CHICAGO MED Cast on the Impact of Maggie’s Illness

CHICAGO MED’s Maggie (Marlyne Barrett) is going through a hard time as she battles cancer, but as of now, she’s been mostly able to keep it close to the vest…though that won’t last for long.

MED stars Barrett, Yaya DaCosta, Brian Tee, Nick Gehlfuss, Torrey DeVitto, and showrunners Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider tease what’s ahead for Maggie and how her colleagues may handle the reveal that she’s sick… Read more

CHICAGO MED Cast, Showrunners Tease Tension with the New COO

CHICAGO MED’s fourth season finds the medical crew up against a new problem: COO Gwen Garrett (Heather Headley), who has a very different vision for how the hospital should be run.

“[The tension is] always going to be there,” executive producer Andrew Schneider teased to reporters in the video below. “The interesting thing about that character is all of her arguments are legitimate arguments…we don’t just pull them out of thin air. We try to deal with the realities of running a hospital.”

For Gwen’s portrayer, “every week I get the script and go, ‘Ooh, what’s she gonna do today? Who is she going to be in trouble with today?'” Headley said with a laugh. And though there is a potential ally in her horizon, “it is an uphill battle…because you’re trying your best to run the hospital and keep it open.”

Check out more from Team CHICAGO MED—including executive producer Diane Frolov, and stars S. Epatha Merkerson, Marlyne Barrett, Torrey DeVitto, Nick Gehlfuss, Yaya DaCosta, Brian Tee, and Colin Donnell—on how Gwen is shaking things up… Read more