NBC premieres on April 1 in Law & Order: Organized Crime in a two-hour crossover that brings together Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay
Nearly a decade after leaving Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler will finally reunite with Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson.
NBC has released on April 1 the new spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, which will bring Elliot Stabler to New York City.
The premiere will be part of a two-hour crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with SVU at 9pm and Organized Crime at 10pm.
Stabler returns: almost a decade after leaving Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler will finally reunite with Mariska Hargitay’s Olivia Benson
Spin-off: NBC has released on April 1 the new spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, which will bring Elliot Stabler to New York City
Crossover: The premiere will be part of a two-hour crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with SVU at 9pm and Organized Crime at 10pm
Law & Order: Organized Crime will follow Stabler when he returns to the New York Police Department to lead his Organized Crime division.
Stabler returns to the NYPD after suffering, “a devastating personal loss,” the ass he tries to rebuild his life.
Part of its “reconstruction” will include forming an “elite working group that destroys the city’s most powerful criminal unions one by one.”
Big loss: Stabler returns to NYPD after suffering “devastating personal loss” while trying to “rebuild his life”
Meloni will star alongside Dylan McDermott and Tamara Taylor, although no details were given about his characters.
Law & Order: Organized Crime was created by Dick Wolf, who will executive produce alongside Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
The show was originally announced in late March 2020 and was scheduled to debut last fall, although several complications arose.
Complications: The show was originally announced in late March 2020 and was scheduled to premiere last fall, although several complications arose
As early as October, showrunner Matt Olmstead left the show amid creative challenges, pushing the show off the fall schedule.
The network announced in December that The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken had come on board to work as a showrunner, after serving as a showrunner at Empire.
McDermott joined the cast last week with Taylor on board this week, though it’s unclear when production will begin.
Law & Order: Organized Crime was created by Dick Wolf, who will executive produce alongside Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
Organized by: Law & Order: Organized Crime was created by Dick Wolf, who will co-produce with Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski
Meloni performed alongside Hargitay at SVU from the beginning in 1999, and detectives made them one of the most dynamic duos on television.
SVU is now in its 22nd season, the longest live action show in television history.
NBC and Dick Wolf Productions signed a new five-year deal in February 2020, which included unprecedented three-season renewals for SVU along with Wolf’s trio of Windy City shows: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Chicago Med
SVU Team: SVU is now in its 22nd season, the longest live real-time action show in television history