| Law & Order: Los Angeles | |
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File:Law and Order Los Angeles 2010 Law & Order: Los Angeles logo | |
| Also known as |
Law & Order: LA L&O: LA LOLA |
| Genre |
Police procedural Legal Drama |
| Format | Live-action |
| Created by | Dick Wolf |
| Developed by | Blake Masters |
| Starring |
Skeet Ulrich Corey Stoll Rachel Ticotin Alfred Molina Terrence Howard Regina Hall Megan Boone Peter Coyote |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
René Balcer Blake Masters Peter Jankowski Christopher Misiano Dick Wolf |
| Location(s) |
NBC Studios Burbank in and around Los Angeles |
| Running time | 45 minutes (approx.) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original run | September 29, 2010 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Law & Order franchise |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Law & Order: Los Angeles is an American police procedural-legal television drama series set in Los Angeles, where it is produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it premiered on NBC on September 29, 2010, as a spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama Law & Order.
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On January 10, 2010, NBC programming chief Angela Bromstad announced at the winter TCA Press Tour that the network was in talks with Dick Wolf about producing a new series, entitled Law & Order: Los Angeles, and indicated that NBC was seeking to hire writers for a pilot.[1]
Reports in early May suggested that NBC had made the decision to pick up Law & Order: Los Angeles with a 13-episode order for fall 2010, having brought Brotherhood creator Blake Masters on board to co-create the new series set in Los Angeles with Wolf.[2] NBC confirmed the new series order on May 14, 2010.[3] The fall timeslot for Law & Order: Los Angeles is Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) on NBC.[4] René Balcer will serve as showrunner and head writer on the new Los Angeles series and will executive produce alongside the pilot’s writer Blake Masters, Wolf and Peter Jankowski. [5]
The show is broadcast in the Wednesday 10:00 p.m. timeslot after Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC.
On July 7, 2010, Skeet Ulrich signed on to play LAPD Detective Rex Winters.[6] Alfred Molina was the next cast member announced on July 24, 2010, set to play the role of DDA Ricardo Morales.[7][8] On July 29, 2010; Corey Stoll was the next cast member announced, set to play LAPD Detective Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski.[9] Terrence Howard joined the cast on July 30, 2010; Howard will play Deputy D.A. Jonah "Joe" Dekker who will work alongside Deputy D.A. Morales. Howard and Molina will be splitting the workload, each appearing roughly in half the episodes thus allowing the show to feature big feature names and the actors to stay active in movies.[10] On July 31, 2010, Regina Hall and Wanda De Jesus joined the cast as Evelyn Price, DDA to Morales, and Lieutenant Arleen Gonzales, respectively.[11] On August 6, 2010, Megan Boone joined the cast of Law & Order: LA as DDA Lauren Stanton; Boone will be Howard's DDA.[12] On August 17, Teri Polo joined the cast in the recurring role of Casey Ryan Winters, Det. Rex Winters' wife, a retired LAPD detective.[13]
On September 10, 2010, Deadline.com reported that Wanda De Jesus departed the cast after filming only two episodes of the series; the producers realized that things were not working out in terms of the dynamic they were looking for between her character and the rest of the ensemble and decided to recast the role. De Jesus's scenes were reshot.[14] On September 16, 2010, The Los Angeles Times reported that Rachel Ticotin joined that cast as Arleen Gonzales in place of De Jesus.[15][16]
On September 18, 2010, Peter Coyote joined the cast as L.A. County District Attorney Jerry Hardin. Coyote's character will supervise DDAs Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina) and Jonah "Joe" Dekker (Terrence Howard).[8]
Wanda De Jesus is credited in the first episode but is not seen except for one small line of dialogue.
| Season | Senior Detective | Junior Detective | Police Commanding Officer | Senior Deputy District Attorney | Junior Deputy District Attorney | District Attorney | ||
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| Team A | Team B | Team A | Team B | |||||
| 1 | Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich) | Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll) | Arleen Gonzales (Rachel Ticotin) | Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina) | Jonah "Joe" Dekker (Terrence Howard) | Evelyn Price (Regina Hall) | Lauren Stanton (Megan Boone) | Jerry Hardin (Peter Coyote) |
"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories."
In the third episode of this series Steven Zirnkilton spoken the orginal opening narration of Law & Order.
According to the description of the series, posted on NBC's official website, reads, "From Dick Wolf, comes a foray into the glitz, glamour and guilt of Los Angeles. From the tony Beverly Hills to the seedy side of Hollywood, LAPD's elite Robbery Homicide Division is on the case. Fusing classic ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with the backdrop of LA, the series delves into the high-profile crimes of the West Coast." [17] The format is similar to the other Law & Order shows, though adapted to the Los Angeles criminal justice system: each episode starts by depicting a crime, then presents the LAPD investigation, the prosecution by the L.A. County District Attorney, and the trial in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The crimes prosecuted are codified in the California Penal Code. As in other L.A. police procedural shows, crimes are sometimes referred to by their Penal Code section numbers.
Law & Order: Los Angeles is the first American Law & Order series not set in New York City.
An opening narration was not used for the first two episodes. Starting with the third episode, the Steven Zirnkilton narration for the orginial Law & Order is used.
It is also the first to not use a full-length theme showcasing each of the cast members. Instead, this variant utilizes a short opening that only displays the show's title and "Created by Dick Wolf". The series' cast is presented before the episode's list of guest stars and crew. The show does, however, continue to use the iconic Friz Quadrata typeface that is used throughout the Law & Order franchise for its credits.
The series's main character, Detective Rex Winters (portrayed by Skeet Ulrich), was introduced in a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episode (which aired on September 29, 2010) before the premiere episode of Law & Order: Los Angeles aired. The episode focuses on an investigation involving a rape kit, which takes Detective Olivia Benson (portrayed by Mariska Hargitay) from New York City to Los Angeles.[18]
Law & Order: Los Angeles airs on Wednesday nights, following an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
The debut of Law & Order: Los Angeles did fairly well, bringing in 10.6 million viewers and averaging a 3.2 rating with viewers 18-49. That was enough to dominate the 10 p.m. slot, and give NBC its biggest show of the week so far, and improve the network's time slot average by 63 percent versus last season.[19][20]
| Season | Episodes | Timeslot (EST) | Season premiere | Season finale | TV season | Ranking | Viewers (in millions) |
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| Season 1 | 13 | Wednesday 10:00 p.m. | September 29, 2010 | TBD | 2010– | TBD | TBD |
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