There’s no arguing the impact that Christopher Meloni continues to make on the 2025 TV schedule — and pop culture as a whole — after over two decades of playing detective Elliot Stabler on Law & Order: SVU and Organized Crime. However, Meloni’s got something new in the works, as he’s set to portray an NFL coach in an upcoming drama series on Hulu, and fans seem fully on board with this “fire” casting choice.
In an announcement that may inspire some to reconsider their decision to drop Hulu, the as-yet-untitled series will be written and executive produced by Dan Fogelman, the brain behind popular series like This Is Us and Paradise (which received several 2025 Emmy nominations). Christopher Meloni will play the head coach of an NFL team, per Deadline, in a drama set inside the world of the NFL with a generational family component. Fogelman himself welcomed the actor to the team, posting the news on Instagram with the words: