Mariska Hargitay was asked who she would love to have as a guest on Law & Order: SVU, and she said, “Jalen Brunson.” Well, today, NBC announced, “It’s Official: Jalen Brunson to Guest Star on NBC’s ‘Law & Order: SVU’.”
The network is keeping his role under wraps. However, in the photo above, he appears to be playing a cop rather than a victim or a criminal. But looks can be deceiving.
The NY Knick will appear in the fifth episode on November 5th. And before that, he will be hosting the Saturday Night Live season premiere on September 26th.
Before Mariska Hargitay was investigating especially heinous cases on Law & Order: SVU, she was trying not to get killed by the especially heinous Ghoulies. How gorgeous was the 20-year-old in that 1985 movie?
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.
