Law and Order Franchise

[Trixie]

I saw a rerun the other night and was actually sad for Borgia, knowing she would be killed off soon, and meanly killed as well. I'm a kook.

[kafka]

After two years, Dennis Farina is leaving L&O (original) to pursue other projects. Doesn't seem as though he was kicked out.

For the first time, one of the detectives will be played by a woman:

Reuter's reported late last night that Dennis Farina's replacement on Law & Order will be 29-year-old Oklahoma native Milena Govich, formerly of the recently canceled Dick Wolf lawyer drama Conviction.

To Rescue Me fans, Govich is known as Danielle/Candy, the brunette who conned poor gullible Lieutenant Kenneth "Lou" Shea (John Scurti) into believing she wanted to begin a new life with him at the end of last season.

To Conviction fans, she's the only female cast member who was reduced to appearing in her underwear in the opening credits of every single episode. Maybe they'll keep her assets better covered on Law & Order.

Even if not, this development is still great news for any viewers who have been waiting for a female detective on the long-running series. Govich certainly proved that she can be stony-faced enough when required on Conviction, often to the point of scariness.

[jaghetersimon]

Jesse L Martin isn't leaving, is he? I need that dose of pretty on my TV.

[nitenurse]

Bravo, just ran the mothership episode where Mikey got sent to Staten Island. Now it Bennie Brat.

I like the idea of bringing Robinette back, anybody to piss off McCoy, or has Lesbianism been forgiven??

[pathtaken]

Now that L&O, Criminal Intent is on Bravo, I've been watching it. And, boy, do I think it sucks. At times it's almost like a parody. Det. Goren and his annoying idiot savant tics and Det. Eames and her crappy acting are bizarre to watch. If we're not snickering at the show, we're rolling our eyes at the bad writing.

SVU is so much better.

[thecupcakekid]

Last night's SVU premiere was great, but why did they move original recipe to Friday?

[Deleted]

Because they're idiots?

The actual statement from NBC?

We've enjoyed an extremely successful development season and are going to do what it takes to give each new series the strongest launch we can. Now that we've assessed the competitive landscape, we've scheduled our new shows in time periods where we believe they'll succeed and will be supporting them with robust marketing campaigns and the full resources of the network."

[Mugsy]

Aren't they up against some stiff competition in that slot now?

I read that L&O:Original is gong to have an ep about a rapper married to a pop star who gets in trouble for being neglectful with their baby. Pure fiction, that.

[sleepy]

OOOh Mugsy, I saw the preview. It shows a dumb trashy blonde pop singer with chubby baby on hip, and "her rapper husband" decked out in cornrows and K-Fedwear. I never watch Original Recipe but even I might have to catch this one.

[Deleted]

I saw the promo (probably during CI last night). If it wasn't obvious from the description, it was obvious from the casting.


As to time slot, I think CSI:NY was eating into the Wednesday audience, but they lost more when they moved it to 9pm. This year, "The Nine" is ABC's programming for the 10 pm slot. I'll be watching that, but would either tape it or watch CTV's later broadcast if L&O hadn't moved.

The Friday slot might work better, where it's up against Numbers and 20/20. I watch neither, so I don't pay attention to ratings etc for them. We'll see when the ratings come out.