Next month, Mariska Hargitay is hosting the Emmys, and we were not the only ones who were surprised when we found out. The actress was also shocked.
The actress told Savannah Guthrie on Today today that she was surprised. In fact, when she got the call from Pearlena Igbokwe, Chairman, Television Studios, NBC Entertainment & Peacock Scripted, right before she went on stage on Broadway’s Every Brilliant Thing, she thought she was getting fired from Law & Order: SVU, like that would ever happen.
Instead, she got an offer she never expected to get. Did she tell her boss, “yes” immediately? No, because the host role is normally someone with a comedic background. So she told the anchor, “I thought about it. I thought about it over the weekend, and then I started going, ‘Why not?’ which is where I kind of am in my life.”
Thankfully, that she is where she is at these days because I think she will be an outstanding host during TV’s biggest night on September 14th.
Mariska Hargitay has been nominated for an Emmy nine times and won once. This year, the National Academy of Arts & Sciences is giving her a different honor. They asked her to host television’s biggest night, and she said, “YES!”
“Bringing important stories into the light has been the heartbeat of my career. It’s my great honor to host the 78th Emmy Awards — in the 100th birthday year of my beloved NBC — and celebrate this extraordinary community of storytellers,” said Hargitay. “Whether it’s an actor or a director, a costumer or a sound designer, we are all so privileged to take part in creating television that unites us. Regardless of how, where or when we watch, we are together in our laughter, our tears, our love of stories — and our delighted anticipation to see what happens next.”
I have to admit, I find her an odd choice, given that NBC is full of Saturday Night Live alumni, including Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers, who have their own shows on the network. But then again, who doesn’t love Mariska? I am sure she will do a great job.
The nominations will be announced tomorrow, and the winners will be announced on September 14th.
Before Mariska Hargitay saw some living nightmares on Law & Order: SVU, she was trying not to get killed while she was sleeping in Freddy’s Nightmares. The 24 year old was so believable in that 1988 episode.
It looks like Dick Wolf will never give us what we want, and that is Stabler and Benson getting together romantically.
While he won’t do it, Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni will. Yesterday, the two actors attended Game 3 of the NBA finals with the NY Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. Now, we know what it would be like if the Special Victims Unit detectives finally became a couple. And I love it!
If there was any Law & Order in this world, Wolf would make reality a dream.
Almost every actor has been on Law & Order: SVU, including my father. So, you have to wonder if there is anyone left that Mariska Hargitay would like to work with on the police procedural?
We are not the only ones who wondered that. Savannah Guthrie was pondering that very thing, so she asked the actress that very question on Today today.
Who is left to guest star on the series who hasn’t? There are two people: the New York Knicks’ Jalen Brunson and Jamie Lee Curtis. Can you believe that latter hasn’t done the show in 27 seasons? But she hasn’t.
Maybe next season, they can do an episode with both of them and one more special guest. Who? Guthrie pitched herself to do a cameo. Maybe Brunson can be accused of rape of several women; Curtis is his lawyer, and Guthrie covers the story.
I bet you when Curtis hears what Olivia Benson says, she will be like I am in.
