Law & Order won’t be getting a new lease on life on TNT after all.
TNT has announced that it has no plans to broadcast new episodes of Law & Order. Earlier this month, the crime drama was cancelled by NBC after 20 seasons. TNT was later named as a possible new home for the series after speculation that the rights to the program could be purchased by a cable network. Even L&O creator Dick Wolf was optimistic about forging ahead with a historic 21st season of the gritty drama:
“The patient is not dead,” Wolf told The New York Times last week. “It is in a medically induced coma, and we are hoping for a cure.” Wolf claimed that he was courting offers for the show from other networks, and there might even be a two-hour Law & Order TV movie in the works.
However, The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Turner Broadcasting, which owns TNT, have dismissed the rumors and have no interest in airing new episode of the show.
In a statement Wednesday, network chiefs said: “We are not in current talks, and we are not interested in season 21.”
TNT currently holds the rights to reruns of Law & Order.