January 16, 2008
Last week, Law & Order: Criminal Intent returned to the NBC lineup after a season spent in airing on the network's sister cable station, USA. Viewers with access to cable programming have already witnessed Law & Order: Criminal Intent's seventh season. However, those without cable service will now get a chance to savor the show's latest season, with this special encore screening to fill in regular network programming that's been thrown into chaos by the writers' walkout.
For its debut back on NBC last week, Law & Order: Criminal Intent scored 2.5 in the ratings, 38 percent lower than its showing during its premiere last year. Its parent program, Law & Order, also took an 18 percent dip from last week's first episode at 3.1.
January 9, 2008
Tonight marks the return of Law & Order: Criminal Intent to NBC, following a season spent banished to NBC's sister cable company, USA Network. The Law & Order spin-off will take the 9pm timeslot and serve as lead-in for the returning parent show, which opened its 18th season last week with a two-hour premiere.
In a desperate move, major networks have had to resort to some last-minute repurposing in order to fill in the vacuum that's been left by a running out of original scripted episodes due to the two-month long writers' strike. So while Law & Order: Criminal Intent's seventh season has been airing on USA since October, NBC will still begin with the season opener tonight, before proceeding with the rest of the seventh season in weeks to come.
December 4, 2007
Law and Order is back from the dead. It was never really dead, I know, but after a full season of banishment into a dreaded Friday night time slot, and another half of the year completely off the air, it kind of felt like Law & Order was gone for good. Thankfully for fans of the ageless procedural, Law & Order is returning to air waves for its eighteenth season on Wednesday, January 2 for a two hour premiere. The following week, Law & Order will settle back into its long time Wednesday 10pm ET/PT time slot. Starting on that Wednesday, January 9, Law and Order: Criminal Intent will act as the original L&O's lead in, airing at 9pm. Criminal Intent had been banished to the purgatory of basic cable on the USA Network, where new episodes have been airing. NBC will start from the beginning of Criminal Intent's new season, and re-air the episodes on NBC.
October 18, 2007
Law & Order: Criminal Intent's Vincent D'Onofrio is about to become a dad again. He and his wife, Carin Van Der Donk, are expecting their second child this winter.
D'Onofrio and the rest of his Law & Order: Criminal Intent co-stars have just started their seventh season on a new network. The series has been moved from its original home at NBC to the network's sister station, USA.
October 4, 2007
The seventh season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent kicks off tonight. The opening episode, "Amends," will delve into the past of one of the show's lead characters.
Detective Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe) is forced to re-examine her husband's murder following the death of his partner, who is killed on the job. In the process of re-opening the case, she finds herself thrust into the life she thought she had left behind.
July 17, 2007
This fall, Law & Order: Criminal Intent will be returning with a new cast member. As a temporary replacement for Julianne Nicholson, who is on maternity leave, actress Alicia Witt will be gracing the show as police detective Nola Falacci. The move is part of a trend that will hopefully bring in stronger female characters on the upcoming storylines.
While there is no word yet on what will happen to Nicholson’s character, Detective Megan Wheeler, upon the return of the police drama, Alicia Witt’s character is reportedly drafted as a partner for Detective Mike Logan (Chris North).