LAW & ORDER, SVU to Stage Crossover, Plus ORGANIZED CRIME Season 5 Premiere Gets an NBC Broadcast

NBC is reviving its LAW & ORDER Thursdays for a one-night event on Thursday, April 17.

Kicking things off is a two-part crossover between LAW & ORDER and LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT. Though the duo was part of a franchise-wide crossover in 2022, this marks the first official crossover between just LAW & ORDER and SVU since the mothership was revived four seasons ago. (SVU star Mariska Hargitay has guest starred on L&O a few times, and new L&O star Tony Goldwyn recently appeared on SVU.)

In the two-hour event—”Play With Fire Part 1″ and “Play With Fire Part 2″—”a mysterious phone call to Capt. Benson of the SVU leads detectives to the scene of a brutal murder. When the SVU and the 2-7 uncover a pattern of rape and murder targeting marginalized women, Carisi and ADA Price team up to charge the suspect with multiple crimes.” (LAW & ORDER will air in its normal 8/7c time period, followed by SVU at 9/8c.)

Then, at 10/9c, NBC will air the season 5 premiere of LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME. ORGANIZED CRIME, which spent its first four seasons on NBC, is a Peacock exclusive this year, with the first two episodes dropping that same day.

According to Peacock, OC season 5 “explores the dangerous worlds of cross-border smuggling, high-tech domestic terrorism and a crime family intent on repaying Stabler for the injury he did them in Rome. As his worlds collide, Stabler will put everything on the line to protect the vulnerable and fight for justice.”

FOUND, which normally airs Thursdays at 10/9c, will get a special Monday, April 14 airing, before returning to its time period the following week.

Update (Thursday, April 10): Watch the new promo, which reveals the crossover’s tie to an iconic SVU case…

This post was updated to include the L&O and SVU crossover episode titles.

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