FBI Dramas

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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There’s big talk about the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards show which airs tonight (at 8:00-11:00 PM) on NBC. Most of the talk is about the amazing movies that have been nominated. Some of our favorite crime drama series and actors have a stake in this as well. Check out this video of The Closer’s Kyra Sedgwick from her 2007 win (Best Performance of Actress in A Television Series – Drama), and read more about which crime drama actors are up for the big win this year.

 
In the video, Kyra talks about the show, and her character as she …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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Without A Trace’s character FBI agent Samantha Spade (Poppy Montgomery) has made the list of TV Guide’s Top 12 Female Cops of All Time.
It’s noted that as No. 4 on the list, she is one of the top 12 because she usually solves cases for the New York Missing Person’s Bureau (“connects the dots”) even though she’s underestimated because of her looks.
Looking at the list of top cops, do you think TV Guide got it right?

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