Dick Wolf on What He’s Learned About Expanding Television Franchises
January 6, 2020 by Marisa Roffman
Filed under Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Criminal Intent, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order, Law & Order: Hate Crimes, Law & Order: Los Angeles, SVU
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From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the “Law & Order” franchise, FBI: MOST WANTED is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, which relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice. Series premieres Tuesday, Jan. 7 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Pictured (L-R) Kellan Lutz as Kenny Crosby, Keisha Castle-Hughes as Hana Gibson, Roxy Sternberg as Sheryll Barnes, Julian McMahon as Jess LaCroix and Nathaniel Arcand as Clinton Skye Photo: Mark SchaferCBS ©2019 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved
With the Tuesday, January 7 debut of FBI: MOST WANTED on CBS, Dick Wolf officially kicks off his third franchise of shows.
Over the years, Wolf has launched new franchise installments in new ways: MOST WANTED‘s mothership, FBI, debuted in 2018, and the characters of MW were a part of a backdoor pilot that aired during the show’s first season. Over at NBC, the ONE CHICAGO franchise began with CHICAGO FIRE in 2012, and quickly grew to P.D. (whose characters debuted in FIRE’s first season), MED (backdoor pilot during FIRE’s third season), and JUSTICE (backdoor pilot during P.D’s third season); LAW & ORDER’s run started in 1990, with SVU, CRIMINAL INTENT, TRIAL BY JURY, LOS & ANGELES, TRUE CRIME, and CONVICTION getting their own launches, though occasionally intersecting with the mothership and other Wolf shows.
