Wolf Entertainment
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 Logo used since 2019 | |
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| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Television |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founder | Dick Wolf |
| Headquarters | Universal Studios Lot, Universal City, California, United States |
Key people | |
| Products | Law & Order franchise Chicago franchise FBI franchise |
| Website | www |
Wolf Entertainment is an American television production company founded by producer Dick Wolf in 1988, most well-known for its television franchises Law & Order, Chicago, and FBI.
In February 2020, Wolf Entertainment signed one of the largest deals in television history. The nine-figure deal, which spanned broadcast and streaming, kept the company and its projects at Universal Television for an additional five years.[2]
Originally named Wolf Films, the company was rebranded as Wolf Entertainment in 2019.[3] Currently, the production company has produced 40 television series and an overall total of over 2,500 episodes of network television. They have received 96 Emmy nominations.
Overview
Wolf Entertainment has multiple prime-time network television series airing on NBC and CBS. Series have included: 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).
Streaming
In 2022, Wolf Entertainment entered the streaming market with a new series: On Call. The half-hour drama series was picked up by Amazon's Freevee and is a joint production with Amazon MGM Studios and Universal Television.[4] The series was later shifted to release on Amazon Prime Video. The series was released in January 2025 and was later cancelled in May 2025 after one season.
Filmography
Television series
Scripted
Unscripted
| Year(s) | Title | Network |
|---|---|---|
| 2000–2002 | Arrest & Trial | First-run syndication |
| 2002–2004 | Crime & Punishment | NBC |
| 2012 | Stars Earn Stripes | |
| 2013–present | Cold Justice | TNT/Oxygen |
| 2015–2023 | Nightwatch[5] | A&E |
| 2015 | Cold Justice: Sex Crimes | TNT |
| 3AM | Showtime | |
| 2017 | Inside the FBI: New York[6] | USA Network |
| 2017–2020 | Criminal Confessions[7] | Oxygen |
| 2019 | Murder for Hire | |
| First Responders Live | Fox | |
| 2022–2024 | Final Moments | Oxygen[8] |
| 2023 | LA Fire and Rescue | NBC[9] |
| 2023–present | Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler | Oxygen |
References
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (June 24, 2021). "'Wolf Entertainment Ups Anastasia Puglisi To SVP'".
- ^ Malone, Michael (May 17, 2021). "An Empire of TV Crime Shows Raised by Wolf".
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (September 24, 2019). "'Dick Wolf Refashions His Company for Digital Era".
- ^ Reel Chicago (July 2, 2021). "Wolf Entertainment's On Call will air exclusively on IMDB".
- ^ Nightwatch at IMDb (2015–2018). Retrieved February 27, 2020.
- ^ "'Inside the FBI: New York' Promo Reveals Premiere for Dick Wolf Docuseries". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Petski, Denise (August 22, 2017). "'Criminal Confessions': Dick Wolf's Oxygen Media Reality Series Gets Premiere Date, Trailer". Archived from the original on August 24, 2017.
- ^ White, Peter (May 13, 2021). "'Below Deck' Cold Water Series, 'Summer House' Winter Spinoff, Dick Wolf Unscripted Crime Series & Jason Biggs Game Show Lead NBCU Cable Lineup'".
- ^ Petski, Denise (May 14, 2021). "'Below Deck' Cold Water Series, 'NBC Greenlights Dick Wolf Docuseries 'LA Fire And Rescue".