Re: Law and Order -- all three safe for another year

"Bev Vincent" <MaxDevore@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 13 May 2007:

NBC Universal and producer Dick Wolf struck a last-minute deal Sunday
to keep ''Law & Order'' and its two spinoffs on the air, although
''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' episodes will first be seen on the
USA cable network.


Of the three, SVU is the most gripping from week to week. The original
fell into a very predictable formula early on but it was a damned good
formula. Jerry Orbach's departure from the show really hurt it, IMHO. His
portrayal of the worldweary and wisecracking Lenny Briscoe made the show
extremely watchable. A series of disposable DAs and ADAs didn't help
either.

I got hooked on C.I. because of Vincent D'Onofrio and his disturbed,
Holmes-like Det. Goran. The show became a pleasure to watch just to see
his act. Once Mr. Big came in, I lost interest.

Two more things:

1) Bring back the worldweariness to L&O - how about Morgan Freeman to fill
those shoes? He was great in "7even".

2) What is it with lips on the L&O shows? Kathryn Erbe has none and Diane
Neal has way too much.
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