Filming for the series began on June 26 , 2017 for an eight-episode first season . In April 2016 , Dick Wolf and NBC announced they were working on the series , a first season being based on the Mendendez brothers murder case . A second season is yet to be confirmed , but Dick Wolf mentioned he has plenty of ideas for the show and a possible storyline if there is a second season . “ This is unique for me , after 27 years of Law & Order , ” Dick Wolf told TV critics at TCA in an interview . “ This is taken from the headlines ; we ‘ ve made some great shows ripped from the headlines , but this is on a different level . ” An idea for a second season storyline includes the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995 . " Just before the Television Critics Association summer press tour , I had mentioned to him the Tim McVeigh case , and his eyes lit up , " Rene Balcer says of Wolf 's reaction . " Because Dick and I were together , we were in the same office when the bomb went off in Oklahoma . " On Rotten Tomatoes , the season has an approval rating of 64 % based on 34 reviews , with an average rating of 6.6 / 10 . The site 's critical consensus reads , " '' Law & Order : True Crime : The Menendez Murders '' benefits from a standout performance from Edie Falco that proves captivating enough to compensate for a staid approach to potentially drama-rich material . " On Metacritic , the season has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 , based on 29 critics , indicating " mixed or average reviews " . In his series of reviews of each episode , Austin Considine of the New York Times wrote that this mini-series succeeded in bringing something new and compelling to the well-known Menendez case
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
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