Chicago Med season 11 release date, cast details, where to watch, episode count, and other latest updates so far

Chicago Med season 11 brings back most of the fan favorites and the show's mainstays for another season of medical drama and beyond. NBC has just released its fall lineup, and Chicago Med will return to the small screen very soon.

Chicago Med season 11 will air on NBC on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, and will also be available for streaming on Peacock. Plot and cast details are still scarce. However, fans can expect that most of the cast and characters from season 10 will be returning, except for two doctors.

The new season is also expected to answer some of the biggest questions that the previous season left, including the identity of Dr. Hannah Asher's baby's father, and what happens next following a shocking diagnosis of Dr. Lenox.

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Exact release date for Chicago Med season 11, and how many episodes there will be in the series

Chicago Med season 11 will premiere on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at 8 pm Eastern Time. The new season comes slightly over a year after the 10th season premiered.

For those who want to catch season 11 of the medical procedural drama once it airs, here are the exact release dates and times for when the premiere will be released in several major time zones worldwide:

Time zone	Release Date	Release Time
Pacific Time	Wednesday, October 1, 2025	5 pm
Central Time	Wednesday, October 1, 2025	7 pm
Eastern Time	Wednesday, October 1, 2025	8 pm
Greenwich Mean Time	Thursday, October 2, 2025	12 am
Central European Time	Thursday, October 2, 2025	2 am
Eastern European Time	Thursday, October 2, 2025	3 am
Indian Standard Time	Thursday, October 2, 2025	5:30 am
Japan Standard Time	Thursday, October 2, 2025	9 am

There is no confirmed episode count for season 11 just yet. However, with most of the previous seasons having 22 episodes each, it's likely season 11 will follow a similar pattern.

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Where to watch Chicago Med season 11?

New episodes of Chicago Med season 11 will air on Wednesday nights exclusively on NBC. Fans who don't have access to the channel can watch the season's episodes on Peacock. However, they won't arrive on the streaming platform until a day after their television premiere.

Meanwhile, all ten past sessions of the medical drama are currently available for streaming on Peacock and NBC's official website.

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All cast members in Chicago Med season 11 and their characters

Chicago Med's mainstays will be returning in season 11, which includes S. Epatha Mackerson as Sharon Goodwin and Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles.

Plenty of other cast members from season 10 will also be reprising their roles, including:

• Steven Weber as Dr. Dean Archer
• Jessy Schram as Dr. Hannah Asher
• Marlyne Barrett as Maggie Lockwood
• Sarah Ramos as Dr. Caitlyn Lenox
• Darren Barnet as Dr. John Frost
• Luke Mitchell as Dr. Mitch Ridley

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What to expect in Chicago Med season 11?

Chicago Med season 10 left several cliffhangers and mysteries that season 11 will have to answer. One of the biggest mysteries that remains is who the father of Hanna's baby is and how the truth of the paternity will affect everyone involved in that storyline.

While the storyline for Chicago Med season 11 remains under wraps, showrunner Allen MacDonald teased some of the highlights fans can expect in the upcoming season via TV Insider. He said that Lenox's prion diagnosis, a fatal disease, "is going to have a profound effect" on how she plans to live her life. MacDonald added that season 11 could be "cathartic" for Lenox's story.

He also expressed his desire to explore Anna (Hannah Alligood) and Charles' relationship in the upcoming season.

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John Earl Jenks as Dr. Dennis Washington and Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut as Dr. Naomi Howard in the series are reportedly not returning in the upcoming show, per Hello Magazine. Both characters were introduced in Chicago Med season 9 and continued to be in the series for season 10, appearing in over ten episodes each.