Elliot Stabler is back. NBC has set a premiere date for its new high-profile Dick Wolf series Law and Order: Organized Crime, which presents the return of Christopher Meloni as the NYPD detective he played for years in Law and Order: SVU. And he will reunite with Olivia Benson when the series opens on April 1, as part of a two-hour crossover with SVU.
The chain also released a first look for Meloni as Stabler in the new series; take a look below.
Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay Tease Stabler and Benson Reunion: “It’s On”
The crossover starts with Law and Order: SVU at 9 pm, followed by Organized crime at 22h. This marks the reunion of Meloni’s Stabler with now captain Benson of Mariska Hargitay after they starred together in the first 12 seasons of SVU 1999-2011. Stabler abruptly withdrew from the force, off camera, at the premiere of season 13.
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NBC today also set the season 4 premiere date for Good girls for 10 pm on Sunday, March 7, and the arc of the 3rd season of Manifest to 8pm on Thursday, April 1st). Elsewhere, dramatic second-year musical comedy Zoey’s extraordinary playlist, starring the recently nominated Golden Globe nominee Jane Levy, will take a hiatus after Tuesday’s episode and return on a new day and time: 9pm Sunday, starting on March 28.
Besides that, Ellen games game it will change from Mondays to 9 pm on Sundays from 7 March, before moving on to 8 pm on 28 March.
Here is NBC’s recently announced schedule and Meloni’s first photo of Law and Order: Organized Crime:
SUNDAY, MARCH 7
19h – “The Voice” (repeat)
9 pm – “Ellen’s Game of Games” (period premiere)
10 pm – “Good Girls” (season 4 premiere)
SUNDAY, MARCH 28
19h – “Ellen’s Game of Games” (repeat)
8 pm – “Ellen’s Game of Games” (period premiere)
9 pm – “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (period premiere)
10 pm – “Good girls”
THURSDAY, APRIL 1
8 pm – “Manifesto” (season 3 premiere)
9 pm – “Law and Order: SVU”
10 pm – “Law and Order: Organized Crime” (series premiere)
