Christopher Meloni’s spinoff show Law & Order: Organized Crime has landed on the NBC schedule.
The highly anticipated TV series will air during a popular night, Thursday, just after his old series Law & Order SUV.
The series will debut sometime in the fall after the cast and crew are allowed to film after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown eases up.
Good night: Christopher Meloni’s spinoff show Law & Order: Organized Crime has landed on the NBC schedule
Good company: The highly anticipated TV series will air during a popular night, Thursday, just after his old series Law & Order SUV. Seen with Mariska Hargitay who plays Olivia Benson
The show will come on Thursday nights at 10 pm with SVU airing just before it at 9 pm. Other shows on that night are Superstore, starting at 8 pm and Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 8:30.
The 58-year-old actor will reprise his role as Elliot Stabler, according to Deadline.
NBC had already committed to taking the show straight to series months ago; there will be a total of 13 episode for season one.
The new series will be set in New York City and it centers on the New York Police Department organized crime unit, which is run by Stabler.
His time: The series will debut sometime in the fall after the cast and crew are allowed to film after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown eases up. Meloni left Law & Order: SVU with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Hargitay on the episode titled Behave
Stabler sadly has experienced a ‘devastating personal loss,’ according to NBC.
The city and police department have ‘changed dramatically in the decade he’s been away, and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning,’ it was added.
Stabler has to ‘rebuild his life,’ while leading a ‘new elite task force that is taking apart the city’s most powerful criminal syndicates one by one.’
The 6ft tall actor may have some guest appearances by his longtime L&O: SVU costar Mariska Hargitay who still plays Olivia Benson on the show.
The original plan was to introduce the Stabler family in the season 21 finale but that idea was ditched when the pandemic struck.
Now, Stabler will be reintroduce during the season 22 premiere of SVU.
Going way back: The stars during season five of the long-running show from Dick Wolf. The new series will be set in New York City and it centers on the New York Police Department organized crime unit, which is run by Stabler.
‘We were just going to lay some groundwork down in anticipation of Elliot’s return of course in his own series,’ said SVU showrunner Warren Leight.
‘We had the sense that the first episode of next year for SVU was going to bring Elliot back, so we were going to foreshadow that and explain a little more what happened to Simon,’ he added.
‘Whether we’ll get to see his family as well, remains to be seen. There’s a lot of moving parts,’ he stated. ‘It’s not just about the SVU season opener, it’s how do we help launch the new series and how much crossover will there be between Elliot and Olivia as the season goes on.”
Law & Order: SVU has a lot on its plate next season as it will reportedly address George Floyd’s death by a police officer and the subsequent protests.
Meloni left Law & Order: SVU after season 12 when his character – who is married with five kids – suddenly quits the police force.
George is inspiring an episode: Law & Order: SVU has a lot on its plate next season as it will reportedly address George Floyd’s death by a police officer and the subsequent protests
After leaving SVU Chris popped up on several TV shows including The Handmaid’s Tale.
This new series is from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf who has a five year deal with NBC Universal. He is executive producing with Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski.
Wolf has six scripted shows on the air: NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, Chicago PD, Chicago Fire and Chicago Med; and CBS’ FBI and spinoff FBI: Most Wanted.
There is another SVU spinoff called Hate Crimes, which may debut on NBCU’s upcoming streaming service Peacock that is supposed to start in April.
The shows that have renewed for 2020-2021 include The Blacklist, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Amsterdam, Superstore and This Is Us. And the new shows include Young Rock (starring Dwayne Johnson), the untitled L.A. mayor comedy (featuring Ted Danson) and The Kenan Show, which is being redeveloped.
Chris has been married to 60-year-old Sherman Williams since 1995 and together they have two children: Sophia, 19, and Dante, 16. The star has been posting images to social media as he self-isolates.