‘Law & Order’ to return for season 21 on NBC

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LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – The original “Law & Order” will return to NBC with new episodes for season 21, nearly a dozen years after the series closed after a 20-year run.

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Rick Eid will serve as showrunner for the new version of the Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television series. “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf has worked for years to bring the Mothership series back with new primetime episodes.

“There are very few things in life that are literally dreams come true,” Wolf said. “This is mine.”

No word yet from NBC on the cast or a premiere date. The original series had a rotating set over the years that helped keep the show energized as the actors would naturally move in and out of roles in law enforcement and criminal justice.

Law & Order has generated more than a dozen spin-offs that have generated billions of dollars in licensing revenue for NBCUniversal around the world. “Law & Order: SVU,” which ran on NBC in 1999, has outlived the original series and is in its 23rd season.

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“Law & Order: Criminal Intent” also had a long run on NBC and the USA Network. Most recently, former “SVU” star Chris Meloni rejoined the Wolf pack by signing the series “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” which had a successful mid-season launch in April.

NBC had ordered another “Law & Order” branded series for the 2021-22 season – “Law & Order: For the Defense” – but it was scrapped over the summer. That series would have examined the defense side of the criminal justice system in a deeper way than the franchise has in the past. At the time there were rumors of another series branded “L&O” in the works.

“‘Law & Order’ is simply one of the most iconic shows in television history, and the idea of ​​continuing his legacy and partnering with Dick in an entirely new season is nothing short of exciting,” said Susan Rovner, President. of entertainment content. , NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “This is great news for NBC and for television fans everywhere.”

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The original series, with its distinctive procedural format, has become an enduring part of pop culture, as reruns of the series are widely available on the television dial and now on the Peacock streaming platform.

“Law & Order” ended its run in May 2010, after 456 episodes, and was replaced on the falling NBC calendar with “Law & Order: Los Angeles,” but that spin-off only lasted one season. At the time, Wolf bought the show from TNT and AMC, among other networks, but the two parties were unable to reach an agreement on the license fee. More recently, NBC and Wolf in 2015 discussed bringing back “Law & Order” as a limited series, but that didn’t come to fruition either.

Previous “L&O” series include “Law & Order: Trial by Jury” (2005-2006), “Law & Order, The Real Crime: The Menéndez Murders” (2017). Another edition, “Law & Order: Hate Crimes”, was initially announced in 2018, but was discontinued.

“The return of the flagship series ‘Law & Order’ for a pivotal 21st season is a proud moment for Dick and a proud moment for us, his studio partners,” said Pearlena Igbokwe, President of Universal Studio Group.

Eid will executive produce the new “Law & Order” alongside Wolf, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski.

Reference-torontosun.com

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