Mehcad Brooks Leaving ‘Law & Order’ After 3 Seasons
EXCLUSIVE: Mehcad Brooks is departing NBC’s Law & Order after three seasons as Detective Jalen Shaw ahead of the venerable crime drama’s upcoming 25th season, Deadline has learned. According to sources, the parting of the ways was mutual, with Brooks already exploring other opportunities.
The rest of the Law & Order main cast, including Tony Goldwyn and Reid Scott, whose contracts were up at the end of last season, Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi and Maura Tierney, are set to come back, sources said. As Deadline reported in May, most actors on NBC’s Law & Order and Chicago franchises will be in fewer episodes next season as part of a cost-savings measure.
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AdvertisementAdvertisement#_R_1csadkalhb5fiv5vddbH1_ iframe AdvertisementAdvertisement#_R_2csadkalhb5fiv5vddbH1_ iframeBrooks stepped in as a detective on Law & Order in 2022, filling the void left by the departure of Anthony Anderson. Casting of a new detective has just gotten underway.
Law & Order is executive produced by Dick Wolf, Rick Eid, Alex Hall and Peter Jankowski. The series, whose 25th season will premiere in the fall, is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment.
Brooks can be seen on Season 3 of HBO Max’s And Just Like That. He next reprises his role as Jax in New Line’s Mortal Kombat II, based on the hit video game franchise, set for release in October.
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