Posted on 03/29/2019 4:17:28 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Law & Order: SVU and its star Mariska Hargitay have cemented their places in television history. NBC has renewed Dick Wolf’s series for a record-setting 21st season, making it TV’s longest-running primetime live-action series, surpassing the previous mark of 20 seasons set by mothership series Law & Order (1990-2010) and Gunsmoke (1955-75). And the police procedural may not been done rewriting TV records books as I hear Season 21 is not currently envisioned as a final chapter.
The renewal also marks a milestone for Hargitay’s Lt. Benson as the longest-running character in a primetime live-action series. Hargitay surpassed Gunsmoke‘s James Arness and Milburn Stone as well as Kelsey Grammer who have all portrayed the same character for 20 consecutive seasons. (Grammer did it as Frasier Crane on two series, Cheers and Frasier, and was a series regular for 17 of the seasons versus 20 for the other actors).
“We tip our cap to Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay and the amazing cast and crew of SVU, who now all go into the record book,” said Paul Telegdy and George Cheeks, Co-Chairmen, NBC Entertainment in making the announcement. “This incredible run is an example of what happens when producers, writers and actors all come together and create a show that, year after year, speaks to its audience in a powerful way. We couldn’t be more proud of this remarkable achievement.”
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Why?
Neither does what’s her name anymore.
I sometimes watch the show.
Why does that make you proud?
I always watch CHICAGO PD
Hank Voight is my hero.
Lol! How very true.
I’m thinking Amanda Blake’s show had better ratings.
I figured by now they would have run out of plot lines that feature conservative, hypocrital, White male, religious, married, heterosexual businessmen as the bad guy.
HAHA TRUTH
And have a lone 110lb female cop beat the stuffing out of a 250lb criminal.
Never watched one episode, and don’t plan to.
The very title screams: “White men don’t bother watching!”
Used to watch old re-runs of some of the other ones, but they got really goofy - and this one was just too much smut. Very liberal themes, and nonsensical diversity heroes who are all too rare in real life...
I know. Some of the older episodes with Stabler are watchable, although not great. I’m starting to despise Olivia and the constant messages are getting more and more blatant.
I used to watch a few minutes of this when my wife would watch it. Total garbage.
I might have seen less than 10 episodes in 20 years in syndication.
How can they? There are only so many stories of rape, incest, serial rapists, serial killer rapists you can do. I can’t even bring myself to watch this thing in reruns on the ION channel.
Now Gunsmoke I can watch over and over and that goes for the original Law & Order, first three seasons were the best, and I also like Law & Order Criminal Intent.
My opinion is that SVU ran it’s course a long time ago and then some, it’s got a Liberal Propaganda bent to it which is another reason I won’t watch it any more.
Now that show I like, Hank is ruthless.
Kitty in her day was a honey and a half.
Oh yeah...
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