'Law & Order' Gets Another New Spinoff Called 'For 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.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticContinuing the week of networks’ upfront presentations, ViacomCBS released sneak peeks of four new shows to their advertisers and public consumers Wednesday.Although it’s too soon to really assess the shows themselves, that isn’t stopping this critic from weighing in on their potential, based upon these first looks.Here are those thoughts, in rough descending order:“FBI: International”If any further proof was needed that Dick Wolf is in the absolute elite tier of

We’re getting the first look at some of CBS’ new comedy and drama series for the 2021-22 season. The network has released the trailer for its new comedy series Ghosts, starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar. We’re also getting a preview of straight-to-series dramas NCIS: Hawai’i, Dick Wolf’s FBI: International and CSI: Vegas with comments from stars, creators and producers. You can read about each and watch below.

NEW YORK -- Avicii's legacy will live on in Sweden — one of the country's popular arenas is being renamed AVICII ARENA.Avicii's father made the announcement Wednesday, about three years after the chart-topping Swedish DJ-producer who toured the world died. The indoor arena in Stockholm, which first opened in 1989, was previously called Ericsson Globe.

After almost 45 years in the business, Dick Wolf has nothing to prove. He has television’s longest-running primetime live-action series with Law & Order: SVU. He is behind more successful broadcast drama franchises than anyone with Law & Order, Chicago and FBI. Yet, he has found another gear with a slew of new series orders over the past year, and he now hit a new milestone — a Dick Wolf franchise lineup on three consecutive nights across two broadcast networks.

Simu Liu is showing everyone just how strong he really is!

, 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.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNBC unveiled a 2021-2022 fall season lineup that will feature a stack of “Law & Order” series on Thursdays — giving producer Dick Wolf two full nights of shows on the schedule — as the network courts audiences with dependable procedurals and nary a comedy until mid-season.Thursday nights this fall mark a real turn from the days of the Peacock network’s must-see comedy blocks: Season 23 of “Law & Order: SVU” will be sandwiched by Wolf’s newest addition to the

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.

Christopher Meloni is back in action.

NBCUniversal is going big to prove that cable still has a future in a streaming world.

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.