NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly held out hope for renewal of dramas Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Friday Night Lights, but couldn’t quite say the same for the original Law & Order:

As for the fates of Friday Night Lights, Law & Order (original) and Criminal Intent, Reilly says FNL “is a tough time-period nut to crack, while CI has shown it can still be competitive.” The mother ship, though, “is a real discussion,” he adds. “Nothing goes on forever.”

Seemingly spells disaster for Law & Order, doesn’t it?