After a "really bad fall," NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt is hopeful about midseason, he said at the Television Critics Association winter previews.
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First, the good news: Mariska Hargitay will be back for another season of Law & Order: SVU, and Community will "definitely" return to the lineup this spring.
Hargitay delivered the news Friday — via a pre-taped clip with just-announced SVU guest star Harry Connick Jr. — to reporters gathered for NBC's winter TV previews. "I'll be back," Hargitay told Connick. "I can't leave this show. I'm having too much fun."
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There's a new man in Olivia Benson's life.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has booked Emmy and Grammy winner Harry Connick Jr. for a four-episode arc, TVGuide.com has learned. NBC is expected to announce Connick's casting Friday at the Television Critics Association winter previews.
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Connick, who is currently starring on Broadway in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, will play Executive Assistant District Attorney David Haden, a committed, straight-shooting prosecutor ...
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NBC has bought a script to be executive produced by Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay, Deadline reports.
American Dream, from playwright Paul Kolsby, is an hour-long melodrama set behind the scenes of a reality show about the relationship between the network executives and the show's stars.
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More than 20 years after TV viewers first met Capt. Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) on Law & Order, the actor — not to mention fans — still doesn't quite have his character figured out. And he wouldn't have it any other way.
"I always like when the writers throw a curve ball or when I discover something new because playing a character like this, to me, is like hanging out with a really good friend," Florek tells TVGuide.com. "I would never presume that I know everything about him."
Exclusive sneak peek: SVU's Captain Cragen is ready to go undercover
Florek will learn a lot more about his "friend" on Wednesday's episode of Law & Order: SVU (airing at 10/9c on NBC) when Cragen volunteers to go undercover as a man seeking a mail-order Russian bride. Although ADA Cabot (Stephanie March) is quick to warn the captain not to get emotionally involved with his fake date, that proves much easier said than done. "When you go undercover, one of the key things you have to do is play a character as close to yourself as possible so you don't get caught up in...
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