NBC marks the April 1 debut of Law & Order: Organized Crime in a two-hour crossover bringing together Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay
Almost a decade after leaving Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler will finally meet with Olivia Benson from Mariska Hargitay.
NBC marked an April 1 debut of the new spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, which will bring Elliot Stabler back to New York City.
The premiere will be part of a two-hour crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with SVU airing at 9 pm and Organized Crime at 10 pm.
Stabler’s return: almost a decade after leaving Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler will finally meet with Olivia Benson from Mariska Hargitay
Spin-off: NBC made an April 1 debut for the new Law & Order: Organized Crime spin-off, which will bring Elliot Stabler back to New York City
Crossover: The premiere will be part of a two-hour crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, with SVU broadcast at 9 pm and Organized Crime at 10 pm
Law and Order: Organized Crime will follow Stabler when he returns to the New York Police Department to run his Organized Crime division.
Stabler returns to the NYPD after suffering, ‘a devastating personal loss’, and tries to’ rebuild his life.
Part of its ‘reconstruction’ will include forming an ‘elite task force that is dismantling the city’s most powerful criminal unions, one by one’.
Big loss: Stabler returns to NYPD after suffering, ‘a devastating personal loss’, while trying to ‘rebuild his life’
Meloni will star opposite Dylan McDermott and Tamara Taylor, although no details have been given about their characters.
Law & Order: Organized Crime was created by Dick Wolf, who will executive produce along with Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
The show was originally announced in late March 2020, and was originally scheduled to open last fall, although a number of complications did arise.
Complications: The program was originally announced in late March 2020 and was scheduled to open last fall, although a number of complications did arise.
In October, showrunner Matt Olmstead left the show amid creative challenges, which changed the show off the fall schedule.
The network announced in December that The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken had boarded as a showrunner after serving as a showrunner at the Empire.
McDermott joined the cast last week with Taylor coming on board this week, although it is unclear when production will begin.
Law & Order: Organized Crime was created by Dick Wolf, who will executive produce along with Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
Organized: Law and Order: Organized Crime was created by Dick Wolf, who will executive produce along with Ilene Chaiken, Terry Miller, Fred Berner, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski
Meloni starred alongside Hargitay in SVU since the beginning in 1999, with the detectives’ relationship making them one of the most dynamic duos on television.
SVU is now in its 22nd season, the oldest prime-time live action program in television history.
NBC and Dick Wolf Productions signed a new five-year contract in February 2020, which included unprecedented three-season renewals for SVU along with Wolf’s trio of programs Windy City – Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Chicago Med.
SVU Team: SVU is now in its 22nd season, the oldest prime-time live action program in television history