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. The alum has joined the cast of the upcoming 22nd season for NBC's legal drama as a detective, the network announced Monday.Though details are being kept under wraps on his character, Brooks' casting comes just a few weeks after news that Anthony Anderson, who reprised his role as Detective Kevin Bernard in the recent revival, would not be returning.relaunched at the start of this year after more than a decade off the air.

Emily Longeretta Camryn Manheim will not be returning for Season 24 of “Law & Order.” Manheim joined the flagship as Lieutenant Kate Dixon, a successor to Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) when the series was revived by NBC in 2021. The season finale, airing May 16, will mark Manheim’s 48th and final episode.

Three weeks after Law & Order bid farewell to Sam Waterston, the NBC procedural on Thursday introduced Tony Goldwyn as the newest District Attorney.

Tony Goldwyn is speaking out about taking over for Sam Waterston on the NBC legal drama series Law & Order!

Sam Waterston’s Manhattan DA Jack McCoy tried his final case on Thursday night’s “Law & Order” before resigning — but he went out with a flourish and with his storied integrity unbroken.Waterston, 83, announced earlier this month that he was leaving “Law & Order” after over 400 episodes since joining the granddaddy NBC series in 1994. He’ll be replaced by Tony Goldwyn, 63, who will play DA Nicholas Baxter.Waterston took center stage on his swan song episode, entitled “Last Dance,” as Jack McCoy tried the headline-grabbing case of a tech billionaire, Scott Kelton (Rob Benedict), accused of killing a woman named Veronica Knight in Central Park who he allegedly assaulted at a company retreat six years earlier.Kelton was arrested by Detectives Shaw and Reily (Mehcad Brooks, Reid Scott) and taken into custody, where the case fell to ADA Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy).

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from Thursday’s episode of Law & Order.

Sam Waterston has officially left Law & Order after appearing on the show for more than 18 seasons.

Emily Longeretta Jack McCoy is officially done in the courtroom. Sam Waterston appeared in his final episode of “Law & Order” on Thursday, Feb. 22.

“Law & Order” after three decades on the air, he’s still not ready for retirement. The “Great Gatsby” actor, 83, opened up about his replacement, Tony Goldwyn, and why he’s not quite done with showbiz just yet during an appearance on the “Today” show.Waterston has played district attorney Jack McCoy on the legal drama since 1994, and announced he was exiting the show earlier this month.“I think he’s going to be great. I think my reputation is in terrible danger because I think just he’s going to be wonderful and I’ll be watching,” Waterston said of the “Scandal” alum, 63, on Wednesday.“It’s going to be big trouble.

We learned in November that Jeffrey Donovan would not be returning for Season 23 of Law & Order and now we know how his character was written off the show.

Jeffrey Donovan is not returning for season 23 of Law & Order, Deadline has confirmed.

EXCLUSIVE: Boutique distributor Juno Films has acquired North American and UK rights to Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Traveled, a portrait of the iconic Norwegian actress and filmmaker from director Dheeraj Akolkar (Liv & Ingmar). World premiering in the Classics section of the 76th Festival de Cannes, the doc will make its North American debut at DOC NYC ahead of a spring 2024 launch in theaters.

Sophia Scorziello editor All Art’s upcoming non-fiction feature “Manhattan Theatre Club, a Home for Artists” will explore the 50-year history of one of the most impactful off-Broadway theaters in New York. Helmed by the club’s very own Lynn Meadow and Barry Grove, the film stitches together archival footage and photos and interviews with stars like Laura Linney, Edie Falco, Sam Waterston and Sarah Jessica Parker.

EXCLUSIVE: Industry Entertainment co-founder Keith Addis is set to launch a new venture and he and former Industry colleague Michael Abrams are set to launch Constellation Media Group.

— was going to keep Dylan McDermott away from a worthy event benefiting food insecurity in Los Angeles. Not even hip surgery!The 61-year-old actor told ET's Deidre Behar on Sunday at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank's «A Million Reasons» Fundraiser Celebration in Hollywood that he «hobbled» to the event because, about a week or so ago, he underwent hip replacement surgery.In addition to McDermott, the star-studded event — hosted by Hollywood producer Keri Selig and Keith Addis — was attended by Jeff Goldblum, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Waterston and Gladys Knight.«The L.A.

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer has been grabbing plenty of headlines and dollars this week but the BBC has turned the clocks back to a different retelling, making its classic series available on iPlayer.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International The BBC’s “Oppenheimer” has finally landed on iPlayer. All seven episodes of the Sam Waterston-led drama series from 1980 is now available in full on the BBC streaming service. Until now, the BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated series was only available to rent or purchase on Prime Video.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Decades before Christopher Nolan set his sights on a movie about J. Robert Oppenheimer, a science-obsessed BBC executive ventured to America in 1979 to make a $1.5 million TV show about the father of the atom bomb. Peter Goodchild began his career at the BBC in radio drama, but eventually migrated to the storied “Horizon” science unit to put his chemistry degree to some use. The division began experimenting with factual dramas in the 1970s, and after delivering a hit series on French-Polish physicist Marie Curie, Goodchild set his sights on the New York-born Oppenheimer. “I’d seen a play on J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Hampstead Theatre Club way back in 1966,” the 83-year-old tells Variety from his home in Exeter, southwest England, where his Zoom background reveals a room teeming with books on heaving shelves.

Julian Sands' body was positively identified by the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department Tuesday after hikers found his remains on Mt. Baldy last weekend. He was 65.

and as well as recurring appearances on and, Hugh Dancy is now part of the ensemble of the revived series. Appearing alongside Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks and Odelya Halevi, Dancy plays Executive Assistant District Attorney Nolan Price, working under District Attorney Jack McCoy (with Sam Waterston reprising the longtime role). What sets Price apart from other district attorney characters that have appeared on the long-running franchise is the fact that he is a former defense attorney with a hard anti-death penalty stance who also volunteered for the Innocence Project before being hired by the prosecution. «It's quite common for people to go from the world of prosecuting to the world of defense law because, bluntly, you get paid more for being a defense attorney,» Dancy says.

, written and directed by Tyler Perry and starring Kerry Washington. With the World War II biopic now in production, Perry shared a behind-the-scenes look at the actress and her co-stars in full period costume on set in the United Kingdom as they go back in time to chronicle the story of the only all-Black, all-female battalion. According to the streaming platform, tells the true story of the 855 women who «joined the war effort with little knowledge of what exactly they would be doing, but were quickly given the mission of a lifetime: sort through and fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail.» Tasked with this herculean mission, which was believed to be impossible at the time, the unit overcame discrimination, foreign land and a war-torn country to sort over 17 million pieces of mail and reconnect American soldiers with people back home.

Starring alongside Washington is a cast that includes Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Pepi Sonuga, Jay Reeves, Jeanté Godlock, Moriah Brown, Baadja-Lyne Odums and Gregg Sulkin. “Breaking Bad” star Dean Norris and “Law & Order” veteran Sam Waterston will also star in the film with Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey.Written, directed and produced by Perry, “Six Triple Eight” tells the true story of the 6888th Postal Directory Battalion, the only WWII battalion that consisted entirely of Black women.

Kerry Washington (The School for Good and Evil) will exec produce and star in Six Triple Eight — the WWII drama that Tyler Perry is writing, directing and producing for Netflix, which has now entered production.

Jane Fonda said that she is returning to Washington, D.C. in December for a return of Fire Drill Fridays, the protests she and other activists staged to call attention to the climate crisis.

Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni step out for the Law & Order franchise premiere event held at Capitale on Monday (September 19) in New York City.

The “Law & Order” multiverse is taking shape. NBC announced Wednesday that all three “Law & Order” franchises will unite for the first time ever in an epic three-hour crossover in September.

franchise will make history when all three series return in the fall. NBC has officially announced that the casts of each spin-off –, and – will come together for a three-hour special event, kicking off the new seasons of each criminal procedural. Capt.

would not be returning to the series. Although no description is available for Brooks’ character, he might be stepping in as the new partner to Jeffrey Donovan’s old school cop, Detective Frank Cosgrove.Besides “Supergirl,” Brooks is known for his roles on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” “HBO’s True Blood,” and the USA sports drama “Necessary Roughness.” His film credits include “A Fall from Grace,” “Nobody’s Fool,” “In the Valley of Elah,” “Just Wright,” and “About Last Night” opposite Kevin Hart, Michael Ealy and Regina Hall.“Law & Order” Season 22 stars Sam Waterston, Jeffrey Donovan, Camryn Manheim, Hugh Dancy and Odelya Halevi.

Mehcad Brooks is joining Law & Order in season 22 of the NBC drama. He will help fill the void left by Anthony Anderson, who opted not to return after reprising his role in season 21 as Detective Kevin Bernard from the series’ original run.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMehcad Brooks is suiting up to play a detective in “Law and Order” Season 22 at NBC, Variety has learned.Brooks joins a returning cast that includes franchise veteran Sam Waterston as well as Jeffrey Donovan, Camryn Manheim, Hugh Dancy, and Odelya Halevi. It was previously announced that Anthony Anderson, who returned for Season 21, would not be back for Season 22.

Anderson announced he will not be back next season as Detective Kevin Bernard. The Dick Wolf-created procedural was renewed for its 22nd season in May.According to Deadline, who first reported the story, Waterston has signed on for another one-year contract.

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Waterston will continue as DA Jack McCoy on Law & Order‘s upcoming 22nd season on NBC. In doing so, Waterston is extending his Law & Order run to 18 seasons to become the longest-tenured cast member on the mothership series.

Angie Harmon has made a career of appearing in a number of original Lifetime projects, including the upcoming, but it was her time on the NBC procedural  that first made her a star. And 21 years later, Harmon tells ET she’s open to reprising her role as ADA Abbie Carmichael on the series, which was recently revived and renewed for season 22. “I would love it,” she says, revealing that the franchise created by Dick Wolf reached out to her about returning when they were working on season 21. “I was like, ‘Look, guys.

Ellise Shafer Anthony Anderson will not be returning for Season 22 of “Law & Order,” Variety has confirmed.Anderson signed a one-year deal when NBC relaunched the series for its 21st season this year, and has decided not to continue as Detective Kevin Bernard in the procedural drama’s next season. Original series star Sam Waterston also only signed a one-year deal, but it is not yet clear if he has chosen to continue or depart the famed franchise.“Law & Order” and spinoff “Law & Order: Organized Crime” were both recently renewed for new seasons on May 10.

Detective Kevin Bernard has turned in his badge one more time. Anthony Anderson, who reprised his character from the series’ original run in the new Season 21, will not be returning for Season 22.

, Odelya Halevi joined the franchise as ADA Samantha Maroun opposite Hugh Dancy as ADA Nolan Price and returning alum Sam Waterston as DA Jack McCoy. While speaking to ET, Halevi looks back on joining creator Dick Wolf’s mothership series, what makes her character a standout on the franchise, and why “the stakes are very high” for everyone in the finale. After having grown up watching and always wanting to be a lawyer as a kid, Halevi says her mind was blown when she was offered the part. “It is extraordinary,” she gushes.