NBC will premiere on April 1 for Law & Order: Organized Crime in a two-hour crossover bringing 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 set an April 1 premiere for 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 p.m. and Organized Crimes at 10 p.m.
Stabler returns: Nearly a decade after leaving Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Christopher Meloni’s Elliot Stabler will finally reunite with Olivia Benson, of Mariska Hargitay
Spin-off: NBC has set an April 1 premiere for the new spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime, 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 aired at 9 p.m. and Organized Crime at 10 p.m.
Law & Order: Organized crime will follow Stabler as 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,” which he is trying to rebuild his life.
Part of its “reconstruction” will include the formation of an “elite workforce that destroys one by one the city’s strongest criminal unions.”
Big losses: Stabler returns to NYPD after suffering “devastating personal loss” while trying to “rebuild his life”
Meloni will play alongside Dylan McDermott and Tamara Taylor, although no details have been given for their characters.
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.
The show was originally announced in late March 2020 and was originally scheduled to debut last fall, although a number of complications have arisen.
Complications: The show was originally announced in late March 2020 and was originally scheduled to debut last fall, although a number of complications have occurred.
In October, showrunner Matt Olmstead left the show amid creative challenges that moved the show out of the fall program.
The network announced in December that the creator of The Word L, Ilene Chaiken, had come on board to join the showrunner, after serving as a showrunner on Empire.
McDermott joined the cast last week, and Taylor came on board last week, though it’s unclear when production will begin.
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.
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 played with Hargitay at SVU from the beginning in 1999, the detectives’ report making him one of the most dynamic duels on television.
SVU is now in its 22nd season, the longest-running 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 the Wolf trio of Windy City shows – Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Chicago Med.
SVU crew: SVU is now in its 22nd season, the longest-running live action show in television history