‘Law & Order’ Revival: Everything to Know About the Flagship Show’s Return

Right around the corner! While 2021 is still wrapping up, the TV world is already looking to the future, as the main five cable networks have revealed their midseason lineup, kicking off in January.

Detective Kevin Bernard is back! ET has learned that Anthony Anderson will be reprising his role on season 21 of NBC's  with a one-season contractual commitment. The star will be joined by Hugh Dancy, who's tapped to play an assistant district attorney.  Anderson's casting is especially timely as the actor's reign as the loveable patriarch of ABC's  will end with the series' upcoming eighth and final season.

Anthony Anderson is returning to the Law & Order franchise!

surprisingly renewed for a 21st season in September, will pick up where it left off, when it was abruptly canceled in 2010.“Law & Order” featured an ensemble cast over the years, though its most recent version starred Sam Waterston, Anderson, Jeremy Sisto, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache and Alana De La Garza.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnthony Anderson will be returning to NBC’s “Law & Order” for its much-anticipated Season 21, reprising his role as Detective Kevin Bernard with a one-season contractual commitment.

Hugh Dancy has been tapped as a lead in NBC’s upcoming Law & Order revival. Meanwhile, Anthony Anderson has become the first alumnus of Dick Wolf’s venerable crime drama so sign on for the upcoming Season 21.

The most redemptive quality of the new money family doomed to ruin in Lee Haven Jones’ “The Feast” is that they speak Welsh. If you’ve never seen Welsh in writing, buckle up for an orthography comprising a dizzying array of digraphs; if you’ve never heard it spoken, challenge yourself by learning how to pronounce the longest word in the tongue without fainting.

Breaking the internet! Lily James and Sebastian Stan are unrecognizable as they channel their inner Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee for Hulu’s upcoming series about the former couple’s leaked sex tape.

Expectations are high! Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni’s characters from the Law & Order franchise, Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler, respectively, have been a will-they-won’t-they TV duo for decades, but a new promo teased that romance may finally be in the air.

Mariska Hargitay) and Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni). In the latest promo for an all-new crossover event between and, the two characters appear to hold hands as they ride in a car together.

NBC is out with its midseason schedule, which features an all-Law & Order Thursday and a rare Monday comedy block comprised of back-to-back episodes from the sophomore season of Kenan. 

Dylan McDermott) in the debut season of, Det. Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) has gone undercover in season 2 to infiltrate a notorious crime family led by Jon Kosta (Michael Raymond-James) that has aims of taking over New York City’s cocaine trade.

Actors Savannah Lee Smith and Owen Patrick Joyner have been cast in Monarch Media’s musical feature Something Here.

Jeffrey Donovan has been cast as the lead of NBC’s revival of. While no details have been released about his character, the former star will play a NYPD detective, when the crime procedural returns for season 21.

died tragically from a gunshot while filming in 1993 — has called for more “gun safety training” on sets.

The new Law & Order revival has found its first cast member.

which first reported the news. The series, which NBC surprisingly renewed for a 21st season in September, will pick up where it left off, when it was abruptly canceled in 2010.