As Law & Order: SVU is heading into its historic 21st season, the series is bringing back one of its beloved showrunners. Warren Leight, credited with revitalizing the veteran crime drama during his five-year turn at the helm, is returning as executive producer/showrunner. He will succeed another veteran of the Dick…

As Law & Order: SVU is heading into its record-tying 20th season, NBC is expanding the Law & Order franchise with a 13-episode order to Law & Order: Hate Crimes, from Law & Order boss Dick Wolf. Co-created with one of Wolf’s top lieutenants,  former Law & Order: SVU showrunner Warren Leight, the latest Law…

JJ Feild (Turn) and Latarsha Rose (The Hunger Games) have booked series-regular roles in NBC's untitled medical drama from Law & Order veteran Warren Leight, Paul Haggis and Sony TV. The project, written/executive produced by Leight and directed/exec produced by Charles McDougall, is described as a real-time "extreme…

Six Feet Under and Brothers & Sisters alumna Rachel Griffiths is set as the lead of NBC’s untitled medical drama (fka Salvation), from Law & Order veteran Warren Leight, Paul Haggis and Sony TV. The project, written/executive produced by Leight and directed/exec produced by Charles McDougall, is described as a…

Witches of East End alum Eric Winter has signed on a series regular in Las Reinas, ABC's drama pilot from feature writer Dean Georgaris, ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co. Written by Georgaris and directed by Liz Friedlander, Las Reinas centers on Detective Alex De La Reina (Daniella Alonso), who is forced to…

Hadi Tabbal (Madam Secretary) is set as a series regular opposite Anne Heche and Mike Vogel in For God And Country, NBC's military drama pilot from writer Dean Georgaris, Keshet Studios and Universal TV. Written by Georgaris and directed by Brad Anderson, For God And Country is described as a heart-pounding look into…

NBC has given a pilot order to an untitled medical drama (fka Salvation), from Law & Order veteran Warren Leight, Paul Haggis (Crash) and Sony TV. The project, written/executive produced by Leight, was the first big drama buy for the broadcast network this season, receiving a pilot production commitment by NBC with…

NBC has kicked off the drama buying season with two high-profile buys: Salvation (working title), from Law & Order veteran Warren Leight, Paul Haggis (Crash) and Sony TV, which has received a pilot production commitment, and Walking Lions, from Homeland and Tyrant co-creator Gideon Raff, Keshet and Universal TV, which…

Warren Leight is returning to the Law & Order franchise as executive producer and showrunner of NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Leight is finalizing a deal to succeed Neal Baer, who, after 11 year at the helm of SVU, is leaving the crime drama at the end of the season to segue into a rich three-year overall de…

Warren Leight, a screenwriter and Tony-winning playwright, found himself a hot new career in TV as a sought-after showrunner with back-to-back gigs on USA’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent, HBO’s In Treatment and FX’s Lights Out. Now Leight is venturing in series development with his own project, a drama for Fox set in…

Within days of USA Network renewing Law & Order: Criminal Intent with an order for 16 episodes, the series has just lost its showrunner. I’m told Warren Leight has left to be the showrunner of HBO’s In Treatment. It’s a big blow to Bonnie Hammer, promoted two months ago to head the newly created NBCU Cable…