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"CHICAGO FIRE"
"A COFFIN THAT SMALL"
03/27/2013 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : A FIREHOUSE RESCUE CALL LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION - Tragedy strikes when a rescue attempt at a tenement building proves unsuccessful, leaving the men and women of firehouse 51 affected by the loss of the victim. Severide's (Taylor Kinney) decision to put Mills (Charlie Barnett) on the fast track to move from Truck to Squad doesn't sit well with some of the others and tension mounts between Severide and Casey (Jesse Spencer) over Heather Darden (guest star Chaon Cross). Shay (Lauren German), and Dawson (Monica Raymund) are forced to deal with a junkie's crazy behavior while on a call and Shea considers a different way to have a family. Meanwhile, the team draws the ire of local drug dealers who threaten the peace and safety of the neighborhood and firehouse. Eamonn Walker and David Eigenberg also star.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: renewed through the 2013-14 season (the show's second of 22 episodes) on 4/26/13
DESCRIPTION: (from NBC's press release, April 2013) NBC has announced the renewal of five key drama series for the 2013-14 season: "Revolution," "Chicago Fire," "Parenthood," "Grimm" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." All have been given 22-episode orders. "Chicago Fire," from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Dick Wolf and creators Derek Haas and Michael Brandt, goes inside a Windy City firehouse and the lives of those who engage in one of our nation's noblest professions. In addition to Wolf, Haas and Brandt, executive producers also include Matt Olmstead, Joe Chappelle, Danielle Gelber and Peter Jankowski. The series is produced by Universal Television and Wolf Films. "Chicago Fire" has topped its premiere audience of 6.6 million persons a total of eight times this season, and the only other new drama on the broadcast networks to have done it even once this season is NBC's "Hannibal." "Chicago Fire" originals have improved the time period versus year-ago results by 24 percent ("live plus same day").
