Taylor Kinney. Artwork Streiber/NBC
Fret not Chicago Fireplace followers, Taylor Kinney shall be coming again to Firehouse 51 within the upcoming season, Us Weekly can affirm.
Kinney, 42, will return for the beginning of season 12 of the NBC collection. Nevertheless, his future as a collection common — and the way typically he’ll be featured this season — has but to be decided, in response to TVLine, who was first to report the information.
The actor began enjoying Lieutenant Kelly Severide when Chicago Fireplace premiered in 2012. After 11 seasons, Kinney stepped again from the function for a short lived “go away of absence” in January.
The present was nonetheless filming season 11 when information broke of Kinney’s sudden departure. A supply near manufacturing informed Us on the time that he was leaving to take care of a private matter. The solid and crew reportedly discovered of Kinney’s short-term exit the day the information made headlines, in response to Deadline.
Kinney appeared in his final episode of season 11 in February. His character’s absence was later defined in a March episode, with viewers studying that Severide went to Alabama to assist take part in an arson investigation coaching program.
In the course of the season finale, which aired in Could, Severide’s spouse, Stella Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo), revealed she was going to go get her husband and convey him again to Chicago. Along with transient verbal updates on Severide, NBC had former Chicago Fireplace star Jesse Spencer return for 2 episodes following his personal exit in 2021.
Spencer, 44, reprised his function as Captain Matt Casey, making followers comfortable as they awaited the return of Kinney’s Severide. Spencer performed Casey on the NBC drama from 2012 to 2021 earlier than leaving after the present’s two hundredth episode in October of that yr.
The Australian actor later returned to make a cameo on the season 10 finale, which aired in Could 2022. Within the episode, Casey served as Severide’s finest man as he married Kidd. All through season 11, Casey’s relationship with paramedic Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer) was left up within the air. Nevertheless, his return for the season 11 finale — within the wake of Kinney’s absence — brought about fairly the stir.
In the course of the finale, Casey proposed to Brett which caught viewers and the character without warning. Brett didn’t give her reply earlier than the credit rolled. Whereas Chicago Fireplace was set to return for season 12 in fall 2023, the date was pushed again as a result of ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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The Author’s Guild of America (WGA) strike got here to an finish in September after 5 months of selecting. The union agreed to a tentative take care of the Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Producers (AMPTP), however the Display screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Tv and Radio Artists remains to be on the picket traces.
Solely after SAG-AFTRA involves an settlement with the AMPTP can filming resume on Chicago Fireplace and the remainder of Dick Wolf’s crime exhibits for the community.
NBC shouldn’t be commenting on Kinney’s return or future with the present at the moment.
