Law & Order: Organized Crime is back. The procedural spinoff will be airing its season 5 premiere on NBC alongside the other Law & Order titles. It makes sense, and seems pretty straightforward, but it is actually a bit more perplexing than you might think. Here's what you need to know about the show's viewing options.
Organized Crime's season 5 premiere will air after Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU on Thursday, April 17. It will bring up the rear in NBC's lineup, but it will not continue the story that will take place in the previous two episodes. Law & Order and SVU will be staging a crossover event with a continuing storyline, and while Organized Crime keeps things going at 10 PM ET, it will be a standalone episode.
Organized Crime will air season 5 premiere on NBC
Simple enough, right? Well, this easy to follow schedule only applies to the season 5 premiere. The rest of Organized Crime will not be airing on NBC. It will be relinquishing its 10 PM ET time slot to the procedural drama Found for the rest of the season. Organized Crime will also be airing its season 5 premiere on Peacock, the streaming platform that will serve as its new home.
Organized Crime is airing its season 5 premiere on NBC and Peacock simultaneously, but the latter actually may prove to be the better option for die-hard fans. Those who tune in to see the premiere on Peacock will also get a chance to watch the second episode of the season on April 17 as well.
This ties into the reasoning behind the show's shift to Peacock. NBC determined that the darker subject matter and serialized storytelling made it the Law & Order series best suited to more of a streaming, bingeable format. A new episode will be released to Peacock every Thursday, and the platform also has the previous four seasons of Organized Crime for those who wish to catch up.
The series moves to Peacock after premiere
Peacock does not, unfortunately, have a free trial, but it does offer two different streaming plans. The first one costs $7.99, and allows access to the platform's entire catalog with ads. The second, which costs $13.99, allows the same access but without adds. You can sign up for either of these monthly, or you can opt for a slightly cheaper annual plan.
We will miss Law & Order's Thursday night lineup on NBC, but we at least continue to enjoy Organized Crime on its own merits. Plus, there's an SVU crossover coming around the corner.