Why has Suits LA started filming now (didn’t that happen months ago?!)

The expectation for Suits: LA has been simmering for over a year, but the cast and crew apparently only began filming episodes in November 2024. Aaron Korsh’s upcoming legal drama series serves as a spinoff to Suitsa highly successful USA Network show that ran for nine seasons. Four years after the Suits series finale, Netflix added the show to its streaming library, where it experienced a resurgence that many could not have predicted. Multiple subscribers discovered Suits For the first time, and thanks to its unexpected rise in popularity, Universal Television and NBCUniversal ordered a split.

Korsh returns as showrunner/creator of Suits spinoff, which was confirmed in October 2023. As time passed, more information about the series was revealed. It’s called Suits: LA, is set in Los Angeles (of course), and Stephen Amell leads the cast as Ted Black. More cast members, including Josh McDermitt and Lex Scott Davis, have been revealed and now, it’s finally time for production to officially begin. However, one cannot help but wonder why It took over a year for the cast and crew to begin filming Suits: LA after being announced in October 2023.

Suits LA has just started filming in California

Stephen Amell confirmed that filming has begun

According to Stephen Amell Instagram account, first day of filming Suits: LA began on Monday, November 18, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. The actor made some posts on his social media announcing the exciting news. In one post, Amell shared a photo from a film for Suits: LA with the caption: “Okay… we’re doing it.” Amell also posted a video of himself (presumably in his trailer) eating and saying, “Hey. We’re here. We did it. Suits: LA First day, baby, let’s go!” The caption aptly reads: “DAY 1 -.”

It is important to note that the movie list in the image above says: “Episode 102.” Although it is not confirmed, it is safe to assume that “Day 1” of filming the Suits the spinoff was for season 1, episode 2, directed by Anton Cropper. Some may be confused as to why the cast and crew of Suits: LA is starting with episode 2. However, it actually makes sense given the updates about the spinoff from months ago. It’s also pretty standard in the grand scheme of network TV.

What has Suits LA been up to these past few months?

The cast and crew filmed the pilot in Vancouver before moving production to Los Angeles

The cast and story of Suits: LA it was probably finished months ago. However, that doesn’t mean there hasn’t been progress on the legal drama between then and the official start of filming in November 2024. In fact, it’s the opposite. When NBC announced the Suits spinoff, the network also ordered a pilot for the series. Then, the cast and crew began working on developing the first episode of Suits: LA, which was filmed in the spring of 2024.

After finishing the pilot, they gave it to NBC. The network then ordered Suits: LA for the series — in other words, the cast and crew have been given the green light to produce a full season. So that’s why November 18, 2024 was the first official day of filming. Suits: LA it wasn’t a real TV show until NBC ordered more episodes.

When Suits LA will be released

Fans should expect episodes soon

Despite the production of Suits: LA only from November 2024, fans of the original series won’t have to wait long for the new one. According to TV Linethe spinoff of the legal drama will be premieres Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 9 pm ET on NBC. Even though it’s felt like an eternity since NBC announced Suits: LAthe wait will be over soon.

Given that Suits: LA will premiere in spring 2025, its first season will likely be around 10 to 13 episodes. NBC has not confirmed the official episode count for the legal drama. However, the spinoff (which will admittedly be quite different from the Suits) that airs in the middle of the season suggests that it has a reduced number of episodes. The good news is that the debut of Suits: LA is coming, and the year-long wait will end in February 2025.

Sources: Variety, Instagram, TVLine