TELEVISION - Jan. 25, 1993

Court Recessed: “L.A. Law,” a staple of NBC’s Thursday night schedule since 1986, will go on hiatus in March as the network gives its 10 p.m. time slot to “Crime & Punishment.” “L.A. Law” will return to its old time slot April 1, with the first of the season’s remaining eight original episodes to be executive produced by William Finkelstein, who returns after working on ABC’s divorce-lawyer drama, “Civil Wars.” “Crime & Punishment,” which will explore crimes from the points of view of the criminals and the Los Angeles police detectives (Jon Tenney and Rachel Ticotin) investigating them, premieres March 3 and moves into the Thursday time slot March 4 for a test run.