‘Suits’ star Rick Hoffman will return as Louis Litt on ‘Suits LA’

It’s not just Harvey Specter — Louis Litt is now returning to the Suits universe.

Entertainment Weekly has learned that Rick Hoffman will reprise the lovably bullish lawyer he played for nine seasons on Suits in an upcoming episode of NBC’s new spinoff series Suits LA.

While Hoffman is only set for a single episode, he may return for more if the series is renewed for a second season, according to Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the news.

The USA Network premiered Suits in 2011, and it was popular enough with viewers to run through 2019. But the legal procedural centering on senior law partner Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) and hotshot associate Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams), who’s hiding the fact that he has no formal legal training, caught an extraordinary second wind four years after its cancellation. Nielsen reported that American viewers watched 57.7 billion minutes in 2023 — the year Suits landed on Netflix — making it the year’s most-viewed streaming series.

Suits LA was greenlit on NBC in the wake of the anchor series’ extraordinary resurgence. Though no series regular on the spinoff has a direct tie back to Suits, Stephen Amell, who plays the federal prosecutor turned entertainment lawyer Ted Black, told EW in December that his character has a connection to Specter and that Macht will return as a recurring guest star.

 “I’m not the one that invites them,” Amell said of the rest of the Suits cast, “but as far as I’m concerned, all of them are welcome.”

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Suits and Suits LA creator Aaron Korsh teased last month that “Harvey is not the only Suits original character that we’re going to see this season. There will be at least one other original Suits character. I’m not going to say at what level.” Hoffman is at least one, but there’s no word as yet whether any other OG biggies, like Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres, or Meghan Markle are also in talks to reprise their roles.

Korsh told EW in December that past Suits cast aren’t the only names he’s looking at for cameo and guest roles. Since Suits LA has taken up residence at a law firm catering to Hollywood’s rich and powerful, Korsh playfully suggested that actors like Denzel Washington would be welcome to appear as themselves on the series. “Denzel, open invitation [to cameo], you heard it here first,” he joked.

Roots and The West Wing star John Amos appeared as himself in the pilot of Suits LA in just such a role, his last following his death on Oct. 1.

Suits LA also stars Josh McDermitt, Lex Scott Davis, and Bryan Greenberg. The series premiered on Feb. 23, with new episodes to premiere each Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT and streaming the next day on Peacock.