‘Law & Order’ Star Reveals What Saved Show From Cancellation
April 6, 2026
The Daily Beast
NBCLaw Order would have been canceled, series star Jill Hennessy revealed, if creator Dick Wolf did not add more women to its cast.Hennessy joined the show in 1993 as Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid. “I came in the fourth season, and it was about to be canceled. Dick Wolf was being pressured to add women to the cast, so they decided to add two female characters,” she told Yahoo, indicating herself and her co-star S.
Epatha Merkerson, who played NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren. Hennessy said Wolf’s acquiescence saved the show. “Within that year, the ratings went up, and it just got more and more successful,” she added.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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