
The SAG-AFTRA strike didn't end until Nov. 8, but NBC will return most of its scripted schedule to the airwaves just a little more than two months later.
Producer Dick Wolf's six procedurals will return to primetime a full month before any rival network debuts a fresh drama, with the three "Chicago" franchise hour-longs unfurling their season premieres on Wednesday, January 17, and the three "Law & Order" shows bowing on Thursday, January 18.