‘Organized Crime’ on the Bubble as NBC Renews ‘SVU,’ ‘Chicago Fire’ & More
Dick Wolf shows are coming back to NBC in the 2024-2025 season, but there is somewhat of a surprise with the news: One hasn’t been renewed yet.
The network has renewed all three One Chicago shows and two Law & Orders. Chicago Fire will be returning for its 13th season, P.D. is coming back for its 12th, and Med is reaching its 10th. Meanwhile, Law & Order will be back for its 24th season, while SVU will be entering its 26th(!).
But what about Law & Order: Organized Crime? Its status “is still in discussion,” according to NBC. The Christopher Meloni-led spinoff is currently in its fourth season. It premiered in 2021, as part of a two-part crossover with SVU, which reunited Meloni and Mariska Hargitay (Captain Olivia Benson).
Across all platforms, all five shows are up double and triple-digits vs. the prior season in both total viewers and the 18-49 demo (L+35). Among total viewers, all three Chicago shows rank among the top 10 primetime entertainment shows this season and are the top three Wednesday shows this season in total viewers. Fire averages 12.6 million viewers and is up 236 percent in the demo, P.D. averages 12.0 million viewers and is up 287 percent in the demo, and Med averages 10.5 million viewers and is up 141 percent in the demo.
SVU this season is Thursday’s No. 1 entertainment show in the key 18-49 demo (where it is up 325 percent). It is also averaging 11.2 million viewers. This season of Law & Order is averaging 7.7 million viewers and is up 122 percent in the demo.
All five shows are produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment, with episodes available to stream the next day on Peacock.
But we can’t help but wonder about why Organized Crime has yet to be renewed and what it could mean for the future of the franchise. Is it too soon to speculate that Meloni could return to SVU? The problem there would be whatever these two shows are doing with Benson and Stabler’s relationship and having her be his captain. Could it simply be a matter of figuring out how and when Organized Crime would return? Originally, when NBC had been planning for a normal 2023-2024 season, it was going to be held for the midseason while the other two Law & Order shows returned in the fall. When premieres were delayed until January, all three came back at once. Maybe that will now be the plan for the 2024-2025 season.
How do you feel about the NBC renewals and Law & Order: Organized Crime‘s fate? Let us know in the comments section, below.
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Law and Order Organized Crime is in my opinion the best of the Law and Order series. I love the way their storylines are continuous, and keep us on the edge. I will be sick if OC doesn't return.
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They need to keep L&O Organized Crime. It's a great show.
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Really hoping they renew OC. It’s a great show & vehicle for Chris M and still keeps him in Olivia’s orbit. It’s well written and interesting. Good complement to the other L&O shows.
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the problem is they aren't doing anything with benson and stabler. I watch all 3 law and orders but i felt let down that they just teased it all and followed through with nothing on that ship. I enjoy finding out more about Stabler's family but that also feels like a bit of a string us along and throw new crazy stuff in at the last minute
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I really like "OC" because it shows personal aspects of the characters' lives. SUV is looking and find the bad guys but OC has action i.e. shooting, fights, craziness that I miss in the original L&O. I don't want to see a lot of the court action in OC. That's reserved for the other L&Os. I think it's a winner and hope it's renewed.
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Love this show hope it gets also renewed
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I’ve become a big fan of OC and hope it gets renewed. I like the cast and the longer story lines. If I want standalone stories, the rebooted L&O is right there. I’ve never watched SVU (except when they crossed over a few seasons ago) don’t care about whatever was going on with that show’s lead.
Chris Meloni is strong enough to carry a series. Putting him back on SVU seems like a waste as that show is apparently doing fine as is. I’ve read about some production problems on OC. Hope they get those figured out. Maybe they already have-this season has been very good.
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Really hope they renew OC. The storylines are good and it is my favorite of the three right now.
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I love OC.
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I don't watch the other L&O shows - only OC. Big Stabler fan. I won't be happy if it doesn't get renewed.
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Man, I hope Organized Crime gets renewed. That show has some of THE best villains! Please bring it back.
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Law and Order Organized Crime is very good just started this series and loving it.
Missed Stabler on SVU .
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All three Law and Order Shows are our Favorites, seems like adult shows are dropping like flies. PLEASE DON’T let this happen
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I really like the organized crime and the actors on it, it is my favorite of all of law and order and suv.
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Please bring OC back !!!!
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I hope they renew OC if only because I don't want Stabler back on SVU. Not a fan of Benson/Stabler in a romantic sense. Sorry, not sorry.
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Meloni needs to descend fron the pedestal with is on.
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All the works now need : HUMILITY.
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I am glad to see all Dick wolf's shows return. But, my favorite is Chicago PD.
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OC has grown on me -- yet I also understand why it struggles in the ratings. I'd bet that most Gen Z viewers have never even heard of this show, and millennials are abandoning it in droves. The showrunners made a huge tactical error, IMO, by having OC's storylines carry over from episode to episode -- many people just don't have the patience for that in 2024 -- and by being so schizophrenic about subplots re: Elliot Stabler's family. One week Elliot (Chris Meloni) is trying to be a great dad to Eli (Nicky Torchia); the next, the apparently 15-year-old Eli is "away at college? Huh? Having Elliot's wife Kathy (Allison Siko) murdered was also a gigantic mistake, IMO -- almost as bad as having Elliot robotically forget all about it. And I really disliked the introduction of Elliot's previously unmentioned brothers into the mix, Randall (Dean Norris) & Joseph (Michael Trotter); they just bog the episodes down, and both actors are mediocre at best. Ellyn Burstyn, 91, is a supremely talented Oscar-winning actress, but her character is being treated like a piece of garbage. And the running bit about Elliot always being on the verge of getting fired is stale, stale, stale. I really feel like Dick Wolf should just tear the whole show down to the studs & start over; maybe even create a whole new crime unit from scratch. Ainsley Seiger as Jet, and Danielle Truitt as Sgt. Bell, are fine, but, again, the structure, pacing and erratic focus of the show is, all in all, a mess.
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No, like he always said it is the truth. Look at all the videos with hargitay since he came back, he looks so disappointed whenever he is with her or they talk about her
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I love, love, love Law & Order: Organized Crime! It is one of the best Law & Order series ever...on par with Criminal Intent. The action, the actors, the stories are all fabulous and the time flies by so fast that I cannot believe it when the show is over! I don't understand what is happening at NBC, but I will say that if they do not renew Organized Crime, the programmers don't know their _____ from a hole in the wall!!!! They should do "whatever it takes" to keep this wonderful, action-packed show on the air!
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Enjoy OC very much . Chicago PD my favorie
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Very much hoping OC is renewed, it’s the best of the L&O series and I love the serialized nature of the show (though I really that many used to the normal procedural L&O format find that to be a negative). Definitely hoping that this is just a logistical/contract issue that will be ironed out over the next couple weeks. If OC goes then I’ll have to dip out of the L&O universe just like I did after Chris left the first time, lol.
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I stopped watching SVU after he left, too. Love him and his bowlegged cute self!!!
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OC is an excellent show .I hope its renewed
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OC is Awesome !! Best in my Opinion👍👍
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Organized Crime FINALLY got a show runner who is outstanding! Every episode this season is crazy good! Great cast! Writers! NBC would be crazy not to renew it!! It’s in fire this season!!!! It’s better than both the others this season!
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Organized Crime has become my favorite of all of the law annd orders ever.
All of the characters are amazing - and it feels new – and fresh!!
I would be really upset if it were canceled!!
It would be one more time. They screw over Christopher Meloni !!
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Organized Crime seems to lack the chemistry of SUV and L& O. I love Elliot with Olivia, but it doesn't work with him alone. The characters in Organized Crime don't have the same chemistry as the other two series—no offense, OC fans.
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S.W.A.T. is still a waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better show than those Chicago shows, Law And Order shows, 9-1-1 shows, N.C.I.S. shows, C.I.S. shows, F.B.I. shows, Fire Country and so on. Having a "nap" for 15 hours would be more fun than those other shows. Take my opinion & be smart.
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OC is my least fave. I only watch it when I'm done with the rest of my recorded shows. I do like some of the characters, but I've had enough Stabler and I don't really like the dragged out story lines. Gimme one and done with backstory to carry through the seasons.
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I agree. I have tried to watch it because I am a Law & Order fan but it is lacking something. Organized Crime started off promising but I think it was because of some good criminal guest stars.
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Personally, I do not care for Organized Crime. I do not watch it nor tape it. I had way too much of that in person in the 50s since my dad was a coin operator!
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