A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

NO, IT'S NOT JUST CALLED ORDER: So here's a question--is a Law & Order spinoff still a Law & Order spinoff (even when it features a former L&O cast member returning to the fold) when it:

• Apparently contains no cops (all lawyers).
• "Will be dealing extensively with characters' back stories and personal lives."

Fortunately, it's ADA Alex Cabot (late of SVU) who's returning to the fold, rather than Serena "Is this because I'm a lesbian?" Southerlyn, with a supporting cast including Anson Mount (best known around here as the guy Cameron Diaz energetically couples with in a bathroom during the opening credits of In Her Shoes), Julianne Nicholson (Ally McBeal), and J. August Richards (Angel), as a squad of young ADA's. Hopefully, this is better received and better TV than Trial By Jury, though life imitated TV for one of its stars recently.