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Who Is in the Cast of the ‘Law & Order’ crossover? New and Returning Actors

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Law & Order Season 22 is almost upon us, with the show set to premiere with an epic three-hour crossover with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) and Law & Order: Organized Crime on NBC on Thursday, September 22.

The show’s special event will see the cast of all three shows come together for the first time, and the crossover also launches Season 24 of Law & Order: SVU and Season 3 of Law & Order: Organized Crime.

Here is everything you need to know about who will star in the show.

Who Is in the Cast of the ‘Law & Order’ crossover? The New and Returning Actors

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Hugh Dancy as Nolan Price in “Law & Order” Season 22 premiere, which is part of a three-episode crossover event with “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”
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The Law and Order crossover event is titled “Gimme Shelter” and it will begin on September 22 at 8 pm ET with Organized Crimefollowed by SVU and then concluding with Laws & Orders.

Centered around one plotline, the three-series event will see Law & Order’s Detective Frank Cosgrove (Jeffrey Donovan) and Junior Detective Jalen Shaw (played by new cast member Mehcad Brooks) investigate the death of a young girl.

SVU’s Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Organized Crime’s Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) will also step in to help, with Law & Order’s Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Nolan Price (Hugh Dancy) then working to seek justice against an international crime ring.

Law & Order creator Dick Wolf shared a statement with Entertainment Weekly about the crossover, saying: “Nothing demonstrates the power of the Law & Order brand more than an ambitious three-hour event with a story that is truly ripped from the headlines

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Organized Crime’ Gets New Showrunner Ahead of Season 3

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Sean Jablonski is taking over as the new showrunner of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” just three weeks before the third season premiere, NBC confirmed to TheWrap Thursday evening.

He replaces Bryan Goluboff, who was named to the post in May. Jablonski previously served as executive producer and showrunner of Netflix’s “Gypsy” and History Channel’s “Project Blue Book.” He created and executive produced “Satisfaction,” which ran for two seasons on USA Network.

He’s already banked 20 episodes in the franchise as producer on the original “Law & Order” series from 2001-2002.

The third season of “Organized Crime” premieres on Sept. 22 in a three-series crossover event with “Law & Order” and “SVU.”

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It’s the latest in a series of shakeups among Dick Wolf’s NBC series. After Warren Leight stepped down as “SVU” showrunner at the end of last season, order-svu-showrunner/” data-ylk=”slk:David Graziano” class=”link “David Graziano took over the role for the series’ 24th season in June. NBC also announced that the upcoming season will be the final one for Kelli Giddish, who plays Detective Amanda Rollins.

Meanwhile, another Wolf Entertainment series, “Chicago PD,” is bidding farewell to original cast member Jesse Lee Sofferwho will leave the series in the upcoming 10th season.

Variety first reported this story.

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Organized Crime Changes Showrunners Again Ahead of Season 3

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Sean Jablonski is taking over as showrunner for the NBC procedural’s upcoming third season, just three months after SVU veteran Bryan Goluboff took the reins from Barry O’Brien, who had been named interim showrunner following wake of previous showrunner order-organized-crime-barry-o-brien-new-showrunner-season-2-nbc/” data-ylk=”slk:Ilene Chaiken’s departure” class=”link “Ilene Chaiken’s departure in February. (Before you do the math, yes, that’s four showrunners in one calendar year.)

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This news comes as the Dick Wolf franchise is gearing up for its first-ever three-show crossover event on Thursday, Sept. 22 (8/7c), which brings together familiar faces from Law & Order, SVU and Organized Crime.

“Unlike other crossovers, this is structured and produced [on an epic scale]” Law & Order showrunner Rick Eid tells TVLine. “It’s not a handoff from one show to the next. It’s really one story that involves all the characters from the different shows.”

Along with Chris Meloni as Elliot Stabler, the cast of Organized Crime’s third season also welcomes back Danielle Moné Truitt as Sergeant Ayanna Bell, Ainsley Seiger as Detective Jet Slootmakers. Two new actors joining the team in Season 3 are Rick Gonzalez (Arrow) and Brent Antonello (Dynasty).

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