The Law & Order franchise is a powerful one — and includes a ton of huge stars. However Law & Order: LAIt lasted only one season and featured many prominent names in film and TV.
The show was created and hosted by Dick Wolf, was the fifth Law & OrderSpinoff, which debuted on September 29, 2010. It was the first spinoff that aired after the original had ended its 20-year-old run four months prior.
Original title Law & Order: Los Angeles, the procedural followed LAPD’s elite Robbery Homicide Division as they worked every angle of Los Angeles — from Beverly Hills to the seedy areas of Hollywood. The series was the premiere. Law & OrderShow that was set outside New York City.
In addition to the main cast — Skeet Ulrich, Terrence Howard, Rachel Ticotin, Corey Stoll, Regina HallAnd Alfred Molina — many other stars made cameos over time. Natalie Zea, Danielle Panabaker, Bellamy Young, Marc Blucas, Jason BegheAnd Bob SagetAll of them appeared in the 22 episodes.
Many episodes were inspired from true-crime cases such as the Tiger WoodsInfidelity scandal John Edwards‘ political scandal, the Jihad Jane case and the Manson family murders.
NBC cancelled the series in May 2011.
“We tried but we didn’t have the time period to bring it back if it isn’t going to show signs of growth,” former NBC Chairman Bob GreenblattSubmitted TVGuideAt the time. “We moved it around, took it off the schedule and tried to revamp it. It improved significantly creatively, and it didn’t have a great lead-in on Mondays. It was one of those tough decisions: do we stick with it or was it time to move on?”
He later told reporters, “Law & Order: LA, I think we just didn’t get it off the ground right. It was placed on the schedule last fall without a pilot before I arrived. It was chaotic. The show was successful, but it was not taken off the air. In a different scenario that might have worked better but we just thought it wasn’t a strong enough player to continue into next season.”
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