Wolf Entertainment

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Wolf Entertainment
TypePrivately held company
IndustryTelevision
Founded1988;35 years ago (1988)
Founder Dick Wolf
Headquarters Universal Studios Lot, Universal City, California, United States
Website www.wolfentertainment.com

Wolf Entertainment is an American television production company founded in 1988 by producer Dick Wolf, known for its television franchises Law & Order , Chicago , and FBI .

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In February 2020, Wolf Entertainment signed one of the largest deals in television history. The nine-figure deal, which spans broadcast and streaming, keeps the company and its high-profile projects at Universal Television, the company's long-time home, for an additional five years. [1]

Originally named Wolf Films, the company was rebranded to Wolf Entertainment in 2019. [2] As of July 2021, the company had produced around 1900 hours of television and received 94 Emmy nominations.

Television

Wolf Entertainment dominates prime-time network television in the United States, with full-night lineups on both NBC and CBS. Current series include FBI , FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International (Tuesdays), Chicago Fire , Chicago P.D. , and Chicago Med (Wednesdays), Law & Order , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , and Law & Order: Organized Crime (Thursdays).

In 2021, Wolf Entertainment became part of the conversation around depictions of policing in the media. In a conversation with fellow Wolf Entertainment star Julian McMahon on Wolf Entertainment's YouTube page, Chicago P.D. star Jason Beghe explained "I think we feel a certain sense of responsibility to address these issues, which is fun and challenging. Thankfully we have some good writers and good advisers." [3]

Streaming

In 2022, Wolf Entertainment will dip its toes into the streaming world with its new series On Call. The half-hour drama series, which will follow a veteran and rookie police officer in Long Beach, California, was picked up by Amazon's Freevee. The series is a joint production with ATTN: and Universal Television. [4]

Podcasts

In 2019, Wolf Entertainment ventured into the podcast space, launching "The Squadroom", a Law & Order: Special Victims Unit companion show. [5]

Additionally, Wolf premiered a scripted podcast called "Hunted" starring Parker Posey in the fall of 2019. [6] The podcast, which was touted as the first of many upcoming podcasts from the production company, was executive produced by the company's Head of Digital, Elliot Wolf. [7]

People

Filmography

Scripted

YearTitleNetwork
1989 Gideon Oliver ABC
1989 Christine Cromwell ABC
1990 Nasty Boys NBC
1990 H.E.L.P. ABC
1990–2010; 2022–present Law & Order NBC
1992 Mann & Machine NBC
1992 The Human Factor CBS
1993 Crime & Punishment NBC
1993 South Beach NBC
1994–1998 New York Undercover Fox
1995 The Wright Verdicts CBS
1996 Swift Justice UPN
1997 Feds CBS
1997–1998 Players NBC
1998 Exiled: A Law & Order Movie
The Invisible ManN/A
1999–present Law & Order: Special Victims Unit NBC
2000 D.C. The WB
2000–2001 Deadline NBC
2000 Arrest & Trial Syndication
2001–2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent NBC/USA Network
2003 Dragnet ABC
2005–2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury NBC
2006 Conviction
2009–2014 Law & Order: UK ITV
2010–2011 Law & Order: LA NBC
2012–present Chicago Fire
2014–present Chicago P.D.
2015–present Chicago Med
2017 Chicago Justice
Law & Order True Crime
2018–present FBI CBS
2018 Law & Order: Hate Crimes NBC
2020–present FBI: Most Wanted CBS
2021–present Law & Order: Organized Crime NBC
2021–present FBI: International CBS
TBAOn Call (TV series)Freevee

Unscripted

YearTitleNetwork
2000-2002 Arrest & Trial First-run syndication
2002-2004 Crime & Punishment NBC
2013–present Cold Justice TNT/Oxygen
2015–presentNightwatch [9] A&E
2015 Cold Justice: Sex Crimes TNT
3AM Showtime
2017Inside the FBI: New York [10] USA Network
2017–2020 Criminal Confessions [11] Oxygen
2019Murder for Hire
First Responders Live Fox
2023-presentLA Fire and Rescue NBC [12]
TBAFinal MomentsOxygen [13]

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