When the 20th season of Law & Order premieres on NBC tomorrow (Sep. 25), it’ll tie Gunsmoke as the longest-running drama on television.
Creator Dick Wolf says watching his show “grow up” has been just like raising a child.
He’s had to love it, tend to it, and change it over the years and like a kid, “It’s cleaned up nice over time.”
All the proud papa ever wanted from Law & Order was to “like it as much in maturity as I did in infancy,” which he does.
Now that series is finally turning the record-tying big 2-0, Wolf has his sights set on more birthdays.
He says, “I’d like to see it go into middle age.”
As for a 20th anniversary gift, Wolf may spring for traditional china for the set, so “people could throw plates at each other.”
(Contact numbers available only to subscribing media or trial media users. You can request samples at the Wireless Flash web site.)
Copyright © 2009 Wireless Flash News Inc. All rights reserved. Wireless Flash® and FlashNews® are registered trademarks of Wireless Flash News Inc.