“Law & Order: Organized Crime” has been canceled after five seasons.
The “Law & Order” spinoff premiered in 2021 and aired on NBC for its first four seasons, then moved to Peacock for Season 5, which concluded in June 2025. Christopher Meloni starred as detective Elliot Stabler, the character he originated on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Per the official description, the series followed Stabler as he “returned to New York after a decade abroad to rebuild his life following a devastating personal loss. As lead detective in Sargeant Ayanna Bell’s (Danielle Moné Truitt) Organized Crime Control Bureau, he works to dismantle New York’s most vicious and violent illegal enterprises while fending off dangers that often follow him home.” Season 5 is set in “the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome.” The cast also included Rick Gonzalez as Bobby Reyes, Ainsley Seiger as Jet Slootmaekers and Dean Norris as Randall Stabler.
Dick Wolf co-created “Law & Order: Organized Crime” with Ilene Chaiken and Matt Olmstead. Executive producers included Wolf, Olmstead, Meloni, John Shiban, Mike Slovis, Peter Jankowski and Tim Walsh. Universal Television was the studio, producing in association with Wolf Entertainment.
The original “Law & Order” premiered in 1990 and ran for 20 seasons until 2010 before being canceled. NBC later revived the series for a 21st season in 2022; Season 25 is currently airing. With the cancellation of “Organized Crime,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is the only remaining spinoff. It premiered in 1999 and is currently airing its 27th season.
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