Fans of Dick Wolf franchises are nearing closer to new episodes thanks to the writers' strike coming to an end.
Showrunners and writers are returning this week to several of his television shows, including Law & Order: SVU and Chicago’s franchise of Fire, Med, and P.D. on NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
FBI: Most Wanted and International, which air on CBS, will also have their writing teams returning.
However, one of Wolf’s creations, the Law & Order spinoff, Organized Crime, will not be among the first to come back on NBC as the series reportedly searches for a new showrunner to fill the role.
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike began on May 2, and lasted more than 140 days as the union representing entertainment writers working across film, television, news and online media picketed all across the country in demand of better pay as well as stipulations over other key points, including staffing commitments and duration of employment.
On the morning of Sept. 27, the labor union voted to end the writers’ strike, becoming effective at 12:01 a.m. PT.
The new deal was struck with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — which represents Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC Universal, Paramount and Sony — after the two groups met face-to-face last week.
During the work stoppage, which also coincided with the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, most of Hollywood was shut down, with late-night shows immediately going...
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