While Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU will be back later this year once their current seasons wrap on the 2026 TV schedule, Organized Crime is not so lucky. Over a year after the fifth season dropped on Peacock, it was confirmed that the Christopher Meloni-led spinoff was canceled. The news came as a surprise to me, and the network boss recently shared a take on the decision that felt like a shot to the fandom’s heart.
Organized Crime shifted from NBC to Peacock in 2025, but Season 5 ended up airing on NBC last fall. That move arguably made fans even more desperate for any news on a sixth season, which eventually came in April. Since the Law & Order franchise is still staying strong on NBC, I would've hoped that OC would go back to the network, so it was disappointing when that didn't pan out. For her part, Lisa Katz, President of Scripted Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, shared a seven-word response with Deadline when discussing why the show wouldn't continue on either Peacock or NBC:
