{"id":65122,"date":"2024-02-03T00:20:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=65122"},"modified":"2024-02-03T00:20:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:20:11","slug":"sam-waterston-is-stepping-down-as-district-attorney-jack-mccoy-on-the-nbc-drama-law-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/03\/sam-waterston-is-stepping-down-as-district-attorney-jack-mccoy-on-the-nbc-drama-law-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Waterston Is Stepping Down as District Attorney Jack McCoy on the NBC Drama &#8220;Law &#038; Order&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_65123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65123\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-65123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sam-Waterston-Law-Order-Tony-Goldwyn.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sam-Waterston-Law-Order-Tony-Goldwyn.webp 700w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Sam-Waterston-Law-Order-Tony-Goldwyn-300x171.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Goldwyn (r) will take over the new district attorney following the departure of Sam Waterston (l) on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Law &amp; Order&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sam Waterston is stepping down as District Attorney Jack McCoy on the NBC drama &#8220;<strong><em>Law &amp; Order<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; His last episode will air on February 22.<\/p>\n<p>Waterston, who has appeared in more than 400 episodes, joined the show in season four in 1994 and returned in 2022. 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