RIP Law & Order

[TheSportsPredictor]

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b180908_law_order_dead_buried.html

Hope they answer all the questions in the finale, such as why the hell they let it stay on for 20 years.

 

[Batman]

I wonder if they'll do a proper series finale or just have it end with a normal episode. Given that the series has always been at its best when it had standalone episodes, either would be fitting.
I've heard some talk it may continue on cable, though. Like Southland made the leap to TNT with new episodes.

 

[CitizenTino]

Hope it can survive somewhere else, preferably TNT. Once USA got a hold of Criminal Intent, it went to ****.

The mothership has had a really nice season. I'm incredibly disappointed by this news.

 

[D-3 Fan]

L&O has served its purpose and has endured over the years.

I wonder if it's because of Van Buren's expected departure that NBC decided it was time to end its run?

 

[GuessWho]

I lost mucho interest in the series after Jerry Orbach died. Tried to stick with it for awhile but it just didn't seem the same without Lenny B.

 

[Point of Order]

How many hours of programming has Law & Order and its spawn accounted for over the past 20 years if you combine first-run and syndication? Probably in the tens of thousands, if not hundreds.

 

[beardpuller]

I liked this season. It actually seemed fresh.

 

[D-3 Fan]

There's going to be a L&O: Los Angeles, according the E Online?

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I liked this season. It actually seemed fresh.

Yes. This has been a goos season. Thought I DO dislike the DA.

 

[wicked]

The show died for me when Steven Hill left and they brought in Dianne Wiest.

 

[lantaur]

The show is not officially dead. NBC makes it announcement on Sunday and supposedly there is still some negotiating going on. **** Wolf will need to bring down his cut of the pie for L&O to come back, though. TNT has said it has no interest in picking it up. (And yes, there will also be an L&O: Los Angeles this season.)

 

[Michael_ Gee]

There's more to cable than USA and the Turner networks. Wolf could find a home for the show -- if he wants to. Twenty years of showrunning the same show and he might be ready to quit.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

L&O:LA!?! If it ain't in NYC, it ain't a Law & Order!

 

[User 4332]

L&O:LA!?! If it ain't in NYC, it ain't a Law & Order!

Then how do you explain Law & Order: UK?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

The show died for me when Steven Hill left and they brought in Dianne Wiest.

The Wiest/Thompson parlay has amply demonstrated why assholes on either
side of the spectrum are wholly undesirable.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

L&O:LA!?! If it ain't in NYC, it ain't a Law & Order!

Then how do you explain Law & Order: UK?

By refusing to acknowledging it exists.

 

[heyabbott]

Jill Hennessy, Carey Lowell, Angie Harmon, Elisabeth Röhm, Annie Parisse and Alana de la Garza.

Best looking lawyers in history.

Sam Waterson is taking all of them to Utah where he'll start a new series, Mormon Law.
Sam and his staff of 6 female ADAs, who happen to be his wives, enforce the laws of the LDS.
A cross between Big Love and L&O.

 

[User 4332]

Jill Hennessy, Carey Lowell, Angie Harmon, Elisabeth Röhm, Annie Parisse and Alana de la Garza.

Best looking lawyers in history.

Sam Waterson is taking all of them to Utah where he'll start a new series, Mormon Law.
Sam and his staff of 6 female ADAs, who happen to be his wives, enforce the laws of the LDS.
A cross between Big Love and L&O.

You do realize that the LDS church strictly prohibits polygamy?

 

[beardpuller]

Jill Hennessy, Carey Lowell, Angie Harmon, Elisabeth Röhm, Annie Parisse and Alana de la Garza.

Best looking lawyers in history.

Sam Waterson is taking all of them to Utah where he'll start a new series, Mormon Law.
Sam and his staff of 6 female ADAs, who happen to be his wives, enforce the laws of the LDS.
A cross between Big Love and L&O.

I would watch.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I lost mucho interest in the series after Jerry Orbach died. Tried to stick with it for awhile but it just didn't seem the same without Lenny B.

That was where I lost interest as well. SVU got too crazy and I stopped watching. I could never get that into Criminal Intent.