NBC considers reviving The Rockford Files

New York police drama Law & Order is to be cancelled after 20 seasons in a cull of shows including Heroes and FlashForward, while a remake of 1970s James Garner classic The Rockford Files is on the cards, as US networks look to refresh their programming line ups. NBC said that Law & Order, which ties with 1960s western Gunsmoke as the longest-running primetime drama, would continue to exist as a franchise. The network has commissioned a new series, Law & Order: Los Angeles, while existing shows Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, continue to air. One series of Law & Order: UK, which stars Coronation Street's Bradley Walsh and Battlestar Galactica actor Jamie Bamber, has aired on ITV . NBC has also cancelled Heroes , which originally aired in the UK on the SyFy channel before BBC2 picked up the terrestrial rights , after four series. Meanwhile ABC has canned FlashForward, once described as "the next Lost" , which airs on Channel Five in the UK. However the US broadcaster has renewed V, the remake of the cult 1980s Alien invasion series, which has premiered on SyFy in the UK. ABC's Scrubs, which stars Zach Braff, is on "life support" according to the Hollywood Reporter. The star himself indicated in March in a Facebook post that the show didn't look like returning next year . NBC also said that it is interested in remaking hit 1970s series The Rockford Files, which originally starred James Garner, with Dermot Mulroney playing the title role.Los Angeles community newspaper group, The Los Angeles Wave, reported NBC and Universal Media Studios' president of primetime entertainment, Angela Bromstad, as saying that the Remake of Rockford Files was being "reworked" after a "very strong pilot". According to the report Bromstad said that the show is being "reworked for either midseason or next fall" after the pilot proved to be "very strong" but had not quite convinced NBC to pick up the show on the spot. "We had a very strong pilot,'' Bromstad said. "However, to put this new title out there, it has to be A-plus plus and I think we had an A-minus/B- plus pilot and we just want to get it right.'' And according to Variety magazine NBC is still interested in the Rockford Files, but that it may have to be "retooled" with the lead role recast.