RATINGS RAT RACE: OK Start For 'Chicago PD'; 'SVU', 'Revolution' & 'Middle …

And now, as if the winter were not already brutal enough, Wolf and NBC bring us a badly cast and even more badly written salute to police brutality and network stupidity, the Fire spinoff Chicago P.D. (* our of four). Designed for people who want the

Chicago-PD The ratings bar for live viewing of entertainment series is pretty low these days, especially at 10 PM. By those standards, the debut of NBC's Chicago Fire spinoff, Chicago PD, did OK, drawing a 2.0 rating in adults 18-49 last night. It

And now, as if the winter were not already brutal enough, Wolf and NBC bring us a badly cast and even more badly written salute to police brutality and network stupidity, the Fire spinoff Chicago P.D. (* our of four). Designed for people who want the

The only slightly unexpected twist is that the detective at the center of Chicago P.D. is Sgt. Hank Voight (Jason Beghe), who will be familiar to Chicago Fire viewers as an angry, corrupt cop who was sent to prison. Well, guess what? He got sprung

"Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf knows a thing or two about crime procedurals. His latest, "Chicago PD," premiered to mixed critical reviews, but that may not hurt it one bit in the ratings. "PD" is a spin-off of "Chicago Fire," which was also met with