NBC is airing a special Law & Order event on Thursday, April 17. A crossover between Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU will run from 8-10 p.m. ET/PT, immediately followed by the Season 5 premiere of Law & Order: Organized Crime. Organized Crime then moves exclusively to Peacock.
Here’s the Lowdown: The two-hour crossover starts with a disturbing phone call to SVU’s Captain Benson (Mariska Hargitay), leading to the discovery of a horrific murder. The investigation by SVU and the 2-7 (from the original Law & Order) reveals a pattern of attacks on vulnerable women. Carisi (SVU) and ADA Price (Law & Order) join forces to bring the perpetrator to justice. Right after the crossover, Law & Order: Organized Crime’s Season 5 premiere airs at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.
What This Means Now: It’s a packed night for Law & Order fans on April 17, with the crossover event directly leading into the Organized Crime premiere. This also marks the beginning of Organized Crime’s run as a Peacock original series, with the first two season five episodes dropping that date, then weekly releases after that. Episodes of Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU are already available on Peacock the day after they air on NBC.
The Bigger Picture: Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU are seeing huge viewership numbers this season – 38.4 million across all platforms – and are performing better than ever on Peacock. The move of Organized Crime, starring Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler, Danielle Moné Truitt as Sgt. Ayanna Bell, Rick Gonzalez as Bobby Reyes, and Ainsley Seiger as Jet Slootmaekers, to Peacock as a streaming exclusive underscores the increasing significance of streaming, even for long-running, successful TV franchises. Season five’s plots for Law & Order: Organized Crime includes cross-border smuggling, domestic terrorism and a vendetta. Due to the special the show Found will move to a different night that week.
