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NBC announced the two actors who will be replacing Chris Meloni, who opted not to return for the 13 season, and Mariska Hargitay, who is rumored to be leaving the show after 13 more episodes, on Law & Order: SVU. But before she leaves she will have to spend her time investigating who these two actors. The first is Danny Pino, who was on Cold Case. You know that old skewing show on CBS that no one under 50 was watching. The second is an actress who has killed the last two shows she was lead on before they were even able to get close to a second season. You won’t remember them so IMDB, Past Life and Chase.
Hearing who those two names are, I think Dick Wolf better come up with a new Law & Order ASAP or after over 20 years NBC will Law & Order-free after this upcoming season.
Although the Chairman of NBC Entertainment said this about them, “Kelli and Danny are two great actors who will join a proven cast headed by Mariska Hargitay as this exceptional series heads into a very promising 13th season.” Promising how?
Will you watch Law & Order: SVU with these two new unknowns? I mean Pino is easy on the eyes, but not easy enough for me to watch the ageing show.
First creator Neal Bear said he was leaving Law & Order: SVU, then Mariska Hargitay re-signed for only 13 episodes and now Chris Meloni will not be back for the 13th season. According to TVLine talks broke down between NBC Universal and him today and he will no longer be on the show. They added that they are looking for a big name to replace him. Hey Dick Wolf, Charlie Sheen is available!
But in all seriousness, is it too late for NBC to cancel this show and bring back The Event or Outsource? Because without Stabler and Benson, is there any reason to watch? They are the show and without them it is just Law & Order: LA after they killed off Skeet Ulrich.
BTW it is sad to think that after over 20 years, there will most likely not be a Law & Order on the air in the fall of 2012. Not that I watch, but still they have been a TV staple for the last two decades.
About a week after NBC announced that Law & Order: LA was going through some major changes like the useless firing of Skeet Ulrich, they have decided to pull the show from its lineup with no return date anytime in the future. They said that Parenthood would retain its current slot instead of bringing back the the fifth Law & Order. Sounds like even with a retooling, LOLA was murdered like most of the cases they try to solve.
While this news made me happy because they learned they made mistake by getting rid of Skeet, I was saddened to find out that Marriage Ref’s return was also postponed indefinitely. Maybe Skeet can replace the Benny Youngman wanna be host.
If you are like me then you forgot that there is a Law & Order: Los Angeles on NBC’s air. Well the network is making some changes to get people to watch the show againand I don’t agree with them. The Hollywood Reporter says that they got rid of three actors including Jericho’s Skeet Ulrich. The other two are Regina King and Megan Boone. I personally found the show extremely boring which is why I opted not to watch it, but had I chosen to keep it up the only reason to I would have watched would’ve been for Skeet.
I still think NBC made a mistake not going for a record with Law & Order: The Mothership in order to replace it with LOLA just because they were rumored to the nickname they gave the show. But what do I know, I just watch a sh!tload of TV???
Tonight at 10p on the second episode of Law & Order:SVU, Taryn Manning plays a woman who was forced as a kid to do a child porn video that is still circulating on the web today and now a man has attacked her by recreating the video of her past. But she is not the only victim because several young girls that look like her as a kid are also being attacked in the same way. Is it the same guy who forced her to do such a horrible act as a kid or is it copy cat? Tune in to find out in this powerful episode with a surprise ending. Plus Taryn Manning gives an Emmy worthy performance, she is sensational in tonight’s episode.
