Sophia Bush’s Network TV Return After Chicago PD’

• Sophia Bush’s bad experiences with NBC “Chicago PD”WB’s “One Tree Hill” made her “rethink”Doing network TV.
• CBS is now leading “Good Sam,”Bush presents the cast and crew “empathy” “deep respect.”
• Representatives of NBC and “One Tree Hill”Mark Schwahn, creator, didn’t respond when asked.

Sophia Bush stars now in the CBS drama “Medical Drama”. “Good Sam,”It premiered on January 5, five years after Bush had left the starring role of NBC’s Police Procedural. “Chicago PD”2017

But it wasn’t so easy for Bush to decide to return to network TV — largely because of the toxic workplace situations she says she experienced on the sets of “Chicago PD”And her previous hit show, “One Tree Hill,”This cult-classic teen drama ran from 2003 to 2012 for nine seasons on WB and then the CW.

The “Love, Victor”Actor Recently, USA Today was informed These are the two experiences she claims she had “Chicago PD” “One Tree Hill”These were the reasons she started to choose independent projects and roles.

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“It was a very jarring thing, to have the two longest-running jobs that I’ve done in my career be poisoned with this kind of behavior that ran the gamut of severity,”She spoke. “It really made me rethink what I wanted to do.”

Bush signed a November 2017 letter with many of her former female colleagues “One Tree Hill”Audrey Wauchope’s former coworker is being supported by costars and crew. In the letter Published by VarietyThe women describe themselves as being “manipulated psychologically and emotionally”By “One Tree Hill” creator Mark Schwahn.

“Many of us were put in uncomfortable positions and had to swiftly learn to fight back, sometimes physically, because it was made clear to us that the supervisors in the room were not the protectors they were supposed to be,”It reads in part.

Insider asked for comment from Schwahn, but was not immediately contacted by a representative.

Bush had already left the country earlier in that year. “Chicago PD”After four seasons, her character Detective Erin Lindsay made a final appearance on the finale of season 4. It aired May 2017. Bush did not speak out at the time about why she had left the hit NBC drama. But, in December 2018, Bush spoke out about it. “abusive behavior”She relates that she was assaulted on the day she witnessed it. “Chicago PD”during an appearance at Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast.

Bush said to Shepard that she had learned from her experiences on “Chicago PD”It was worse than “One Tree Hill”Schwahn was an aforementioned. “bad dude”Who “lived in LA”And most of the time, she and her castmates were away with him on-set at Wilmington, North Carolina. “One Tree Hill”Filmed “loving our experience.”

Contrary to this, she stated that her time was on “Chicago PD”It made her feel good. “like I was standing butt-naked, bruised, and bleeding in the middle of Times Square, screaming at the top of my lungs and not a single person stopped to ask if they could help me,”She shared this with Shepard in 2018.

USA Today’s Wednesday interview with Bush revealed that Bush also did not like the way she felt. “stuck”In her previous contract with a network-TV.

“I didn’t want to be stuck on a set again. Because when you’re stuck, you don’t have any options. You don’t have anywhere to go,”She spoke.

According to USA TodayBush stated in the past that she was able to leave the series at season 4 because she had first requested to. “Chicago PD,”NBC had already told her there was “no way”She was able to leave the drama earlier because she signed a seven-year contract.

Insider reached out to NBC representatives but they didn’t respond immediately.

Bush made the decision to return after five years to network television, this time on CBS. Bush is now the first to be called for. “Good Sam,” TVLine interviewed herShe stated in an interview that she was determined to do things differently.

Bush stated that it was important for her to feel at ease on set with everyone she works with. “incredibly proud to set the kind of tone on a set that does lead with empathy” “leads with deep respect for every single person on it.”

“Every single person on our set knows that they’re valued, loved, and appreciated and knows that we do not take the effort that they make to create a show with us for granted ever,”Bush was the second.

“Good Sam”Airs Wednesdays at 10 PM on CBS