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Posted May 17th 2006 11:31AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, Law and Order
(S07E22) Well, here we are at the end of the seventh season of SVU and we delve into familiar territory; teenage sexual activity. We also focus one more time on Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) who has a good portion of screen time this episode (although A.D.A. Casey Novak (Diane Neal) has some decent screen time as well).
Sigh.
Folks, I'm sorry. I been hitting the wall with this show for the past few episodes, and actually the entire season. I've just felt that most of the focus has been on Benson and Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) this season in order to flesh out their characters a bit. As I've mentioned previously there hasn't been nearly as much of Detectives Munch (Richard Belzer) and Tutuola (Ice-T) this season. Heck, even Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) had some focus episodes in the past. No, this season has been about Stabler and Benson, whether together or solo, and I'm kind of burnt out. That may be the reason that I wasn't too impressed with the episode.
Continue reading Law and Order: SVU - Influence (finale)
Posted May 4th 2006 12:44PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Programming, OpEd, Law and Order

So I'm doing the daily "What's On Tonight"
post, and I see that The Sci-Fi Channel has three episodes of
Law and Order: SVU on. Um ... can someone tell
me why (and don't say it's because NBC owns the Sci-Fi Channel).
Is this a new show that has a similar
title? Does the SVU actually stand for Space Visitation Unit? Is Mariska Hargitay an android?
"In
outer space, the people of Earth are represented by two separate but equally important groups: the Space Visitation
Unit, who investigate claims of alien visitors, and space attorneys, who prosecute the evil aliens. These are their
stories."
As if having all the
Law and Order shows on USA and TNT 90,000 times a week
wasn't enough.
Posted May 2nd 2006 10:04AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Cable, Music and Variety, Celebrities

This year, Bravo is holding Celebrity Poker Showdown in New Orleans and all the actors will play for
Hurricane Katrina-related charities. Much to the frustration of poker fans, Phil Helmuth is taking the place of Phil
Gordon.
Here's a list of notable actors (the full list is
here):
- May 31: Jorge Garcia
(Lost), Michael Ian Black (Stella), Andrea Martin (SCTV);
- June 7: Bryan
Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle), Jason Alexander, Susie Essman, Kevin Sorbo;
- June 14: Fred
Savage, Jennifer Tilly, Brett Butler, Doug E. Doug;
- June 21: Jenna Fischer (The Office), Rocco
Dispirito, Mario Cantone;
- June 28: Christopher Meloni; Joy Behar, Andy Dick, Macy Gray
Posted Apr 5th 2006 9:59AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, Law and Order

Well, it was pretty obvious to me where the writers got the idea
for this episode. Last summer,
a pedophile killed the
oldest members of an Idaho family and took the two youngest kids. Just like on
SVU, the dead parents were
involved in drugs and the biological father of the youngest children was not in the picture. I found tonight's episode
incredibly disturbing simply because that real story was so upsetting.
Continue reading Law & Order: SVU - Fault
Posted Apr 4th 2006 11:21AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Talent, Law and Order

Add comedian Jerry Lewis to the list of guest stars on
Law & Order: SVU. But you'll have to wait until next season to see him.
The 80-year old actor
will play the homeless uncle of Detective Munch (Richard Belzer). In the episode, titled 'Uncle', Munch finds his uncle
living on the streets and ends up arresting him for homicide.
Posted Mar 29th 2006 10:18AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, Law and Order
We'll it's about time! As I mentioned
last week, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and
Stabler (Christopher Meloni) have been getting a lot of screen time this season, both as a team and in individual
episodes that highlighted and enhanced their character backgrounds. There was a small piece earlier this year that
dealt with Detective Tutuola (Ice-T) and his son, and little or nothing done on Detective Munch (Richard
Belzer).
Now, it looks like Fin Tutuola will be the focus of this week's show as his son Ken and nephew
Darius (Hustle & Flow actor Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) are arrested for an alleged homicide.
Also in the mix this week is Lisa Gay Hamilton (The Practice) as Fin's ex-wife, Teresa. So, it looks like
it's going to be a Tutuolalapalooza show!
And now, let us retire to the television programme.
Continue reading Law & Order: SVU - Venom
Posted Mar 28th 2006 10:44AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Talent, Law and Order

Ludacris, the rapper-turned-actor who did
a remarkable job in the Oscar-winning movie
Crash and in
Hustle and Flow, will appear on a new episode
of
Law & Order: SVU tonight. As
Adam mentioned last month, he'll
play Det. Tutuola's (Ice-T) nephew, who has a secret that gets exposed when Tutuola's son is accused of homicide.
Said Ludacris, "There was no way I could turn down this amazing opportunity. The character was so rich and
the storyline so complex, that I knew it was something I had to do." I'm sold.
SVU airs at 10
pm ET tonight on NBC.
Posted Mar 22nd 2006 1:01AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, OpEd, Law and Order

Tonight on the show, Stabler and Benson are reviewing
the new Cadillac Escalade. Oh, wait, this is
Law & Order: SVU. I was thinking of
Law & Order:
SUV.BWAH-HAHAhaha. . .hahaha. . .haha. . .Oh. forget it!
Come on, this is
SVU!
When is the last time you had a good guffaw at the expense of the police or the victims or the DA on this show?
Sometimes you need a shower after the show airs because it feels icky (for lack of a better word). Not that this isn't
a great show, because it is. And, it has the very beautiful Mariska Hargitay (who should be producing a beautiful
baby soon). Is it me or do you think Mariska looks better with the longer hair she has now then the short bob she had a
few years ago?
This season has been a bit different for SVU. There have been a number of episodes
focusing on just Detective Stabler or Detective Benson only. They've been very personal shows that shined a brighter
light into their personalities. This week, they were definitely back to the basics of the show as Benson and
Tutuola tried to determine who murdered a college student from Hudson University (is that next to New York
University? I can't find it on the map).
Continue reading Law & Order SVU: Class
Posted Feb 1st 2006 9:43AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Law and Order, Celebrities

Connie Nielsen will guest star on the last six episodes of
Law and Order: SVU this season, while Mariska
Hargitay goes on maternity leave. The actress is having a boy and her maternity leave begins next month even though
she's not due until mid-June.
Nielsen will play an NYPD detective who fills in when Det. Olivia Benson goes
on "special assignment". That storyline is pretty typical of
SVU, which seems to have shied away
from personal storylines for any of its cast members lately. Most of Nielsen's acting credits are in movies. She was in
Gladiator,
The Ice Harvest, and
One Hour Photo. Looking at her
IMDB
resume, it looks as though SVU will be her first crack at episodic television.
Posted Jan 31st 2006 6:34PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Law and Order

There's this artist out there named
Brandon Bird who has a special
place in his heart for everything that is
Law and Order. I own his original
Law and Order coloring
book ("An Adventure to Color!"), which follows Briscoe and Curtis as they seek a murder suspect and then on
to the trial. The last page is a word scramble to figure out the verdict: LYTIGU. Funny stuff.
Now Brandon
has it in for
Law and Order: SVU. He has created some Valentines featuring the main characters from that
franchise. My favorite is Ice-T, with the saying, "I'm on your tail". You can actually order these things for
Valentine's Day. Check 'em out
here.
In addition,
Brandon does a bunch of cool
Star Wars drawings, including
this
Ewok poster that I totally want. He also seems to have a bit
of an obsession with
James Woods,
Christopher Walken (who doesn't?) and
Edward Norton.
[Via
Boing Boing]
Posted Jan 24th 2006 8:39AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Law and Order, Celebrities

Isn't she just so cute as a pregnant woman? The New York Post reports that she's having a boy and he's due in
late Spring.
Mariska's blog says the producers of
Law and Order:
SVU decided not to write her pregnancy into the show so I guess she'll be doing a lot of hiding behind coats,
desks, pillows, etc in upcoming episodes. A yet-to-be-named guest star will fill in for her when she goes on maternity
leave, starting in March.
[Via
Celebrity Baby Blog]
Posted Dec 30th 2005 1:08PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, NBC, Talent, Programming, Law and Order, Lost

The child actor who plays Walt on
Lost has a
starring role on next week's
Law and Order: SVU. He's even the topic of the promo that was played after
last Tuesday's rerun. The promo said something like, "starring
Lost's Malcolm David Kelley."
Lost isn't even on NBC, yet NBC apparently recognized how big
Lost is for ABC and it's trying to
capitalize on the success by casting Kelley in a guest role. Of course, Kelley has all sorts of time on his hands these
days, except for the random appearances where he's speaking backwards and spitting out water. On SVU, he plays a kid who
is traumatized after witnessing a shooting and then gets into a little trouble himself (NBC's website gives away the
entire story). Malcolm has some good acting chops and I'm excited to see the episode, which airs Tuesday, Jan. 3 at
10/9c. I would watch it anyway because I really dig
SVU. Is Kelley's appearance going to get any of you
Lost fans to watch
SVU?
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