Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | |
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Created by | Dick Wolf |
Developed by | René Balcer |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Steven Zirnkilton (opening only) |
Opening theme |
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Composer | Mike Post |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 10 |
No. of episodes | 195 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | John L. Roman (seasons 1–9) |
Camera setup | Panavision; single-camera |
Running time | approx. 43 minutes (per episode) |
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Release | September 30, 2001 June 26, 2011 | –
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American
The series aired on
Premise
In New York City's war on crime, the worst criminal offenders are pursued by the detectives of the Major Case Squad. These are their stories.
—Opening narration spoken by Steven Zirnkilton
Criminal Intent follows The NYPD Manhattan "Major Case Squad", a force of detectives who investigate high-profile cases (in most cases,
This series in the franchise is notable for its heavy focus on the motives and actions of the criminals, paralleling the investigation with scenes of the suspects' lives that show the audience circumstances that the investigators can, at most, only attempt to deduce. Each episode features a cold open of the victim and suspects in (at most) a few days leading up to the crime; these scenes are presented without context, and maintain suspense as to the perpetrator's identity and often motive, until the ensuing investigation reveals these. However, some episodes reveal the offender at the start, while leaving out other key details and presenting a puzzle, over which the detectives labor, and agonize, to discover; thereby they provide the plot conflict of the episode, and (usually) the resolution of the case: solving the crime, and (likewise) insinuating a plea, or verdict, of "guilty". Occasionally, however, either the detectives resign themselves to conviction being infeasible—or an acquittal or dismissal dramatizes the limits of criminal prosecution. Unlike other Law & Order series, most Criminal Intent episodes end with the detectives eliciting confessions, rather than continuing to the trial phase.
Seasons 1–4 (and 10) focus on Detectives
The UK-aired version of Law & Order: Criminal Intent features the song "There's Only Me" by
History
Law & Order: Criminal Intent was created in 2001 by René Balcer and Dick Wolf. Balcer served as the show's executive producer, showrunner, and head writer for its first five seasons. The show dominated its original time slot on Sundays at 9:00 p.m. for its first three seasons (routinely beating its competition, ABC's Alias and HBO's The Sopranos, in households and in the 18–49 demographic), and was often the highest-rated show of the night, with an average audience of 15.5 million viewers. The show aired Sundays on NBC, with each week's episode being repeated on USA Network the following Saturday.
Beginning in season 4, it faced stiff new competition from ABC's night-time soap opera Desperate Housewives, a show that soon became the No. 1 drama on television. Although ratings for Criminal Intent further eroded in season 5 amid stiff competition, the series maintained respectable ratings through the season, enough to get it renewed for a sixth season on NBC.
Balcer left the show at the end of season 5, and the show was handed off to
When NBC had acquired the rights to Sunday Night Football for the 2006–2007 season, Law & Order: Criminal Intent was moved to a new time slot on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m., to serve as a lead-in to fellow Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. For its first six airings, it faced CBS's The Unit and baseball on Fox. In late October, Fox's hit series House moved opposite Law & Order: Criminal Intent.[citation needed]
In May 2007, NBC faced a choice of renewing either Criminal Intent or the original Law & Order, which had seen a ratings increase in the last few episodes of its 17th season. Ultimately, because of Criminal Intent's weak ratings, NBC picked up Law & Order. Criminal Intent's new episodes were moved to the NBCUniversal-owned
For its move to the USA Network, the version of the Law & Order theme used for the show's opening credits was replaced by the version originally used on the short-lived Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
On May 22, 2008, USA Network renewed Criminal Intent for an eighth season. Season 7 was the top-rated television series on
D'Onofrio, Erbe, and Bogosian left the series in the season 9 premiere, which aired in two parts on March 30 and April 6, 2010. Walon Green, Peter Jankowski,
Media outlets reported in August 2010 that actor Jeff Goldblum (
On September 22, 2010,
Prior to the season premiere, creator Dick Wolf was hoping the series would be renewed for an 11th season, versus ending with season 10. "Being the unbridled optimist that I am, I still have hope that this is a 'victory lap' and not a 'swan song,'" Wolf said during a conference call. "Based on the work so far, I think the audience is going to be very happy, relieved, and welcoming ... and hopefully enough fans will come out so the powers-that-be reconsider their decision."[17] New showrunner/EP Chris Brancato suggested that the show could be picked up for an 11th season if the intended final episodes garnered sufficient ratings.[18] The tenth season ended on June 26, 2011, and USA Network announced the following month that they were choosing not to air more episodes of the series due to costs.[19] When asked if LOCI would be taken back by NBC, Wolf tweeted, "USA Network decided not to pick up #LOCI for another season. We hoped ratings & fans could change their mind but. ... I've learned to never say never but most execs are looking for something new. We truly appreciate our loyal fans! Thank you."[20][21]
In August 2012, it was announced that Kathryn Erbe would be playing her character
In February 2013, Warren Leight further tweeted on Criminal Intent's ending, "... simply put, USA didn't make enough money on LOCI to justify even the final 8 [episodes] they did. they felt they owed it to the fans. ... And they certainly showed LOCI more loyalty than NBC did the Mothership." Leight further tweeted, "I think fans should enjoy the long run we had, and maybe hope for a MadeForTV movie if anyone ever makes those in future."[24][25][26]
Starting September 2017, series lead Vincent D'Onofrio (Detective Goren), showrunner/executive producer Warren Leight, Julie Martin, and director and executive producer Norberto Barba have begun using their Twitter accounts to re-tweet tweets aimed at ION Television with the hashtag: #BringBackLOCI.[27][28] Season seven co-star Alicia Witt (Detective Falacci) also sent a re-tweeted reply to a tweet that praised her portrayal and her character, saying, "Aww thank you. I have always wanted to revisit Falacci one day- loved being there during JN's [Julianne Nicholson's] maternity leave but want to play her again!"[29]
Broadcast history
The show originally aired on Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET on NBC for the first five seasons, from September 30, 2001 through May 14, 2006. It was then shifted to Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. ET on September 19, 2006, and remained in that timeslot through the end of season 6 on May 21, 2007. CI was then moved to the USA Network for its 7th season and aired Thursday nights at 9:00 p.m. starting October 4, 2007 until the fall finale in December 2007. It was then moved to Sunday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET on June 8, 2008 (when it paired up with In Plain Sight) until the 8th-season finale on August 9, 2009. For the ninth season only, the series moved to a new day and timeslot, Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET. During the tenth and final season, the series went back to Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET on USA Network.
After the show moved to USA, NBC re-aired episodes from the most recent season during the summer months. Reruns also air frequently on
, and in syndication on local stations.Streaming
Since mid-2020, selected seasons of Law & Order: Criminal Intent have been available for streaming on Peacock along with Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Cast and characters
Seasons 1 and 2
On September 30, 2001,
Season 3
In the third season, from episodes 5–11, Eames is temporarily replaced by Detective
Seasons 4 and 5
In the fifth season,
Deakins retires from the Major Case Squad at the end of Season 5 rather than battle a conspiracy to frame him instigated by former Chief of Detectives Frank Adair, whom Major Case detectives have arrested for killing a female acquaintance and her husband. Carver leaves as well, though there is no explanation as to why he departed the ADA's office.
Seasons 6–9
Deakins was replaced by Captain
In season 7, Wheeler temporarily leaves MCS to go to Europe, where she teaches a course on American police procedure. In reality, Julianne Nicholson was pregnant with her first child and was replaced temporarily by
Noth left the series at the
Season 10
The final season featured the return of Detectives Alex Eames and Robert Goren, replacing outgoing Zack Nichols and Serena Stevens who made their final appearances in the season 9 finale. Eames and Goren are brought back at the request of
Seasons
Law & Order: Criminal Intent's seasons 1–5 aired on NBC on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. EST. Season 6 aired on NBC on Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. EST and the last two episodes in May on Monday nights at 10 p.m. EST. In October 2007, new episodes of season 7 aired on the USA Network on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. EST. In June 2008, the remaining episodes of the seventh season until the end of the eighth season aired on Sunday nights at 9 p.m. EST on USA. Starting on January 9, 2008, reruns of season 7 began airing on NBC and on May 6, 2009, reruns of season 8 began airing on NBC. Criminal Intent's season finale aired August 9, 2009. On June 20, 2010, reruns of season 9 began airing on Sunday nights on NBC. The show moved to Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. EST on USA as of the ninth season which premiered on March 30, 2010 and ended July 6, 2010. The show returned to Sunday nights at 9 p.m. EST on USA for the tenth and final season when it premiered May 1, 2011.[1]
Episodes
Law & Order: Criminal Intent aired for ten seasons and 195 episodes, which aired between September 30, 2001 and June 26, 2011. Seasons one through seven each consisted of 21 to 23 episodes, seasons eight and nine each consisted of 16, and season ten consisted of 8; each episode lasts approximately sixty minutes including commercials (approx. 43 without commercials).
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Rank | Viewers (in millions) | |||
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1 | 22 | September 30, 2001 | May 10, 2002 | NBC | 34 | 11.9[33] | |
2 | 23 | September 29, 2002 | May 18, 2003 | 20 | 14.3[34] | ||
3 | 21 | September 28, 2003 | May 23, 2004 | 20 | 12.8[35] | ||
4 | 23 | September 26, 2004 | May 25, 2005 | 28 | 12.1[36] | ||
5 | 22 | September 25, 2005 | May 14, 2006 | 38 | 11.0[37] | ||
6 | 22 | September 19, 2006 | May 21, 2007 | 59 | 8.38[38] | ||
7 | 22 | October 4, 2007 | August 24, 2008 | USA | 91 | 7.46[39] | |
8 | 16 | April 19, 2009 | August 9, 2009 | — | 5.40[40] | ||
9 | 16 | March 30, 2010 | July 6, 2010 | 91 | 3.50[41] | ||
10 | 8 | May 1, 2011 | June 26, 2011 | — | 4.43[42] |
Awards/nominations
Year | Group | Award | Result | Recipient(s) |
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2002 | PPFA Maggie Awards | Maggie Award for Media Excellence (" The Third Horseman ")
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Won | |
People's Choice Award
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Best New Series | Nominated | ||
Image Award
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Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | Courtney B. Vance | |
2003 | Edgar Award
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Best Television Episode | Nominated | Tuxedo Hill "
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2004 | Satellite Award | Best Actor in a Series, Drama | Nominated | Vincent D'Onofrio |
Edgar Award
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Best Episode in a Television Series Teleplay | Nominated | Probability "
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2005 | Edgar Award
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Best Episode in a Television Series Teleplay | Won | Want "
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Edgar Award
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Best Episode in a Television Series Teleplay | Nominated | Pas de Deux "
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2006 | Reims International Television Festival | Best Drama Episode (" In the Wee Small Hours ")
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Nominated | |
Banff Television Award | Best Drama ("In The Wee Small Hours") | Nominated | ||
ALMA Award | Outstanding Director of a Television Drama or Comedy | Nominated | Norberto Barba | |
2008 | Edgar Award
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Best Television Episode Teleplay | Nominated | Senseless "
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Image Award
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Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series | Nominated | Darnell Martin for " Bombshell "
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Satellite Award | Best Actress in a Series, Drama | Nominated | Kathryn Erbe | |
ALMA Award | Outstanding Director of a Television Drama or Comedy | Nominated | Norberto Barba |
Home media
In April 2012, it was announced that
DVD name |
Ep# |
Release dates
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Region 1 |
Region 2 |
Region 4
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The 1st Year | 22 | October 21, 2003 | February 28, 2005 | January 20, 2005 |
The 2nd Year | 23 | December 12, 2006 | July 17, 2006 | March 7, 2006 |
The 3rd Year | 21 | September 14, 2004 | April 13, 2009 | June 3, 2009 |
The 4th Year | 23 | November 24, 2009 | December 28, 2009 | December 2, 2009 |
The 5th Year | 22 | May 18, 2010 | August 16, 2010 | September 29, 2010 |
The 6th Year | 22 | June 28, 2011 | N/A | August 3, 2016[48] |
The 7th Year | 22 | June 26, 2012 | N/A | August 3, 2016[49] |
The 8th Year | 15[50] | October 23, 2012 | N/A | August 3, 2016[51] |
The 9th Year | 16 | December 11, 2012 | N/A | October 5, 2016[52] |
The Final Year (The 10th Year) | 8 | March 12, 2013 | N/A | October 5, 2016[53] |
The Complete Series | 194 | N/A | N/A | November 16, 2016[54] |
- Region 2 dates refer to United Kingdom releases only
- Due to content issues stemming from the Season 8 episode, "The Glory That Was ...", only 15 episodes from Season 8 will be on the DVD set.[50]
Technical information
Law & Order: Criminal Intent had been produced in 16:9 format since late 2003, when it was first broadcast in
The show was recorded on
Starting with the sixth season, the editing style changed, moving away from the style of the other shows in the Law & Order franchise (examples: zooms, colors, and thud sounds used to quickly fade to commercials, quick brightening effects and sharp sounds to show scene changes) and the tempo of the background music was amplified and at a faster pace.
Related series
Crossovers
To Law & Order: Criminal Intent
During the first season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (L&O:CI), several cast members from the original series made guest appearances as their Law & Order (L&O) characters. Dianne Wiest appeared in the first episode of the series, "One", Jerry Orbach and Jesse L. Martin guest starred in the episode "Poison", S. Epatha Merkerson appeared in the episode "Badge", and J. K. Simmons appeared in the episode "Crazy".
Leslie Hendrix also reprises her L&O role as Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers as a recurring character throughout the run of the series starting with the first-season episode "The Faithful".
In 2005, Chris Noth reprised his L&O role as Detective Mike Logan for the show's fourth season. This appearance led to Noth joining the cast in the fifth season, appearing in the starring role for half the episodes of the season. Noth remained with the show for three seasons before departing in 2008.
Also appearing in their roles from L&O, during L&O:CI's fifth season, were
On June 15, 2008, Mary McCormack made a guest appearance in the seventh season episode "Contract", as Mary Shannon, her character from In Plain Sight. At the time of the original airing, In Plain Sight followed L&O:CI on the USA Network.
From Law & Order: Criminal Intent
In the 14th season of
Jo, a 2013 series created by René Balcer, featured Olivia d'Abo reprising her role as Nicole Wallace in its last episode.
In the 22nd season of L&O:SVU, Annabella Sciorra reprised her role as Detective (now Lieutenant) Carolyn Barek in the episode "
French adaptation
In July 2005, NBC Universal sold the format of Law & Order: Criminal Intent to French channel TF1 Alma Productions to create a French remake of the show. The show mirrors the content of the original U.S. stories, although it is set in Paris and is adjusted for language and culture. The show ran for 20 episodes over three seasons between May 2007 to November 2008.
Russian adaptation
A Russian version of L&O: CI (shot in Moscow with Russian actors) premiered in March 2007, where it was shown back to back with the Russian version of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, to become one of Russia's top-rated series. As a result, the initial order of eight episodes has been expanded to some 40 episodes. The show is entitled Закон и порядок. Преступный умысел (translation: Law & Order: Criminal Intent[55]).
Canadian adaptation
On February 22, 2024 a Canadian adaptation of L&O: CI named Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent premiered on Canadian television network Citytv.[56] It is expected to run for 10 episodes, and 3 have premiered as of March 12th, 2024.
See also
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External links
- Official website on Wolf Entertainment
- Official website on NBC
- Official website on USA Network
- Official website on Channel 5
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent at IMDb
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent at the TV IV