Article: USA still has room for 'Criminal Intent'

Reports of the death of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" that cropped up in recent weeks were premature.

The show will return for its eighth season this fall on the USA Network -- albeit a somewhat abbreviated season. Instead of the normal 22-episode order, "Criminal Intent" will produce 16 episodes.

While both "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" remain on NBC (for their 19th and 10th seasons, respectively), "Criminal Intent" will continue as a cable series for its second season (following six years on NBC).

It's all part of the same media conglomerate -- both USA and NBC are subsidiaries of NBC Universal. And the "Law & Order" series are produced by Universal Media Studios, ...

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