Law & Order

:This article is about the television show "Law & Order". For the political term, see law and order (politics).

Related series

The show's popularity has resulted in a Law & Order franchise with the creation of three other television dramas under the same brand: ' (1999), and ' (2001). These two shows focus more on the police side of a case. A short-lived ' (2005), which lasted only 12 episodes, focused almost entirely on courtroom drama, but was pulled off due to low ratings, becoming the first series of the franchise to be cancelled.

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''Law & Order'' franchise - 1999 - 2001 - 2005 - Courtroom drama

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The pilot episode "Everybody's Favorite Bagman" was produced for CBS in 1988.

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CBS - 1988

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Law & Order crossed over three times with another NBC show, ' (1993):

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Crossed over - 1993

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• Charm City (L&O ep 6-13)/For God and Country (H:LotS ep 4-12)
• Baby, it's You Part I (L&O ep 8-6)/Baby, it's You Part II (H:LotS ep 6-5)
• Sideshow Part I (L&O ep 9-14)/Sideshow Part II (H:LotS ep 7-15)

There was also a TV movie called ' (1998), which featured the fate of Mike Logan (played by Chris Noth), one of the popular characters who departed the series. On 9 February 2005, NBC announced that Noth would return in the role of Detective Mike Logan for the 2005-2006 season of Criminal Intent.

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TV movie - 1998 - Mike Logan - Chris Noth - 9 February - 2005

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The producers have also crafted a reality television series, Crime and Punishment (also sometimes called Law & Order: Crime & Punishment) (2002), which focuses on actual trials. The producers of Law & Order also produced an updated version of the series Dragnet (2003), which was not successful.

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Reality television - Crime and Punishment - 2002 - Dragnet - 2003

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The shows are also noteworthy in that every spinoff uses the same theme music as the original series, albeit with differing arrangements (harder guitars for the Criminal Intent theme, for instance).

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In addition, there are three computer games of Law & Order in which the player investigates crimes and then prosecutes the resulting cases:

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• Law & Order: Dead on the Money
• Law & Order: Double or Nothing
• Law & Order: Justice is Served