Camryn Manheim helped to bring Law & Order back to the small screen for the revival in 2021, but left the NBC drama after Season 23 in 2024 and did not return for an on-screen exit. Now, with the fall of the 2025 TV schedule quickly approaching, Manheim is set to return to primetime for another crime drama, but her new show is definitely not another Law & Order. She actually arrives on Fox for Season 2 of one of my favorite freshman shows from the 2024-2025 TV season, and I'm definitely excited that she chose this for her first role since leaving Law & Order last year.
You'll be able to find Camryn Manheim back on the small screen this season as a guest star on Fox's Murder in a Small Town, which will be paired with medical drama Doc starting in September. The Emmy-winner plays a tough working-class matriarch by the name of Jocelyn Tait. She comes to Gibsons after living her life as part of a family feud, seeking a Rome and Juliet-style wedding." Depending on how familiar Jocelyn is with the Shakespeare play, that's either a very romantic or very tragic goal! Manheim briefly appears in the first look at Season 2, at the 1:07 mark:
