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It's official: Law and Order: Organized Crime is moving to Peacock for season 5!

Law and Order: Organized Crime is renewed for season 5 but it's moving to Peacock! Find out more here!

By Michael Weyer

LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME -- "End Of Innocence" Episode 403 -- Pictured: (l-r) Danielle Moné Truitt as Sgt. Ayanna Bell, Ainsley Seiger as Det. Jet Slootmaekers, Tate Ellington as Dr. Vargas, Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler, Abubakr Ali as Officer Samir Bashir -- (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC)
LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME -- "End Of Innocence" Episode 403 -- Pictured: (l-r) Danielle Moné Truitt as Sgt. Ayanna Bell, Ainsley Seiger as Det. Jet Slootmaekers, Tate Ellington as Dr. Vargas, Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler, Abubakr Ali as Officer Samir Bashir -- (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC) /
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Good news! Law and Order: Organized Crime has been renewed for season 5, but it's moving to Peacock for its new year. Will this change up the series?

Law and Order: Organized Crime has had a tricky road on NBC. In 2021, a huge deal was made of Christopher Meloni to return to his role as Law and Order: SVU cop Elliot Stabler. He'd had left in season 12 of the drama after being forced to shoot a teenager in the squad room. 

Having spent years working with police in Europe, Stabler returned to New York as his wife was murdered. He joined an Organized Task Force to explore various criminal activities. The show is notable for doing longer-range story arcs from four to eight episodes and darker storylines. It’s also gotten press for going through about four showrunners. 

The show has retained an audience as, per TV Line, it gets "5.4 million total viewers (with Live+7 playback), 851,000 of whom land in the coveted 18-to-49 age demo. Out of the 11 original dramas that NBC has aired this TV season, it ranks seventh in total audience and fifth in the demo."

While Law and Order and SVU got renewals last month, Organized Crime wasn’t among them. The show was renewed for season 4 last year and announced as delayed until mid-season so it ironically wasn’t as affected by the 2023 Hollywood strikes.

Now, NBC has made a decision about the show, which will change its future. 

What does the move to Peacock mean for Law and Order: Organized Crime?

The show is renewed for season 5 but it's going to Peacock. It was rumored for a bit but NBC and the studio still needed to come to terms in their deal about it. It’s not yet certain when it will premiere or what the episode count will be.

We talked a bit on how this can be a good move for the show. The story arcs would serve better on Peacock rather than on NBC as maintaining the longer storylines was trickier for a regular network audience. It also helps the show avoid weeks-long breaks between new episodes as with the other Law and Order shows.

It can also use the freedom of Peacock for darker situations and be more realistic in its take on crime. While it may cut down on crossovers with the other Law and Order shows, being more on its own can help the series find its own identity. It shouldn’t lead to major cast overturns, and John Shiban is back as showrunner, which means he’ll be the first to oversee more than one season.

Again, there’s more up in the air in the future, but at least fans know Law & Order and Organized Crime will be back for season 5, and Peacock might allow the show to find an even better audience with more creativity to make it pay off in the future. 

Law & Order: Organized Crime season 4 airs Thursdays at 10/9c on NBC.

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