The American crime drama television series, Law & Order: Organized Crime, will be returning for season 5 on April 17, 2025. It will begin airing weekly on NBC in the United States.
The series is the seventh addition to the Law & Order Franchise and it is a spin-off to Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, featuring Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler, reprising his role from SVU. It has a “single-arc” storyline which takes multiple episodes to resolve.
When is Law & Order: Organized Crime season 5 coming out?
Law & Order: Organized Crime will debut on April 17, 2025, on NBC in the United States. The show was renewed for a fifth season on April 25, 2024. The trailer for the upcoming season was released on Peacock’s YouTube channel on March 19, 2025.
The fifth season will also be available to stream on Peacock a week after it airs on NBC episodically.
Where is Law & Order: Organized Crime streaming?
The American crime drama television series, Law & Order: Organized Crime is available to stream on Peacock. Episodes of the series are made available on Peacock one week after they air on NBC for the free tier and the next day for the subscription tier.
What is Law & Order: Organized Crime about?
The series revolves around the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit character Elliot Stabler, a seasoned Detective who rejoins the NYPD in New York following his wife's murder. Stabler joins the Organized Crime Task Force, which is headed by Sergeant Ayanna Bell. He becomes the second-in-command of a task force in the Organized Crime Control Bureau to track down the murderers of his wife.
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The Law & Order media franchise
The Law & Order media brand is made up of several similar American television shows that were produced by Wolf Entertainment and developed by Dick Wolf. They all relate to the criminal justice system in one way or another, and they first aired on NBC. The TV movie, the original series, its numerous spin-offs, and crossover episodes from other shows add up to more than 1,000 hours of programming.
Common characters and fictional institutions, such as the New York Ledger tabloid newspaper and Hudson University connect these shows. A large number of supporting characters are also shared across the shows, including medical examiners, psychologists, and district attorneys. Sometimes there are shared storylines or main character crossovers between two of the series.
How many shows are there in the Law & Order franchise?
There are seven shows within the Law & Order franchise as of 2025. Given below is a list of all these shows in order:
Law & Order
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Law & Order: LA
Law & Order: True Crime
Law & Order: Organized Crime
FAQs about Law & Order
A. The original series' longest-serving cast members include Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy (1994–2010 & 2022–2024), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010), and Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004).
A. No, Law & Order is not the longest running show. The longest running show at present is ‘The Simpsons’.
A. As of April 2025, there are 518 episodes of the original Law & Order series with a new episode released weekly until April 17, 2025 in the 24th season of the series.
