Chalk a line around it: Law & Order is dead

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Chalk a line around it: Law & Order is dead

Long-running 'tec show hangs up its cuffs

by Josh SperoMonday, 17 May 2010

One of 'Law & Order's many cast combinations

American television network executives more concerned about remaking old dramas (Rockford Files 2010, anyone?) than maintaining a powerhouse drama which has wowed critics and fans for 20 years have finally killed off Law & Order.

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