“Law & Order” and the “Special Victims Unit” have been extended, but the future of organized crime remains unclear.
As Deadline reported, NBC has renewed the main series and its spin-off for a 24th and 26th season, respectively, both of which are scheduled to air next year.
The fourth season of Organized Crime is currently airing, but the future is uncertain as the broadcaster has not yet given the green light for further episodes.
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In the last seasons of each series, the number of episodes was reduced; the usual 22 episodes were shortened to 13.
In the final season of “Law & Order,” Sam Waterston left the role of Jack McCoy; the star left the series after 19 seasons and 405 episodes.
“It’s about time. Just like that. It’s been a hell of a ride,” Waterston said after his exit. “I had ideas that (showrunner) Rick (Eid) listened to and engaged with, and then he delivered a much more graceful and heroic exit than anything I had ever suggested.”
“At first I thought, ‘Why doesn’t he like my idea?’ Then I thought, ‘Oh, thank you very much,'” he added, before talking about his second stint in the role. “I think I always knew that returns have a time stamp, an expiration date.
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“I didn’t want to turn on the TV and see myself on the show when it came back on, but at the same time I knew I didn’t want to be back there long-term. That’s kind of how it was from the beginning.
“And then both Law & Order and I realized before this season that this would be a really good time to exit. Then Rick wrote this really graceful exit.”
The news comes after NBC renewed all of its Chicago shows for additional seasons, with Fire, Med and PD all scheduled to return next year.
Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime Air on NBC in the USA. The shows are broadcast on Heavenly Witness in the UK, with selected episodes available on NOW.
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