According to Deadline, actor Mehcad Brooks (Supergirl, A Fall from Grace) will be departing from NBC’s Law & Order after three seasons on the series as Detective Jalen Shaw ahead of the venerable crime drama’s upcoming 25th season. The departure is mutual as Brooks is already exploring other opportunities. Brooks is known for many roles, such as his role on the third season of HBO Max’s And Just Like That. Most recently, he has reprised his role as Jax in New Line’s Mortal Kombat II, based on the hit video game franchise, set for release in October.

As per Deadline, Law & Order is a television drama series that follows the New York City criminal justice system, which is either fictional or inspired by real-life events. The series has been running since 1990 and is about to have its 25th season. Brooks took on the role of detective Jalen Shaw in 2022, filling the void left by the departure of Anthony Anderson (Romeo Must Die, black-ish). Casting for a new detective has already begun.

According to Deadline, the rest of the main cast of the series, including Tony Goldwyn (The Belko Experiment, Plane) and Reid Scott (The Big C, Black and Blue), whose contracts were up at the end of last season, Hugh Dancy (The Sleeping Dictionary, Confessions of a Shopaholic), Odelya Halevi (Black Adam, Why Women Kill) and Maura Tierney, are set to come back. Due to the cost-saving measures the series is taking, most actors on NBC’s Law & Order and Chicago franchises will be in fewer episodes next season.

As per Deadline, Law & Order is executive produced by Dick Wolf (FBI: International, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Rick Eid (The Guardian,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Alex Hall (The Deauce, True Detective) and Peter Jankowski (When You’re Strange, FBI: Most Wanted). The series, whose 25th season will premiere in the fall, is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment.