- Gabriel Macht is officially returning as Harvey Specter for the Suits LA spin-off.
- The new legal drama — also helmed by flagship series creator Aaron Korsh — follows Ted Black (Stephen Amell), an ex-federal prosecutor from New York who now defends Los Angeles’ elite.
- Suits LA release date: February 23rd, 2025.
Almost a year after the confirmation of Stephen Amell (Arrow, Heels) as the forthcoming spin-off’s lead, Deadline has revealed Suits LA will also hail the return of Gabriel Macht as franchise favourite Harvey Specter.
The entertainment publication reports Macht has signed on for a three-episode arc with every possibility for more. It’ll also mark his first appearance on screens as any character since the conclusion of the flagship series and the short-lived spin-off Pearson.
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Despite the change of setting, Harvey Specter fits perfectly within the Suits LA universe. In addition to sharing a similar professional background to Amell’s Ted Black — both canonically former prosecutors in New York — Macht characterised his reprisal as helping “an old friend in need.” Perhaps we’ll learn Harvey and Ted earned their stripes together in the proverbial trenches.
Stephen Amell and Gabriel Macht are joined by a cast that also features Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane, Lex Scott Davis as Erica Rollins, Bryan Greenberg as Rick Dodsen, alongside Troy Winbush as Kevin, and Alice Lee as Leah.
While you probably didn’t experience its resurgence here in Australia, over the past year or so, Suits (and its spin-off Pearson) has been re-taking the US by storm following its introduction to American Netflix.
Naturally, the record-breaking streaming numbers didn’t go unnoticed. Hence why NBCUniversal has commissioned a franchise expansion a la CSI and NCIS set in sunny Los Angeles — a stark contrast to New York City (Suits 1.0) and Chicago (Pearson).
President of Universal International Studios & UCP Beatrice Springborn teased that the Suits LA will have a similar “energy” to the original show, adding that the “fun and happy” tone will be set “in the same time frame.”
The original Suits series centred on the aforementioned high-profile litigator and part-time Bruce Wayne prototype, Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), who enlists expelled genius, Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), and his eidetic memory to the prestigious Pearson Hardman law firm.
Side note: the latter has also raised his hand for a potential return (“If I got the phone call, I’m ready to suit up again. I love the show, I love the character and I loved working with all these people.”).
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Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, and later Katherine Heigl starred alongside Macht and Adams. In total, the legal workplace drama ran for nine seasons/134 episodes from 2011 to 2019, garnering multiple award nominations, and even generating Japanese and South Korean remakes.
As for Suits LA, the release date has been slated for February 23rd, 2025 — keep an eye out for the updates here and check out the synopsis below:
Ted Black (Stephen Amell), a former federal prosecutor from New York, 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. 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 we slowly unravel the events that years ago led Ted to leave behind everything and everyone he loved.
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