He's the legendary producer behind the long-running Law & Order debuted in 1990. The New York City set series took a two-part structure to each episode, with police detectives investigating a crime and capturing the suspect, and the second half would follow the prosecution by the District Attorney's office. The show was also largely inspired by real-life cases.
Law & Order would run for 20 seasons and over 400 episodes in total, and featured a sprawling cast of characters, which included actors like Jerry Orbach, Jill Hennessy, Michael Moriarty, and Sam Waterston. The success of the show would lead to an entire television franchise, covering spinoffs Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit - which at 21 seasons so far has sured the original show - Law & Order: Criminal Intent and the short-lived Law & Order: LA. The franchise even spawned some video games like Law & Order: Legacies and Law & Order: Dead on the Money.
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The success of Chicago Fire has led to numerous spinoffs, including Chicago P.D. and the short-lived Chicago Justice. Dick Wolf is behind other shows like Cold Justice, a true-crime series where investigators look into cold cases; the show has led to eighteen convictions thus far. This show later produced a spinoff with Cold Justice: Sex Crimes.
While some of Wolf's shows have failed to take off, like 2006's Conviction or his 2003 remake of Dragnet starring Ed O'Neill, his talent for producing compelling dramas is truly remarkable, as the continued survival of Law & Order proves. He may have a new franchise with FBI too, which is receiving a spinoff dubbed FBI: Most Wanted.
