In addition to airing a special preview of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT, NBC will broadcast a crossover event between the mothership series “Law & Order” and its long-running spinoff “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” on Thursday, April 17 from 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
The crossover episodes see Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) of SVU lead detectives to the scene of a brutal murder after she receives a mysterious phone call. When the SVU and the 2-7 uncover a pattern of rape and murder targeting marginalized women, Carisi (Peter Scanavino) and ADA Price (Hugh Dancy) team up to charge the suspect with multiple crimes.
This season, the two shows combined have amassed 38.4 million viewers across linear and digital platforms, and marking their best performances ever on Peacock, with double and triple-digit increases, respectively, vs. last season when factoring in 35-day viewing results.
Known for its unique bifurcated format where it examines the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders, “Law & Order” is one of television’s most treasured and honored dramas. The series stars Hugh Dancy, Tony Goldwyn, Odelya Halevi, Mehcad Brooks, Reid Scott and Maura Tierney star.
Dick Wolf is the creator and executive producer, with Rick Eid, Pamela Wechsler, Alex Hall and Peter Jankowski also serving as executive producers.
As the longest-running live-action primetime series in the history of American television, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is a hard-hitting and emotional series that chronicles the lives of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate crimes of sexual assault, child abuse and domestic violence. The series stars Mariska Hargitay, Ice T, Peter Scanavino, Octavio Pisano, Kevin Kane and Juliana Aidén Martinez.
Dick Wolf is the creator and executive producer, with David Graziano, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Norberto Barba, Kenneth Brown and Peter Jankowski also serving as executive producers.
Produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment, fresh episodes of “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” are available to watch the next day on Peacock.
Following the crossover event, NBC will air the fifth season premiere episode of “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” which moves exclusively to Peacock. For more on the move and what to expect this season on the series, click here.