Weber compared being a “journeyman actor” to hopping on “a train that’s running.”

His role was billed as a 7-episode run with the opportunity for expansion.

The actor explained that he doesn’t closely follow many web connection shows.

Steven Weber posing in front of foliage

“That’s not a function of me being a snob,” he added.

“My TV habits are kind of old-fashioned.

I tend to have comfort food versions of television.

Steven Weber in character as Dr. Dean Archer in “Chicago Med”

I watch ‘Seinfeld’ reruns and ‘Shark Tank’ and old movies.”

That didn’t stop him from being excited to land a role on the show.

“They saw action.

They were witnesses to the darker side of serving the country and they brought it back with them.”

Weber also reflected on his lengthy relationship with NBC, the connection that airs “Chicago Med.”