Posts with tag StephanieMarch
Posted Apr 16th 2008 9:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Law and Order, Reality-Free

This is a bummer. (By the way, isn't there a better expression than that to describe disappointment? "What a shame" is just too British to me.) Anyway,
TV Guide's Michael Ausiello reports that Law & Order: SVU has lost Diane Neal. The actress, who's played assistant district attorney Casey Novak on the Dick Wolf show for five years has turned in her resignation. This season will be her last. "Diane spent five years on
SVU and was a tremendous addition to the
SVU team. She is looking forward to new opportunities and she will be missed," says the NBC source about her departure.
Like I said, I'm not happy about this one. Unlike so many of the faces and forms that come in and out of the
L&O universe, Diane Neal stuck out. And I mean that in a good way. She had a presence and a passion, which was not only recognizable amid the many others who seem interchangeable, it was crucial to match fire with Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay and the other
SVU cast.
Continue reading Diane Neal gives her notice to Law & Order: SVU
Posted Mar 24th 2008 5:40PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Food/Home/DIY, Programming, Pickups and Renewals

They're cooking up
a new show for Bobby Flay, the Food Network chef who is quickly becoming the boy who just can't say no. The guy is cooking everywhere -- CBS'
Early Show, Boy Meets Grill, Throwdown with Bobby Flay and, of course, he's one of the principals on
Iron Chef America. And that doesn't include reruns of
BBQ with Bobby Flay. But it's clearly not enough.
Continue reading More grillin' for Bobby Flay
Posted Apr 29th 2006 12:12PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Talent, Law and Order
If there is
any one show that can claim long-running success with a ever-changing cast of characters, it's NBC's Law &
Order. For example, during its 16-year run (which will become 17 years starting next fall), the
Assistant District Attorney's second-chair slot, which actor Richard Brooks left back in 1993, has been filled
by five individuals: Jill Hennessy, Carey Lowell, Angie Harmon, Elisabeth Rohm (who departed earlier
this last season) and Annie Parisse as current ADA Alexandra Borgia. Doctor Who didn't even
regenerate this much in so little time!
Well, it looks like Parisee may be heading out the door this season, according to Zap2it. Of
course, NBC is keeping mum about this rumored departure in order to maximize its ratings during May sweeps. The
only mention of the final episode involves Borgia's boss, ADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterson), who risks everything in order
to nab two vicious criminals.
Parisee's Borgia replaced Rohm's Serena Southerlyn earlier this season when she was let go from the DA's office. In
a bit of a departure from the L&O formula, which rarely steeps into a character's background, Southerlyn
asked if she was let go because she was a lesbian. Who would replace Borgia? Well, if Conviction isn't
renewed, there will be a whole mess of new ADA's to choose from. Maybe McCoy can team up with Alexandra Cabot
(Stephanie March).