Yahoo Lifestyle 'Suits' Spinoff Announces 2025 Premiere and West Coast Location
Suits: LA has cast Arrow star Stephen Amell as its lead, who ramped up fervor for the show in late March on Instagram, announcing he was headed to Vancouver to "shoot a pilot. Almost 12 years to the day since we shot the Arrow pilot."
The new Suits series was first reported to be in the works back in October 2023. As sources told Deadline at the time, the series (from the creator of the original legal drama) is "a Suits universe series in the vein of the CSI and NCIS franchises featuring new characters in a new location." In other words, don't expect a spinoff or a revival of the OG series.
Suits debuted on USA Network in 2011 and ran for nine seasons before coming to an end in 2019. A spinoff titled Pearson premiered two months before the Suits series finale but was canceled after just one season.
Meghan Markle famously played Rachel Zane in the original series, which in 2023 set a new Nielsen viewing record for an acquired title with almost 18 billion minutes across Netflix and Peacock.
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Discussing the show's streaming popularity, Suits creator Aaron Korsh told The Hollywood Reporter, "I think why people are tuning into it is a combination of that TikTok thing, there’s no doubt that there’s some curiosity about Meghan [Markle], and then Netflix knows how to entice you to watch a television show and then that builds on itself."
In the same interview, Korsh said that he was "very satisfied" with how Suits ended. "I managed not to be ashamed of any of the episodes we did. And so, I’d be afraid [to do it again]," he admitted. "It’s not like I can think of a ton of shows that have been rebooted that I’ve watched, where I was like, 'Yeah, that was great.' Usually, I’m not even interested in watching them."
However, Korsh noted that he would consider a reboot "if someone reached out and the cast was into it," and if he "could come up with something that excited me."
Read on for more about the new Suits series.
What is the new Suits series called?
The new show will be called Suits LA.
When will the new Suits series come out?
Suits LA will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 23 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
What is the new Suits series about?
The original Suits is a legal drama that revolves around the professional and personal lives of talented lawyers in New York City, and the new Suits series would, well, follow suit, only it will be set in a different city with a different cast of characters.
Now, it appears that that city will be Los Angeles. According to the project's official synopsis (via TVLine), the show will follow a character named Ted Black, an ex-federal prosecutor from New York who “has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles."
“His firm is at a crisis point, and in order to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career,” the synopsis continues. “Ted is surrounded by a stellar group of characters who test their loyalties to both Ted and each other while they can’t help but mix their personal and professional lives. All of this is going on while events from years ago slowly unravel that led Ted to leave behind everything and everyone he loved.”
Who is cast in Suits LA?
Stephen Amell as Ted Black
The Arrow star will play Ted Black, who cofounded Ted Lane Law, a firm that specializes in criminal and entertainment law.
Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane
The Walking Dead star will play Lane, the other half of Ted Lane Law.
Lex Scott Davis as Erica Rollins
The star of Lifetime's Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart, will play Rollins, who's described as a “savvy and strong-willed rising star at the firm who is shrewd enough to test the loyalty of her associates only to admire some of them for not having any.”
Troy Winbush as Kevin
Winbush, who played Denny in The Cosby Show, will start off as a guest star and get bumped to recurring if the show is picked up to series. His character, Kevin, is a former FBI agent and an old friend of Ted's who's now working as a private detective.
Alice Lee as Leah
Like Winbush, Lee will get promoted from guest star to recurring should the show get picked up to series. She'll play Leah, a young associate at Black Lane Law who works for Erica Rollins.
Bryan Greenberg as Rick Dodsen
The One Tree Hill alum is the latest actor cast on the series. He'll play Dodsen, Rick's protege, who awaits a promotion and competes with Erica Rollins.
Where will the new Suits series be set?
While the original series was set in New York City, the new project will take place in Los Angeles, as Deadline had previously reported might be the case.
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Will Meghan Markle return for the new Suits series?
Markle, who left the original show in 2017 after seven seasons, retired from acting prior to marrying into the British royal family. During her engagement interview with Prince Harry, Meghan said, "I don’t see it as giving anything up. I just see it as a change."
Although the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since stepped down as working members of the British royal family, Markle has made it clear that she does not intend to return to acting.
"I'm done," she told Variety in 2022. "I guess never say never, but my intention is to absolutely not."
Either way, Deadline has reported that the new Suits series would feature new characters.
How to watch Suits
The first eight seasons of Suits are currently streaming on Netflix, while all nine seasons are available on Peacock.
