“Suits” creator Aaron Korsh is listening to fans’ concerns about the new spinoff.
Korsh, 58, took to X on Sunday to answer questions about NBC’s upcoming “Suits: L.A.” series and specifically addressed one fan’s fear that the spinoff will “ruin” the legacy of the original show.
“Not trying to replace our beloved originals. Just a new crew working in a different city handling different kinds of cases,” said Korsh.
“It seems like people are all wishing it was the originals back,” he continued in another post. “I expected this and can’t blame them. I can only hope they give #SuitsLA an open-minded try. If they do, I really believe they will grow to love it.”
“Suits” aired on USA Network from 2011 to 2019. The legal drama starred Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, Rick Hoffman and Meghan Markle, who quit the show after she got engaged to Prince Harry in 2017.
The series blew up on Netflix in 2023, and a spinoff was announced. The new show, also created by Korsh, stars Stephen Amell, Josh McDermitt, Lex Scott Davis and Bryan Greenberg, and will premiere on Feb. 23.
Korsh said on X over the weekend that the cast of the spinoff “is great,” as he addressed the fandom’s doubts after the trailer dropped last week.
“I think if people watch it and give it a chance they will love it,” he wrote.
Korsh added in another tweet, “All I can say is that if people watch, they will quickly see it does have overlap but it is 100% its own thing. If you liked the original and give this a fair shot, I find it hard to believe you won’t come to love it.”
When asked which episode Macht, 53, will appear in as Harvey Specter, Korsh replied, “Can’t give that away just yet. But good question.”
The TV producer elaborated on why Macht is returning in a recurring role.
“The network very much wanted one original member,” he tweeted to a fan. “If you watch, you’ll see that from a story standpoint Harvey made the most sense. I originally wrote this as its own thing not a Suits spin off so I’m not sure what that says about how I look at either one.”
Korsh reiterated that “Suits: L.A.” was supposed to be an original show at first. “Turns out, new shows don’t get on the air but Suits franchises do,” he explained. “I had a choice, make it a Suits franchise or put it in a cupboard. But it is not a standard legal show. I say watch it for 4 episodes. I think you will love it.”
The spinoff will follow Amell’s Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York who “has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles,” the show’s description reads.
“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 description 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.”
“Suits: L.A.” will premiere Feb. 23 on NBC.
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