Last season on Law & Order: SVU, Ice-T’s screen time was significantly reduced. Because of that, his fans were wondering if they were getting rid of him. In fact, even he was wondering if he was going to make it to season 28.
The actor sat down with TMZ’s Towanda Robinson, and she wanted to know if Fin is back. “Last year, what happened was, you know, they brought Kelli Giddish back. So they told me, you know, basically, we’re going to bring Kelli Giddish back. We’re going to bring your scenes down a little bit,” he explained. “I asked them, I said, are you kicking me off the show? They said, no, we’re just going to move some things around budget-wise, blah, blah, blah.”
Was he upset? Nope, he was happy to have the free time to do other stuff, like his music. So instead of losing money, he made more.
However, he won’t be making as much this year because he will appear in every episode this upcoming season. So there will be plenty of Fin to go around.
Oh, and he shared that Dick Wolf gave him an amazing compliment. Out of all of the many, many actors the producer has on his shows, Ice-T is the one who is the least pain in his ass. Did you have that in your Bingo card?
NBC renewed all three Chicago shows. However, since they are getting long in the tooth, the cast salaries are getting higher and higher. But the shows are not making as much money. Therefore, not everyone will be back for the upcoming season.
Today, we found out the first person who is not checking into the first responder’s procedural. According to Deadline, LaRoyce Hawkins will not be returning for season 14 of Chicago PD. But since Kevin Atwater is an original character, the show will wrap up his character’s story in the first few episodes.
It is not known if this was his decision or the network’s.
Casting is underway for a Black cop who is an agent of chaos.
I expect that in the next few days, we will hear about more departures from the Dick Wolf Universe.
With all of the cost cutting going on in broadcast television, you never know who will be back the following season on the long-running shows. However, we do know who had signed to be part of One Chicago in the Fall.
According to Deadline, Chicago Med‘s S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt, Chicago Fire‘s Taylor Kinney and Miranda Rae Mayo, and Chicago P.D.’s Jason Beghe are not going anywhere. So that gives you a little spoiler on who survives after yesterday’s cliffhangers.
But with only five names mentioned, we’re left wondering who might not be returning to Chicago.
Who will leave you sad if they are not asked back? Because Chicago Fire definitely has a lot of characters’ lives in peril.
Now, NBC can surprise us and bring everyone back. But, sadly, I don’t think that is possible in this financial climate.
For weeks, NBC has been keeping us on the edge of our seats when it comes to whether or not they were going to renew Law & Order for another season, or cancel it for a second time.
Today, the network made it official, announcing that it will be back for a 26th season, its fifth after an 11-year hiatus.
It is the second-longest-running live-action series on television. What is the longest? Its spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. Dick Wolf sure knows how to make shows that last and last.
Remember season 24 of Law & Order: SVU, when Benson and Stabler came close to giving the fans what they wanted and almost kissed? Well, it turns out, they did!
What??? Mariska Hargitay told The Hollywood Reporter, “I think we [she and Chris Meloni] felt that this moment was earned, that this thing could happen for a second — and so that’s how we shot it. [audience goes crazy] Don’t you wish you were there for that?! Yeah. We shot it a couple different ways. And then they [Wolf and others] had the choice in editing, and they [opted to use the near-kiss version rather than the kiss] … We [she and Meloni] disagreed. We disagreed because we thought that it was earned and the way it was dealt with was really complex and very beautiful and very human and showed the complexity of their relationship and all the different ways that they’re connected … [But] no matter what I want, Dick Wolf can totally just say, ‘Uh, no.’”
However, the Executive Producer said yes to her directing the 600th episode (Can you believe they have done that many episodes?), which will be the sixth episode next season. Maybe Wolf will also say yes to the former partners finally kissing?!?
