http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/tca-dick-wolf-confirms-law-order-is-dead/

TCA: Dick Wolf Confirms Mothership 'Law & Order' Series Is Dead

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 30, 2010

"I can confirm that (Law & Order) has moved into the history books, the franchise creator Dick Wolf said at the opening of the TCA session for the latest spinoff, Law & Order: Los Angeles, putting an end to any speculation that the show still may find a new home. He opened the LOLA session with a statement:

"We were extremely disappointed that Law & Order is not coming back for a record 21st season. But that's life. All series start with a death sentence, they just don't give you the date of execution. The past is the past, and this (LOLA) is a new show."

After the panel, Wolf also squashed speculation about a possible Law & Order movie, stressing that this indeed was the end of Law & Order as we know it and saying that he was able to tell all stories he had wanted to tell within the framework of that show.

During the session, he refused to discuss whether financial issues led to the cancellation of the veteran series on NBC, only stressing that "in the 23 years I've been continuously on the air, we’ve never failed to make a deal when there was a deal to be made."

The new series, LOLA, will be closer to the mothership than fellow spinoffs Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: CI, in terms of having the police and legal side play equal parts. "I'm not paying (Alfred Molina and Terrence Howard) to be secondary characters," Wolf said. Molina and Howard have signed on alternate playing Assistant D.A.s on the show.

In terms of look, LOLA will be keeping the "Ching-ching" sound effect and the act cards but the rest is still in flux, Wolf said.

:rip: Law and Order. Thanks for the memories.

This new is worse than when Gunsmoke was cancelled in 1975: No proper series finale for either series. (sound of crowd booing) Boos are going to go down on Dick Wolf becase of the news. There should be a law that mandates that ALL TV series that ran for at least four (4) seasons must have a proper series finale.

I read this too fast - I thought it said Dick YORK instead of Wolf. :eek: :crazy: :lol: Seriously, he's not saying what we don't already know.

I read this too fast - I thought it said Dick YORK instead of Wolf. :eek: :crazy: :lol: Seriously, he's not saying what we don't already know.
You know a TV series is really dead was someone comes back from the dead to announce it! :eek: :happyface

You know a TV series is really dead was someone comes back from the dead to announce it! :eek: :happyface
I know. I was like, "Say WHAT???" :rofl:

You know a TV series is really dead was someone comes back from the dead to announce it! :eek: :happyface

This was the post-mortem.

What doomed the series was when it got into politics. This was supposed to be a show about crime. Instead it became a social platform. Wolf killed his own creation. I never watched the program for its politics; I watched it for its insight into the solving of criminal cases. What part of "Law" and "Order" did Wolf not understand? If he wanted it to be "Law and Order and Politics" he should have renamed the show. Shame. It used to be a great show.

What doomed the series was when it got into politics. This was supposed to be a show about crime. Instead it became a social platform. Wolf killed his own creation. I never watched the program for its politics; I watched it for its insight into the solving of criminal cases. What part of "Law" and "Order" did Wolf not understand. If he wanted it to be "Law and Order and Politics" he should have renamed the show. Shame. It used to be a great show.
I totally agree. There was some episodes that I just would not watch because I knew it was going to be a political show.

What doomed the series was when it got into politics. This was supposed to be a show about crime. Instead it became a social platform. Wolf killed his own creation. I never watched the program for its politics; I watched it for its insight into the solving of criminal cases. What part of "Law" and "Order" did Wolf not understand. If he wanted it to be "Law and Order and Politics" he should have renamed the show. Shame. It used to be a great show.
Beautifully put!!!!! Give me the early episodes any day. I lost interest after Jerry Orbach left (and then passed away).

There's an original cast member who agrees with your assessment - check out this link:

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mmoriarty/2009/12/14/the-increasingly-red-law-and-order/

Here's Michael Moriarty on Fox Business talking about this very issue:

http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3953556/law--order-too-liberal