The future of Law & Order: Organized Crime is in doubt amid low ratings and showrunner changes for the spin-off.
The show centers on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), a veteran detective who returns to the NYPD in New York following his wife’s murder.
Stabler joins the Organized Crime Task Force, led by Sergeant Ayanna Bell (Danielle Moné Truitt) – with the show concluding its fourth season on Thursday,
However the decision whether to renew the spin-off for season five is still in discussion at NBC – while Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit have already been renewed for seasons 24 and 26 respectively, per Deadline.
Organized Crime has scored the lowest ratings of producer Dick Wolf’s NBC shows and has changed showrunners numerous times.
The future of Law & Order: Organized Crime is in doubt amid low ratings and showrunner changes for the spin-off
The show centers on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), a veteran detective who returns to the NYPD in New York following his wife’s murder
Matt Olmstead helmed the first season before he was replaced by The L Word’s Ilene Chaiken, who was then replaced by Barry O’Brien.
Bryan Goluboff was the initial season three showrunner but left after three months, with replacement Sean Jablonski leaving due to ‘creative differences.’
David Graziano then replaced him with John Shiban showrunner for season four.
Organized Crime began airing in 2021.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, which serves as a spinoff of the original Law & Order series, originally premiered in September of 1999.
The Dick Wolf-created show starring Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson and Ice-T as Sergeant Odafin ‘Fin’ Tutuola, has since surpassed the episode count of its predecessor, and it has become one of the longest-running programs in television history.
The program’s newest season premiered in January, and NBC celebrated the show’s 25th anniversary by temporarily changing Rockefeller Plaza’s name to Olivia Benson Plaza.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has already been renewed for season 26 (pictured Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T in the show)
Law & Order has been renewed for season 24 (pictured Camryn Manheim as Lt. Kate Dixon, Sam Waterston as DA Jack McCoy, Bruce Altman as Mayor Payne)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’s new season will also be the shortest in the show’s history, as it will only last for 13 episodes.
Law & Order ran for 20 seasons until its original cancellation, which took place in 2010. It was revived for a 21st season in 2021.
