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Dick Wolf Still Wants To Bring Law & Order Back

2010_05_dickwolf.jpg Is Dick Wolf just playing devoted Law & Order fans or does he really have a plan to bring the just-canceled NBC drama back? According to the Media Decoder, the producer that "he was not giving up but did not specify where he is hoping to place the series."

Carter also writes, "Mr. Wolf did say that another potential plan - one that would have wrapped up the flagship 'Law & Order' with a two-hour movie on NBC, is on hold until he exhausts every other opportunity to keep the show going as a weekly series." Fun fact: The only Law & Order TV movie is, so far, Exiled, which followed Chris Noth's Detective Mike Logan to Staten Island, where he was punished after punching a politician (and murder suspect) in front of the courthouse.

The NY Times' television critic Alessandra Stanley gives some thoughts about the show's demise, saying that it was suffering because there's already so much L&O available elsewhere, "No need to rush home for the latest episode or waste DVR space, because it will soon end up on the continuous loop of “Law & Order” provided by TNT and other cable networks." Still, L&O addicts want their fix of fresh product! Besides, there are two new episodes tonight—starting at 9 p.m.—and one features Anna Gunn of Breaking Bad.

Salon has a fun slideshow of the 10 greatest L&O cliches (slight spoiler: sorta Gothamist shout-out in the final slide). And L&O: Los Angeles will be on Wednesday nights, after L&O: SVU.

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  • Deb

    I was a loyal viewer from the begininng. I WANT MY SHOW TO COME BACK! Bring back LAW & Order!!!!!!!!

  • ddhboy

    The Wire is part of the Law and Order Universe, right? As is Homicide: Life on the Streets. All I'm saying is ditch, NBC, make a show that takes place in the Law and Order universe, but sell it to say AMC, and make it dark. It doesn't have to be like The Wire or Homicide, but just make it a compelling cop and robber story who's story spans a season. I'd be as dedicated to it as I am Breaking Bad or The Wire.

  • inoyourider

    Here's hoping he make s deal and keeps it alive.

  • Bernie Madoff-Goetz

    He can have L7O back once he does something about that fucking ginormous cyst over his left eye. WTF!?

  • Jen S

    I'd have been a happier girl if I'd gone to my grave never having seen Dick Wolf's photo.

  • longacre

    Me too. Except I'm a boy.

  • All I know is that they better not kill off Lt. Van Buren.

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