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Would SVU be the same without Detectives Benson and Stabler? Check out this short fan video, and read more about NBC possibly replacing these two on Law & Order: SVU.

Can it be true? NBC is mulling over replacing actors Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni on Law & Order: SVU if they continue to ask for higher salaries. Detectives Benson and Stabler have become staples of this series.
Now that the 11th season of SVU had become an inked deal, the actor’s current contracts expire in May, and that leaves room for the stars to renegotiate new deals. According to Ausiello …read more

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Just a quick update here that the Emmy winning Law & Order: SVU star, Mariska Hargitay, is back in the hospital (as of Wednesday morning) after feeling ill from having a partially collapsed lung. Hargitay, who portrays Det. Olivia Benson on the series, had a short stay in the hospital a few months ago for the same ailment.
THR reports her spokesman says she’ll be “feeling better soon”, and the production schedule of the series will not be affected.
Hargitay’s rep told U.S. Magazine this is actually the third time she’s been hospitalized for a partially collapsed lung since December. Her …read more

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Law & Order: SVU star, Mariska Hargitay was recently hospitalized due to a partially collapsed lung according to the AP. Although her role on the series is that of a hard-nosed (and at times snarky) NY detective,  she is a very funny lady in real life. Check out this fan video of Mariska in some of her funniest talk show moments, and read more about her recent illness here:
 

 
In this short video, the funniest moments seem to be related to a meeting between her and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Her role as Detective Olivia Benson on the Special Victims Unit has …read more

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ITV has plans for a British version of the American TV crime drama, Law & Order. Will it be as wildly popular as our version, or the successful spin-off, Law & Order: SVU, which stars Mariska Hargitay?
The stars tapped for the series are Battlestar Galactica’s Jamie Barber and Coronation Street’s Bradley Walsh. I’m not sure that I’m too excited about another Law & Order, however, this 13 episode series with the promise of Dr. Who/Torchwood talent, Freema Agyeman, as prosecutor, lends some excitement to the premise.
Similar to Law & Order’s 2 part format of showing the criminal investigation first, …read more

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