Dick Wolf

Dick Wolf, Law & Order creator and producer, and godfather to New York City actors, is creating a new show for NBC.

His subject matter will be familiar territory, according to Variety. The one-hour show, called Lost and Found (what, no ampersand?), will revolve around "an unconventional female detective who identifies anonymous murder victims, and then solves their crimes."

Mr. Wolf will executive produce the pilot for which he's corralled writer Chris Levinson to provide a script. Ms. Levinson has worked with Mr. Wolf on Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She also wrote episodes of Dawson's Creek and Charmed.  read more »

NBC is suing Law & Order creator Dick Wolf over a contract provision that would give him executive producer fees if any version of his hit crime series were to be cancelled, Variety reports.  read more »

As the influx of young people to Manhattan has clearly diluted the population of people who understand how New York works, perhaps it's time for some basic service journalism for our newest neighbors. (Or a terrorist incident. The Transom is happy to help but O.b. Laden could certainly do more.)

All up and down the East Village stretch of First Avenue this Friday morning of Memorial Day Weekend, bitches are frantically hailing cabs, their multiple tote bags swinging like gloppy fat tentacles. There is an observable tendency among this younger set to plonk their petulant feet down about eight feet downstream from someone who actually lives here who already has an arm or a leg extended to feed from the thin thin cab population.

Back in the day, this would have resulted in a funsy screaming match. But the new folk are so soft, all it takes is a gentle "Excuse me...." from the person behind, and off they scamper. So The Transom supposes its real tip is this: if you jump into a line at the coffee shop or in front of a fellow cab-desirer on a corner, don't back down, youngster. Consider profanity, and the cabs will be yours.

Also? When just those little numbers on top of the cab are lit up? That means it's actually for hire. Don't you pay attention to details while you consume your nightly educational Dick Wolf shows in your crappy Murray Hill sheetrocked shoeboxes?

Places, you hacks!  read more »