[AmishDude]

It's like a long-term marriage

Only in Hollywood would people feel it natural to add that adjective.

[Bogey78O]

The charge of the L&O Brigade.

[billbears]

Moreover, as "L&O" has declined, the audience also has gotten older, too (now ranked 40th in adults 18-49), which is the natural consequence of any show that's stuck around for 16 seasons

Well of course. People that watched it from the first in their mid 30s are now completely out of that bracket. Will be sad to see L&O go. As much as I hated watching it, I still found myself catching an episode now and again.

[digger48]

Don't worry TNT will still carry its reruns 20 hours a day until eternity

[babydoll22]

I really liked the show in it's early days when they were doing good detective work and prosecution. Ever since it turned to liberal propaganda, I have stopped watching.

[John Jorsett]

In an era of Tivo, I'd think placement would be becoming increasingly irrelevant. I don't even know when my favorite shows are televised these days, they just show up in Now Playing, and I watch them. It helps that I have a dual-tuner version, so that when network scheduling mavens try to pick fights with other popular shows, it doesn't matter because I can record them both.

[Mike Darancette]

But then, what else is he going to say? The move to 9 opposite "Lost" isn't like getting the divorce papers; it's like getting the death warrant. You can already see the cloud start to evaporate.

Lost is almost unwatchable, I was "Lost" about the first 10 minutes of the first show of this season. The inordinate amount of "Naval Self-Examination" has ruined the show.

[ncountylee]

NBC can at least content themselves that their treasure did not expire because they turned it into swill

Swill would look good compared to L&O's liberal, PC agenda.

[Pharmboy]

They jumped the shark PR-wise when it was reported a year or so ago that Vincent D'Onofrio was crying on the set because of the Iraq war and they had to stop shooting.

[jwh_Denver]

this formula has also made the show resistant to decay

BS. Made it very boring. You could time your watch when cerain people would be on the show.

As mentioned, the liberalism that tsunamied in was the last barf.

[RedBeaconNY]

[Ditter]

It has been so long (20 years or more) since I watched network TV that I don't even know what they are talking about.