansided notes that after getting shot, Dr. Charles lives and recovers enough to practice psychiatry again. Dr. Sarah Reese (Rachel DiPillo), still doing her residency under Dr. Charles, begins to have misgivings about his effectiveness with some patients, like the one who shot him.

Dr. Will Halstead (Nick Gehlfuss) and Dr. Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto) find themselves in the early throes of a romantic relationship. A new surgery fellow, the competitive Dr. Ava Bekker (guest star Norma Kuhling), comes to complicate hospital life for trauma surgeon Dr. Connor Rhodes (Colin Donnell).

Also returning are Brian Tee as Dr. Ethan Choi, S. Epatha Merkerson as Sharon Goodwin, Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood and Yaya DaCosta as April Sexton. Alice's brother Noah Sexton (guest star Roland Buck III) will be coming in to join the "Chicago Med" team as their newest physician.