# Law & Order: LA, the first couple of minutes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550 "2010-09-30T02:07:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jasonh300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jasonh300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasonh300)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550/21 "2010-10-03T18:53:42Z")
I watched the first minute, then allowed myself to be distracted/barely watching for about 20 minutes, then I just hit the STOP key and deleted it. Later, I removed it from the “record season” category. I just had no interest in it. It didn’t feel much like Law & Order. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550/22 "2010-10-04T14:55:58Z")
I turned to my wife half an hour into it and suggested it’s going to be like Love Boat or Fantasy Island where we get to spot the celebrity. The other L&O and CSI have been fodder for the occasional “Hey, it’s…” before, but I suspect that (if we watch this) I’ll spend the time pointing out the actors I haven’t seen recently. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550/23 "2010-10-04T15:03:30Z")
I zoned out about halfway through it. Not a good pilot at all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550/24 "2010-10-04T15:07:19Z")
I was just watching this pretty ridiculous old thriller on TV last night and about to turn it off when I was that the two cop partners were Steven Hill (Adam from the Original L&O) and Morgan Freeman. I watched it to the end – but it still sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550/25 "2010-10-04T15:22:21Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > With just one episode aired to date on NBC Wednesday, it is running tonight on Bravo. Does anybody know another series that’s done that? I’m pretty sure the other L&O shows wait a year or so before farming them out to cable outlets. Bravo also showed the premiere of The Event, which has gotten good buzz. I think it’s a different deal. What they’re doing here is trying to attract more attention for a new show, and Bravo is owned by NBC. This is not like when you see a L&O rerun on TNT or USA - those shows are in syndication. The standard syndication deal requires that the show have 100 episodes before a cable network will pick it up. ---
**Author:** ![monkeylucifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkeylucifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkeylucifer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550/26 "2010-10-04T15:50:22Z")
100 episodes isn’t really a demand but an accepted standard abitrary number. You can syndicate anything you want, but that is usually the magic number. And yes, this is a show where the first run rights are owned by NBC/Universal so since they own Bravo they put it in the lineup on that channel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-order-la-the-first-couple-of-minutes/555550.md?page=1)