‘On Call’ Star Eriq La Salle On Returning To Series TV, Playing An OG Cop & Working Alongside Lori Loughlin

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SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details about the debut of Prime Video’s On Call. Eriq La Salle would like to gently remind his fans that he never actually went anywhere.

Though he hasn’t done regular series television since hanging up his scrubs as Dr. Peter Benton in 2009, La Salle for the last 17 years has been firmly embedded in the “Wolf camp” — the nickname for Dick Wolf‘s vast empire of cop, fire and medical shows.

Ever since he made his episodic TV directing debut on Special Victims Unit in 2007, La Salle has played a behind-the-scenes role in Wolf’s primetime lineup, from serving as an executive producer on Chicago PD to directing multiple episodes of Chicago Justice, Chicago Med, Law & Order, L&O Organized Crime and FBI. “It’s a camp that is a bit of a meritocracy where if you prove yourself, they give you a lot of respect and support and allow you to grow within the company,” La Salle tells Deadline.

As part of La Salle’s deal with NBC-Universal, La Salle was asked to help usher the Wolf camp into the streaming world, which was how On Call — Prime Video‘s action-packed police drama series that dropped today — was first conceived.