EXCLUSIVE: Legislation & Order is transferring into the podcast enterprise.
Common Tv and Wolf Leisure, which produce the long-running crime franchise, have struck a take care of iHeartPodcasts to launch Legislation & Order: Felony Justice System.
The transfer marks the model’s first foray into investigative journalism and its first unique podcast sequence – a Legislation & Order: SVU recap podcast, The Squadroom, launched in 2019 and aired round 25 episodes.
The deal encompasses 4 12-episode seasons. The primary season will launch on August 22.
Hosted by former Brooklyn murder prosecutor Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, the sequence will kick off with an exploration of the American Mafia in New York Metropolis, chronicling the true downfall of essentially the most infamous prison group in historical past. Set in opposition to the backdrop of 1979, the sequence reveals how an unlikely staff of younger native police and prosecutors beat the chances in dismantling the Mafia’s grip on the town.
It should start with the assassination of Carmine Galante, a robust boss within the Bonanno crime household. The homicide would turn out to be a cornerstone within the Mafia Fee Trial – the case that endlessly hamstrung organized crime in america and ended the Mafia’s golden period. It should embody first-hand accounts of the investigations, surveillance, authorized battles, and private sacrifices made by these on the entrance traces.
Legislation & Order: Felony Justice System is exec produced by Elliot Wolf, who additionally serves as EVP of Digital for Wolf Leisure and distributed by iHeartPodcasts.
Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit is heading into Season 26 and Legislation & Order is coming into Season 24.
“We’re thrilled to affix forces with iHeartPodcasts and UTV to carry the true tales which have formed our prison justice system, the bedrock of the Legislation & Order model, to life,” mentioned Wolf. “The aim coming in was all the time to push the boundaries of audio storytelling, this sequence delivers on that whereas nonetheless being deeply informative and entertaining.”
“Listeners’ curiosity in true crime continues to flourish with new tales consistently being sought out throughout platforms. Legislation & Order is a legendary sequence, and it’s an honor to staff up with UTV, Wolf Leisure and Elliot to develop this unique slate of podcasts,” added Will Pearson, President of iHeartPodcasts. “By this collaboration, listeners will immediately acknowledge that Legislation & Order model affiliation and know they may turn out to be entrenched within the dramatic and thrilling storytelling they’ve grown to like and anticipate from the Legislation & Order franchise – now by Elliot Wolf’s distinctive imaginative and prescient and contemporary perspective.”
