Law & Order: Organized Crime is moving to Peacock for Season 5 and it makes sense!

There were plenty of discussions about Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 5. The series wasn’t renewed at the same time as the other two Law & Order shows, which was somewhat surprising. Well, it turns out that while NBC hasn’t renewed the series, it will still happen.

As suspected, the series is making a move to Peacock. This is NBCUniversal’s streaming platform, so it is still within the NBC family. This still allows for some crossover elements here and there, so hopefully, we’ll finally see the Benson/Stabler kiss that we’ve all been waiting for!

Why is Law & Order: Organized Crime moving to Peacock?

The series hasn’t performed as well as the other five Dick Wolf shows on NBC. It’s still a strong performer, but it’s not as strong. That has led to NBC considering whether to keep it around considering the cost of creating it.

Of course, there is a loyal fanbase. The streaming numbers have been good, so it makes sense to give the series a new chance on Peacock.

It has worked for other shows in the past. Deadline reminds us that Law & Order: Criminal Intent ran for six seasons on NBC and then moved to USA Network for four seasons before eventually being canceled. This offers hope for Organized Crime to perform well on the streaming platform.

Why a move to Peacock makes a lot of sense for the Christopher Meloni series

In all honesty, I love the idea of the move. Law & Order: Organized Crime is a serialized format. This does sometimes work for primetime TV, but it’s not as good. It works better for streaming platforms, where it’s possible to binge-watch a series once the episodes have aired. Peacock has even released shows as a binge-watch in the past.

The series is also darker in material compared to the other two Law & Order shows. While there will be SVU fans tuning in to see Stabler back in action, the material is much darker and takes on a different format. After all, Stabler is now heading up the Organized Crime ring instead of going after cases involving homicide, sexual assault, and other similar victims.

Streaming platforms tend to be a better home for darker material. It’s possible to make the content more mature, upping the age rating, which can’t happen on network TV, even for the 10 p.m. ET/PT timeslot. It would make sense to have more mature themes throughout the series considering the organized crime element to it.

I could see this move being a good one. Fans just have to tune in to prove that it’s worth the shift.