NBC Universal purchased ads in newspapers across the country that ran as mock sections ahead of Wednesday night's series premiere of the television show Law & Order: Los Angeles.

The L.A. Times used the insert as a mock front-page, confusing some readers with the headline "MEDIA ICON HIT BY CRIME WAVE."

The N.Y. Times had the section as an insert and without the newspaper's usual branding at the top.

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