A New ‘Law & Order' Spinoff Picked Up By NBC; Will Focus On The Defense

"Law & Order" star Mariska Hargitay is applauding an 11-year-old girl who as a fan of the popular crime series managed to fend off an attempted kidnapping in Florida on Tuesday. Identified only by her first name, Alyssa resisted the suspect who sprang from a white vehicle and tried to abduct her at knifepoint while she sat playing with "blue slime" at a grassy median that doubled as a bus stop.

An Orlando girl fought off a would-be kidnapper Tuesday and used lessons learned from watching episodes of television’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to help apprehend him.

Olivia Benson is impressed. Mariska Hargitay reached out to an 11-year-old girl who made headlines for foiling an attempted kidnapping with wisdom she learned from watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

An Orlando, Florida girl fought off a would-be kidnapper Tuesday and used lessons learned from watching episodes of television’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to help apprehend him.

LOS ANGELES -- Renée Zellweger is coming to network TV next season in a dramatization of a murder case recounted by “Dateline NBC."The two-time Oscar winner's role in NBC's “The Thing About Pam" is a sign of how broadcast networks are banking on eye-catching names and familiar stories to draw viewers in a TV universe increasingly packed with new streaming services.The “Dateline NBC” story about a wrongful conviction was one of the true-crime series most popular sagas, the network said Friday in

A whiz kid and a group of recovering addicts brought CBS to viewership glory as the Young Sheldon season four and Mom finales were the two most watched programs of Thursday evening.

, NBC has officially renewed for season 2. Additionally, the network is planning for the two series and to air back-to-back on Thursday nights starting in the fall. According to NBC, fans “will be treated to a triple header,” with kicking off the evening at 8 p.m.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Elliot Stabler’s return to New York paid off: “Law & Order: Organized Crime” has been picked up by NBC for a second season.In addition, Dick Wolf fans will be treated to a triple-header on Thursdays after Wednesday night’s “Chicago” lineup — newcomer to the franchise “Law & Order: For the Defense” kicks off at 8 p.m., followed by the 23rd season of “Law & Order: SVU,” topped off by the Christopher Meloni headliner at 10 p.m.Per the logline, “Law & Order: Organized Crime”

SVU spinoff Law & Order: Organized Crime will return for a second season.

Three years after introducing the One Chicago on Wednesday, NBC is adding a Law & Order Thursday lineup, consisting of veteran Law & Order: SVU, rookie Law & Order: Organized Crime, which has been renewed for a second season, and the recently greenlighted Law & Order: For the Defense.

Christopher Meloni is back in action.

At a virtual junket for Law & Order: Organized Crime today, stars Christopher Meloni and Dylan McDermott teased the inevitable face-off to come between Meloni’s Detective Elliot Stabler, and McDermott’s mafia boss, Richard Wheatley, as the NBC spin-off’s Season 1 finale approaches.

A post shared by MICKEY ROURKE (@mickey_rourke_)Rourke’s praise for the others followed: “Christopher Meloni … the man brings a lot to the table with his physicality … knowing that he had a high level football background explaining it all.” He continued, “I also took notice to the classy and highly talented intense Stephanie March … as well as BD Wong.” Finally, he’s “most surprised, tremendously impressed with the charisma,the attitude and swag and senserity that [Ice-T] brings to his

Mickey Rourke is one of the most interesting figures in Hollywood history. He’s gone from being an A-list heartthrob decades ago to basically being out of the business for a while before reappearing in “The Wrestler” and gaining critical acclaim in 2008.

“Sin City” star Mickey Rourke has a new TV obsession: “Law & Order: SVU”.