Law & Order Being Cancelled After 20 Years
I doubt you can ever turn on your television and not find an episode of Law & Order in some form , or another. The extent that this show appears on TV guides is so high that it is literally become a standard joke on late night shows in monologues, and the other uncreative jokesters you run into.
What I found interesting about this show though in reading today is the sheer amount of jobs that it provided. According to Katherine Oliver, the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting, every year Law & Order provided jobs to about 4,000 people, including one-day acting roles. Its spending totaled about $79 million annually, she said, including things like coffee and bagels, boom microphones, anti wrinkle lotion, and duct tape. During its 20-year run, that impact amounted to as much as $1 billion or more, she said.
So…New York is mourning much more than the passing of a TV staple. They are mourning the economic impact the show made over the last 20 years.
