NBC Orders Dick Wolf’s ‘Law & Order: True Crime’ as the Next TV Series to Tackle a Famous SoCal Murder

NBC orders Dick Wolf’s Law & Order: True Crime as the next TV series to tackle a famous SoCal murder

A day after the end of The People v. O.J. Simpson, NBC has announced that the Menendez Brothers, who are serving a life sentence for the 1989 killing of their parents in their Beverly Hills home, will be the subject of the first season of the anthology series Law & Order: True Crime. “This case,” says NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke in a statement, “captured the public’s attention like nothing before it as it examined taboo issues such as patricide and matricide in gruesome detail, all against a backdrop of privilege and wealth. We will recreate the cultural and societal surroundings of both the murders and trials when people were not only obsessed with the case but examining how and why these brothers committed these heinous crimes.”

The 100’s Ricky Whittle claims he left the show due to “bullying” from the showrunner

In an interview with AfterBuzzTV, Whittle claims The 100 boss “Jason Rothenberg abused his position to make my job untenable. What he did was disgusting and he should be ashamed.” In response, Rothenberg released a statement, saying: “Ricky Whittle is a talented actor; I appreciate his work on The 100 and wish him all the best moving forward on American Gods.”

Fear the Walking Dead put its cast through a swim test for Season 2

With the AMC spinoff going out to sea, the cast was subjected to a swim assessment test. “It was a nightmare!” says Kim Dickens. “It was freezing in the pool at night and dark and it was an endurance thing.”

Watch Russell Crowe plays the SNL drinking game

“What does SNL stand for?” he says in this week’s promos with Leslie Jones.

CMT sets a special tonight in honor of Merle Haggard

The country singing legend, who died today on his 79th birthday, will be featured in CMT Remembers Merle Haggard. The tribute will include never-before-seen-footage and vintage performances.

The People v. O.J. Simpson ends with 3.3 million viewers

That was the biggest American Crime Story next-day audience since Episode 3.

Brad Garrett to play an SVU baddie

Garrett will appear in the final two episodes of the season as a corrupt Rikers Island corrections officer.

MTV Movie Awards to honor Melissa McCarthy as its first female “genius”

McCarthy will become the third recipient of the Comedic Genius Award.

Seth Rogen is helping bring another dark and violent graphic novel to TV: The Boys

Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke are teaming up on Preacher writer Garth Ennis’ The Boys for Cinemax. It follows a CIA squad known as “the boys” whose job is to watch over the numerous superheroes who have popped up and become corrupted.

Jimmy Kimmel to host a Marvel-themed week on his talk show

Jimmy Kimmel Live will honor its corporate sibling next week with stars of from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor, Captain America: Civil War and Doctor Strange.