Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC

Mega Buzz: Scoop on Grey's, NCIS, Chuck and More!

• Dec 8, 2009 10:05 PM ET
• by Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant
• 37 Comments

Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant answer your burning questions. Want some TV scoop? Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.

Some are saying that Meredith will sleep with Alex on Grey's Anatomy. Please tell me it isn't true. I'm freaking out! — Kate
ADAM: First off, we're not going to identify Alex's hookup, but we will help narrow down the list of candidates. Take a deep breath, Kate: Everything's going to be fine. Meredith and Derek's marriage by Post-It will not be torn asunder. Callie's eye won't be wandering back toward the men's side of the locker room either. "Callie and Arizona get a little sexy soon," says Jessica Capshaw, who plays Arizona. "We see a little girl-on-girl action. America was asking for it and America got it."

We know about the new, kung-fu-enhanced Chuck — what's going on with Sarah this season? — Karen
MICKEY: Yvonne Strahovski tells us that Sarah's role will change significantly this season. She'll go from... read more

The Brand Manager: Dick Wolf's Family of Crime Dramas Took Advance Planning

• Dec 7, 2009 03:06 PM ET
• by Mickey O'Connor
• 24 Comments

Former advertising executive Dick Wolf got his start in television writing for shows like Hill Street Blues and Miami Vice. But his greatest accomplishment is Law & Order, which mastered the TV-show-as-brand concept by cornering the market on cops-and-courts procedurals. (This year it ties Gunsmoke's record for longest-running scripted television program.) L&O laid the groundwork for two successor series: Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Wolf, one of the influential television industry players interviewed for TVGuide.com's Best of the Decade section, talked with us about the germ of the idea that led to his gritty TV empire. He also told us what he watches.

NBC Holding Annual Green Week

• Nov 12, 2009 07:08 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams
• 10 Comments

NBC is holding its annual "Green Week" Nov. 15-22.

Al Gore will make his second appearance in a green-centric story line on 30 Rock, where Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) must ask the T.G.S. staff to reduce its carbon footprint. Kenneth the page is put in charge of making sure the staff sticks to their goal.

Watch full episodes of 30 Rock in our Online Video Guide

"These green episodes are a fun and entertaining way to raise environmental awareness," network executive Beth Colleton said. "We are also very committed to green production practices at NBC Universal."

She said they've published green production guides for TV and film hoping they will encourage a more eco-friendly industry.

NBC released this list of other "green" highlights:

Ratings: CMA Awards Leads ABC to Top Honors

• Nov 12, 2009 02:34 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant
• 4 Comments

A Taylor Swift-dominated Country Music Association Awards dominated the rest of its TV competition, according to early Nielsen estimates.

See photos of all the country stars on the red carpet

The 43rd Annual CMA Awards averaged 16.8 million viewers over its three-hour telecast and was the most-watched CMA Awards in four years. ABC also won every half-hour in the adults 18-to-49 demographic.

Although CBS ran a distant second, the lack of ABC's comedy block helped boost sitcoms The New Adventures of Old Christine (7.6 million viewers) and Gary Unmarried (7.7 million viewers). Christine pulled ... read more

Kathy Griffin Lands Law & Order: SVU Guest Spot

• Nov 10, 2009 09:16 PM ET
• by Natalie Abrams
• 6 Comments

Comedian Kathy Griffin will guest-star in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, TVGuide.com has confirmed.

Watch full episodes of Law & Order: SVU in our Online Video Guide

Late on Monday, executive producer Neal Baer asked fans on Twitter to fill in the spaces in a Hangman-type game. After nearly a day's worth of guesses, Baer revealed... read more