law and order: special victims unit (20 posts)
Which Superserious Lady Should Get an Emmy?
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Clearly, solving crime pays: Three of the lead actresses up for the drama Emmy play cops. The other three: a lawyer, a widow and an advertising copywriter. So who's got the edge on Sunday?
Lead Actress, Drama
- Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
- Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer
- Glenn Close, Damages
- Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
- Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Glenn, Sally and Mariska have won in recent years, but with more nominees, this year's gold could go to anyone, right?
Who do you think will win?
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This Just In: Scott Foley to SVU, Oz's Ernie Hudson to Heroes and Bones Gets "Wackies?"
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• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Scott Foley (Felicity, The Unit) will make a guest appearance on episode four of the new season the show's rep confirms. He is set to play a Realtor involved in a murder investigation. SVU returns on Sept. 23.
• Heroes: Ernie Hudson (Oz, Desperate Housewives) heads over to Heroes for a recurring role as Baltimore detective Captain Lubbock, confirms an NBC rep for the show. The storyline details are being kept under wraps, but we're told the character "is on the hunt for one of the other characters on the show." Lubbock will be a recurring character on the series, which starts back on Sept. 21.
Megan in Washington, D.C.: Did I hear a rumor that there might be more fresh faces on Bones?
You know how the lab has a rotating door of "squints," er, assistants? Well, David Boreanaz, who, don't forget is also a producer on Bones, recently told us that they are thinking (just thinking) of having a revolving door on his end of the game as well.
Here's what he had to say...
Sneak Peek: Wentworth Miller's Debut on Law & Order: SVU
Wentworth Miller is hitting the beat, even if his character isn't happy about it.
Joining Law & Order: Special Victims Unit this season as Nate Kendal, Miller's portraying a cop who plays it close to the chest, an area of his body he may just get shot in if he keeps up that attitude.
As seen in this sneak peek above, the new kid doesn't get along with the vets, and it seems Kendal's dislike for Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) is only matched by their disdain for him.
Law & Order: Special Victims Units returns to NBC Sept. 23 at 9 p.m.
Spoiler Chat: Will Brooke and Julian Make It on One Tree Hill?
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When One Tree Hill returns in the fall, what's in store for Sophia Bush's Brooke and Austin Nichols' Julian? Will they hook up or break down? Plus, how far forward is this season's time jump?
We've got the scoop on the future of OTH and much more dish in this week's Spoiler Chat. Read on to find out:
• How does the "kung fu" download change Chuck?
• How does Kristen Bell return to Party Down?
• What does Juliet's end mean for Ben on Lost?
• What happened to the Fringe writing staff over the summer?
• Who's getting wasted on Smallville?
Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni Renew Law & Order: SVU Deals
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The wait is over. After months of negotiations, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit stars Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni have renewed their contracts for two more years, a spokesperson for NBC confirms to us.
The two will be back for season 11, which begins Sept. 23, but the network is not commenting on the details of their deals. Also returning next season is...
Law & Order Meets Its Match: Gunsmoke
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It made it.
After spending yet another season's end on the bubble, Law & Order is being welcomed back to NBC for a 16-episode 20th season, where it will tie Gunsmoke as the longest-running prime-time drama on TV.
NBC hasn't officially announced the pickup, but sources are telling such things to Variety and other outlets.
Law & Order, the daddy of the modern-day procedural and the mother ship of creator Dick Wolf's L&O fleet, will most likely show up on the network's midseason schedule, as it did this year.
The detect-and-prosecute series, which still boasts a couple of thesps—Sam Waterston and S. Epatha Merkerson—from the 1990s, is more famous for its ever-changing cast than its nail-biting drama these days, but the show's holding its own in 2009.
Back in its Wednesday-night slot, L&O has pulled in about 7.5 million viewers a week, making it NBC's third most-watched scripted series this season, behind only ER and Law & Order: SVU, which has led the charge with 9.4 million but is facing a possible casting shakeup if Wolf can't come to terms with stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni.
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This Just In: Who Wants a Benson-Stabler Hookup on SVU?
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• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Chris Meloni wouldn't mind at all if Dets. Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler finally acted on their hot L&O: SVU chemistry. Meloni told TV Guide magazine, "I'd like to see Benson and Stabler get together...but I can’t let that happen. Mariska [Hargitay] and I have been a wonderful, solid married couple now for 10 years—we see each other more than our families. It's just nice to get a different dynamic in there every once in a while." As for his ongoing contract negotiations, Meloni said, "I wish I could enlighten, and I'm not being coy about it, but I really don't have anything to say." Do you think SVU can survive without Chris and Mariska at the helm?
• American Idol: Simon Cowell discussed the Idol lineup of judges on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and said, "I think certainly next year everyone's going to be back...Absolutely." Do you want to see more of Kara DioGuardi?
• The Office: We're still obsessed with this promo for Thursday's new ep of The Office. OK, fine, Pam says, "We're getting married today," but what does it mean?!
James in New London, Conn.: What can you tell us about Lie to Me? Is it coming back? What's up for the finale?
Mariska Feeling "Soooo Much Better," Parties With Bono, Bill Clinton
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Former President Bill Clinton may not have been looking as healthy as he did a few years ago, but Mariska Hargitay was looking fabulously fit as a fiddle last night at the Food Bank for New York City's Sixth Annual Can-Do Awards at Pier 60 in New York City.
The Emmy-winning Law & Order: SVU star was in and out of the hospital with a collapsed lung for the past few months, even having to sit out a few episodes of her NBC drama.
"Sooooo much better," the beauty exclusively told E! News when asked how she was doing. "I've turned the corner and I'm feeling great. Really great."
Hargitay—dressed in a sleek, one-shouldered LBD and metallic trench coat—appeared to be having a ball as she yukked it up with her tablemates, including Jimmy Fallon, Emeril Lagasse, Josh Charles and Mario Batali.
It was only during the live auction that the mood changed a bit…
Stars' Money Demands Shaking Up SVU?
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Is the Special Victims Unit all out of order?
Despite their show being the network's top-rated scripted series (let alone the most successful Law & Order of the bunch), NBC is said to be considering replacing stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay if the high-paid duo don't keep their demands for a big raise in check.
NBC refuses to comment on talent negotiations, but various insiders told EW.com that, while L&O creator Dick Wolf has already inked a deal to bring SVU back for an 11th season, Hargitay and Meloni are playing hardball.
In 2007 the longtime TV partners inked a two-year deal that made Benson and Stabler some of the richest detectives on the block, at about $350,000 per case, er, episode.
That deal expires in May.
Meanwhile, Hargitay is back in action after taking a few weeks off to rest following surgery to repair a collapsed lung.
(Originally published April 8, 2009, at 3:29 p.m. PT)
Exclusive
SVU Boss: Mariska Hargitay Will Be Back This Season
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Is Mariska Hargitay really gone from NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for the rest of the season?
Despite her recent surgery to help repair a collapsed lung and today's report from In Touch Weekly that "they have written [Mariska Hargitay] out of the rest of the season," SVU boss Neal Baer tells us exclusively that Mariska will be back, and soon.
Baer tells us, "That [report] is so bizarre! Her publicist was saying that this is going around, but the answer is absolutely not true! She will be back shortly. I talk to her all the time. She's doing great, so you can be the first to announce that there is no truth to this. She is slated to come back, she's feeling really well and she will definitely be back. And she'll be back for the last four episodes."
So will Mariska have to be written out of the show at all because of her medical issues?
Ailing Mariska Hargitay Taking Breather From SVU
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Mariska Hargitay's case requires more special attention than she first thought.
The Law & Order: SVU star will miss a few weeks of work after undergoing a second surgery to address complications from the collapsed lung she suffered in January, a rep for NBC confirmed Monday to E! News.
"She is feeling better and should be back in a couple of weeks," the network said.
Mariska Hargitay Returns to SVU
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit fans can breathe easy.
Mariska Hargitay returned to the SVU set Monday afternoon, E! News confirms.
The 45-year-old Emmy-winner suffered a pneumothorax—or partially collapsed lung—while the show was on hiatus for the holidays.
Even though filming of the highest-rated member of NBC's L&O family was put on hold last week, the star's rep claimed Hargitay would not miss an episode.
Due to the illness, the actress was also forced to miss both the Golden Globe and SAG Award ceremonies, where she was nominated for Best Actress in a TV Drama Series.
The cause of her ailment has yet to be revealed.
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