TV Ratings: ‘Law & Order’ Duo ‘SVU’ and ‘Organized Crime’ Take Thursday Night

We’ll be seeing more of Octavio Pisano on Law & Order: SVU. Pisano, who portrays Detective Joe Velasco, has been promoted to series regular on the NBC procedural.

Anthony Anderson is weighing in on the return of Law & Order.

Last week, NBC announced plans to revive “Law & Order” for a 21st season, more than a decade after cancelling the show in 2020.

The recently greenlighted Season 21 of Dick Wolf’s Law & Order is expected to bring back a number of popular cast members from the Emmy-winning crime drama’s 20-year run on NBC. During an interview with Rachael Ray for an upcoming episode of her syndicated daytime talk show, L&O alum Anthony Anderson revealed that he has been approached about coming back.

Anthony Anderson is fighting for the title of Family Comedian, but it seems like his mom might have him beat! The  star and his mother, Doris Bowman, spoke with ET about their new Discovery+ series, the final season of Anderson's ABC series and debated the all-important question: Who is the funnier one in the family?For Bowman, there was no doubt, and she boasted that the rest of the family would agree with her reigning as the funniest.

voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if a new agreement can’t be reached. Details about the current state of talks between the groups are scant, as both are engaged in a media blackout, as is customary during labor negotiations.The strike authorization vote wasn’t intended to make a strike inevitable.

“It was a good gig,” recalls Law & Order: SVU actress Isabel Gillies of the 12 seasons she played Kathy Stabler on the show. When she returned to the character after a 10 year hiatus, Gillis writes in a substack blog post, something had “seriously changed.”

Dick Wolf is opening up about the Law & Order revival.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeIf broadcast network TV is supposed to be dead, no one told Dick Wolf.

Last night’s season 47 premiere of Saturday Night Live with host Owen Wilson and musical guest Kacey Musgraves drew a 3.5 household Live + Same Day rating in the 44 metered local markets and 1.3 in 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

In a big night full of premieres for ABC, NBC took the ratings crown with the latest episode of Law & Order: SVU. The latest episode of the NBC drama was the highest-rated program of Thursday primetime, taking in a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demo and 4.71 million viewers, per fast affiliates. The NBC series was slightly down from last week’s premiere , but slightly outshined the Season 5 debut of Station 19, among others.

Dick Wolf, the original series' return is a «dream come true.»«There are very few things in life that are literally dreams come true,» Wolf said.

One of television’s longest running, most successful dramas is making an unexpected comeback.

A decade after it went off the air, NBC is bringing back the original “Law & Order” for a 21st season. “There are very few things in life that are literally dreams come true,” said creator and executive producer Dick Wolf.

Law & Order is coming back!

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe original “Law & Order” will return to NBC with new episodes for season 21, nearly a dozen years after the series signed off after a 20-year run.Rick Eid will serve as showrunner of the new iteration of the series from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television.

Eleven and a half years after NBC abruptly canceled Law & Order, denying its shot at making TV history, the network is bringing back Dick Wolf’s Emmy-winning series for a new season, its 21st.