‘Criminal Intent’ U.S. Clearances Top 90%

NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has sold Law & Order: Criminal Intent to TV stations for Monday thru Friday syndication beginning fall 2011 in more than 90% of the U.S.

Station groups on board include FoxOX, CBS, Sinclair, Hearst, LIN and Local TV. CI, is being offered to local broadcast stations as a two-hour block — the first time in more than a decade that a procedural drama has been offered to stations to program back-to-back, according to NBCU.

Law & Order: Criminal Intent, produced by Wolf Films and Universal Cable Productions, is created and executive produced by Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf and developed by Rene Balcer. It’s distributed in the U.S. and Canada by NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution.