Steven Weber Returning To ‘Chicago Med’ As Series Regular For Season 8 – CB

Steven Weber might be again on Chicago Med for the upcoming eighth season of the NBC medical drama. Weber, who portrays Dr. Dean Archer, joined as a recurring within the sixth season and was upped to collection common for Season 7 in a one-year deal. He has closed a brand new deal and can return as a collection common in Season 8.

Weber’s Dr. Dean Archer is present head of the E.D., whose colleagues at Gaffney Chicago Medical Middle like to hate—although they’ll’t deny he’s an important surgeon. That hate stems from three issues: taking part in a job in fan-favorite Dr. Choi (Brian Tee) getting shot within the Season 6 finale which helped him climb the ranks; his tendency to interrupt the foundations as a way to get the job achieved; and his antagonistic strategy to coping with sufferers.

Of late, Archer is proving how coloring exterior the strains may also be useful. Alongside Sharon Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson), Archer supplied Dr. Hannah Asher (Jessy Schram) a second probability in final week’s episode to rebuild her profession after going by way of restoration from her addictions. A former Naval surgeon who additionally struggles with PTSD, he affords many sufferers a singular perspective although it’s an ongoing private wrestle for him—and infrequently, Dr. Charles (Oliver Platt).

From Emmy-winning government producer Dick Wolf, Chicago Med follows the emotional day-to-day chaos of town’s latest state-of-the-art trauma heart and the lives of the brave medical doctors, nurses and employees who maintain all of it collectively.

Wolf, Diane Frolov, Andrew Schneider, Stephen Hootstein, Derek Haas, Arthur Forney, Matt Olmstead, Michael Brandt and Peter Jankowski are government producers.

Chicago Med is produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, in affiliation with Wolf Leisure.

Season 8 of Chicago Med premieres later this 12 months on NBC.

CB’s Rosy Cordero contributed to this report.