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| Chris Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU! | |
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| Topic Started: May 25 2011, 04:50 AM (384 Views) | |
| Rick | May 25 2011, 04:50 AM Post #1 |
Dreamlander
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Exclusive: Chris Meloni Exits Law & Order: SVU by Matt Webb Mitovich and Michael Ausiello Chris Meloni will not be reporting back for duty when Law & Order: Special Victims Unit launches its 13th season this fall, TVLine has learned exclusively. Protracted talks between the actor — who has played Detective Stabler since the NBC crime drama’s 1999 debut — and studio NBC Universal broke down on Tuesday, says a source. Franchise creator Dick Wolf is said to already be searching for a big name to bring in opposite the series’ female lead, Mariska Hargitay. Hargitay’s own deal to return for Season 13 remains unaffected. Just last week, new NBC boss Robert Greenblatt told TVLine he felt the network was in “pretty great shape” as far as Meloni’s prospective deal goes, though he did allow for the possibility of SVU one day moving forward minus its two original leads. In fact, there was very recently talk that Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer) might join the series midway through the coming season to replace Hargitay. “Jennifer Love is somebody we’ve been circling,” Greenblatt told us, “but I don’t know that that is going to happen at all.” An NBC spokesperson had no comment for this story. |
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| Mason | May 25 2011, 10:10 AM Post #2 |
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God, I want him back on cable -- HBO or Showtime, in particular! Meanwhile...LMAO @ Jennifer Love Hewitt potentially replacing Mariska Hargitay. I don't even watch SVU and I find that hilarious. |
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| Manny | May 25 2011, 11:41 AM Post #3 |
 
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I love SVU.. but I can't imagine it without Mariska and Chris... :shrug: |
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| Rick | May 25 2011, 03:09 PM Post #4 |
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You just want a show in which you can see him naked every week ;) ME TOO! lol Meloni is the ultimate DILF |
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| Mason | May 25 2011, 04:20 PM Post #5 |
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Mmmmmhmmmm...LoL. |
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| Daytime | May 25 2011, 05:27 PM Post #6 |
 
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Just cancel the show.. I only watch for Benson and Stabler! It want be the same without Chris.. :( |
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| Alin89 | May 25 2011, 11:05 PM Post #7 |
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this sucks. |
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| ~bl~ | May 25 2011, 11:09 PM Post #8 |
 
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SVU is different from the other L&O as Benson and Stabler are what made it work. Lawd, that franchise is dying... |
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| Alin89 | May 25 2011, 11:12 PM Post #9 |
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i sort of understand y he doesn't want to stay on SVU he wants to do other things. He doesn't want to be stuck on one show for too long. |
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| Manny | May 27 2011, 06:47 AM Post #10 |
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Well isn't this like 10th season? So I would say he already stayed too long lol But yeah, they shouldn't even do the show without Benson and Stabler. |
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| MichaelGL | May 27 2011, 10:55 AM Post #11 |
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NBC/Universal is killing this show and the L&O franchise. I'm not surprised Meloni is leaving. |
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| Grandpa Hughes | May 27 2011, 11:55 AM Post #12 |
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I finally saw some of the "L.A." episodes and they really weren't bad but the cast shakeups which I always attributed to Wolf(But it's been NBC all these years?) don't work anymore! "CI" is in it's final year on USA, and SVU should go out while it still has decent ratings and forget about replacing the two stars around whom they BUILT the show! |
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| Alin89 | May 27 2011, 02:34 PM Post #13 |
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They should have just ended it this season. |
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| Ally | Jun 2 2011, 02:18 PM Post #14 |
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WolfFilms Wolf Films #SVU s13 to begin production in July. Mariska has signed on for all 22 episodes. We'll keep u posted this summer. More will be revealed. |
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| CarolinaLady | Jun 2 2011, 09:14 PM Post #15 |
 
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Me three so do I. :lol: |
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