Chicago Fire

6:00 AM PDT 10/2/2012 by Tim Goodman

Dick Wolf's new show hardly rewrites the script for procedurals but might be NBC's brightest hope.

Dick Wolf was not looking to rewrite the playbook when he shepherded Chicago Fire to the small screen. That's not what he does. He pounds stories into workmanlike form then wants them to run a strong 45 minutes and come back next week to do it again.