EXCLUSIVE: Mehcad Brooks is departing NBC’s Legislation & Order after three seasons as Detective Jalen Shaw forward of the venerable crime drama’s upcoming twenty fifth season, Deadline has discovered. In keeping with sources, the parting of the methods was mutual, with Brooks already exploring different alternatives.
The remainder of the Legislation & Order major forged, together with Tony Goldwyn and Reid Scott, whose contracts had been up on the finish of final season, Hugh Dancy, Odelya Halevi and Maura Tierney, are set to return again, sources stated. As Deadline reported in Might, most actors on NBC’s Legislation & Order and Chicago franchises will likely be in fewer episodes subsequent season as a part of a cost-savings measure.
Brooks stepped in as a detective on Legislation & Order in 2022, filling the void left by the departure of Anthony Anderson. Casting of a brand new detective has simply gotten underway.
Legislation & Order is government produced by Dick Wolf, Rick Eid, Alex Corridor and Peter Jankowski. The collection, whose twenty fifth season will premiere within the fall, is produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, in affiliation with Wolf Leisure.
Brooks may be seen on Season 3 of HBO Max’s And Simply Like That. He subsequent reprises his position as Jax in New Line’s Mortal Kombat II, based mostly on the hit online game franchise, set for launch in October.

