"Big J" wrote in message
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> edonline wrote in
> news:3442da27-d030-4d2e-b3ab-f429ca32be4e@c10g2000vbr.googlegroups.com:
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>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a201729/meloni-quitting-law--orde
>> r-svu.html
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>> Meloni quitting 'Law & Order: SVU'?
>>
>> Saturday, February 6 2010, 00:11 GMT
>> By Mike Moody, US Entertainment Reporter
>>
>> Christopher Meloni has announced plans to depart Law & Order: SVU.
>>
>> Speaking to Courier Mail, Meloni said that he wants to pursue theatre
>> and film roles after leaving the NBC crime drama later this year.
>>
>> Meloni, 48, has starred as Detective Elliot Stabler on the programme
>> since it premiered in 1999.
>>
>> "I think 12 years is enough, a good number," he said.
>>
>> He added: "The writers will have fertile ground to figure out how to
>> arc [Stabler] out to another place - whether it's this world or the
>> next."
>>
>> Meloni's SVU co-star Mariska Harti... said that she plans to remain on
>> the show after his departure.
>>
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> Or is this just the opening gambit in the upcoming round of contract
> negotiations. It's great timing - NBC's hardly in a position of strength.
>
> Big J
It would be the wrong play. SVU's been getting .d by Criminal Minds in
the ratings week in and week out (I know, bad pun). Now things could turn
around once they get a 10pm slot back, fortunes might turn around (but
against CSI:NY, the damages has been done). That'suming that the suits
at NBC are smart enough to put it back at 10pm (knowing them, they keep
airing new episodes at 9pm and repeats at 10).
A couple of weeks ago, Mariska Hargitay blamed it on Zucker and Dick Wolf
for the ratings drop. I think that's her play to get fired. Both of them
know that SVU is a sinking ship. And it's time to get off.
If they don't get cancelled this season, next season will be it's last.
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