NBC Gives The Green-light To Law And Order: Hate Crimes

For nearly 30 years, the Law & Order franchise has dominated the genre of police (and lawyer) procedural dramas. Since the original’s debut in 1990, the franchise has gone on to spawn five additional spin-offs: Special Victims Unit, Criminal Intent, Trial By Jury, LA, and True Crime. SVU, which stars Mariska Hargitay (and up to season 12, Christopher Meloni), will be entering its record-tying 20th season this Fall. Now, fans of the popular brand of television justice will be developing a sixth spin-off.

NBC has just ordered a 13-episode run for Law & Order: Hate Crimes, the next chapter in creator/executive producer Dick Wolf’s expanding universe of cops and attorneys. NBC’s Co-President of Scripted Programming Lisa Katz had this to say to Deadline regarding the news:

“As Law & Order: SVU enters its remarkable 20th season, it is exciting to get back into business with Dick Wolf on a new Law & Order incarnation that feels extremely timely. Considering that last year there was a double-digit rise in hate crimes in our 10 largest cities — the highest total in over a decade — it seemed like this topic is begging to be explored.”

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Based on a factual division, Hate Crimes is set in New York and follows an elite team of investigators who focus on crimes that are motivated by discrimination. Wolf explained:

“As with all of my crime shows, I want to depict what’s really going on in our cities and shine a light on the wide-ranging victims and show that justice can prevail. Twenty years ago when SVU began, very few people felt comfortable coming forward and reporting these crimes, but when you bring the stories into people’s living rooms – with characters as empathetic as Olivia Benson – a real dialogue can begin. That’s what I hope we can do with this new show in a world where hate crimes have reached an egregious level.”

Law & Order: Hate Crimes will be introduced in the latter part of the upcoming 20th season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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Source: Deadline.

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