According to the Unsung NY Undercover had, basically FOX was getting Superbowl money for the first time and they wanted that syndication money. The problem was that FOX felt that internationally, other countries weren't gonna be comfortable buying the rights to shows with minority leads. Long story short, catering to minority viewers was backfiring against them if they wanted to hang with the other three big networks. so shows either started getting canceled or they started trying to whiten up the casts (which is what happened here) What ruined that show wouldn't have affected it today. For all we know, without those roadblocks, it becomes part of the Law & Order Universe or it develops its own spinoffs in different cities.