Law & Order: SVU Names Gen V EP Michele Fazekas New Showrunner
Michele Fazekas, who most recently was showrunner on Prime Video's Gen V, is on deck to serve in that capacity on NBC's long-running procedural, our sister site Deadline reports.
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If the series is renewed for Season 27, Fazekas will replace David Graziano, who joined the show in 2022, ahead of Season 24.
The move marks a return to SVU for Fazekas, who — along with former writing parter Tara Butters — was a writer/producer on the show in Seasons 4 through 7.
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Her other TV credits include Dollhouse, Hawaii Five-0, Resurrection, Terra Nova, Reaper, Agent Carter, Emergence and Kevin (Probably) Saves the World.
In related, recent SVU news, characters from that show and Law & Order will cross paths during a two-hour event airing Thursday, April 17 at 8/7c.
'Over the course of the crossover, a mysterious phone call to Capt. Benson of the SVU leads detectives to the scene of a brutal murder,' according to the crossover's official logline. 'When the SVU and the 2-7 uncover a pattern of rape and murder targeting marginalized women, Carisi and ADA Price team up to charge the suspect with multiple crimes.'
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