Dick Wolf Lays Out Plans for ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ Season 2, Future ‘SVU’ Crossovers

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for last Thursday’s premiere of “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”)

Christopher Meloni returned to the “Law & Order” franchise last week with the big comeback of his character, Elliot Stabler, on “SVU” and the debut of his spinoff series, “Organized Crime.” Both episodes of the two-hour crossover drew 7.6 million total viewers for NBC in Live + Same Day Nielsen ratings, a solid indicator of just how many fans were excited to see Stabler reunite with his old partner, Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) in the first part and strike out on his own mission in the second half.