After ending its 20-year, 456 episodes run 11 years ago, the original Law & Order will be returning to NBC with new episodes for Season 21.
Creator Dick Wolf spent years trying to get the original series back on air and Rick Eid will be serving as showrunner.
“There are very few things in life that are literally dreams come true,” said Wolf to Variety. “This is mine.”
No cast or premiere date has been announced, but it’s expected to feature characters from the original series.
Law & Order has had over a dozen spinoffs and Law & Order: SVU, which premiered in 1999, has now outlasted the run of the original series and is in its 23rd season. Law & Order: Criminal Intent also had a long run on NBC and USA Network.
Most recently in the Law & Order universe, Chris Meloni has rejoined the franchise, starring in Law & Order: Organized Crime. NBC had ordered another Law & Order series for the 2021-2022 season titled Law & Order: For the Defense, but it ended up getting scrapped over the summer.
The original series won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama in 1997.
