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NBC RENEWS HIT SERIES 'THE OFFICE,' 'MY NAME IS EARL,' 'HEROES' AND 'LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT' FOR FULL SEASON OF EPISODES IN 2007-08
Published: January 17, 2007

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (Tuesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET) is averaging a 4.3 rating, 12 share in adults 18-49 and 12.9 million viewers overall through the first 16 weeks of the 2006-07 television season, making it NBC's #2 drama in total viewers. "SVU" remains in control of the Tuesday 10 p.m. hour, where an original episode hasn't lost the time period to regular competition in adults 18-49 in more than two and a half years. "SVU's" 18-49 margin of victory this season is nearly 50 percent.

"Law & Order" Special Victims Unit" is a hard-hitting and emotional series from NBC's "Law & Order" brand that chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York Police Department, the elite squad of detectives who investigate sexually based crimes. Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is now in its eighth season.

The drama follows Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni), a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all, and his partner, Detective Olivia Benson (Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mariska Hargitay), whose difficult past – a child of rape – prompted her career move to the unit.

Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) oversees the unit with his tough but supportive approach to the team's complex cases. Detective John Munch, (Richard Belzer, "Homicide: Life on the Street") brings his acerbic wit and street-honed investigative skills to the team. His partner, Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (Ice-T), adds his unique sense of humor and investigative experience, making him a formidable match for Munch. Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak (Diane Neal) brings closure to the intense investigations with her legal expertise. Forensic psychiatrist, George Huang (B.D. Wong) often provides significant clues that lead to the resolution of a case, and Medical Examiner Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie), uncovers more forensic evidence.

"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is a Wolf Films production in association with NBC Universal Television Studio. Wolf, is creator and executive producer, Neal Baer (NBC's "ER", "China Beach"), Ted Kotcheff ("Fun with Dick and Jane," "Weekend at Bernie's") and Peter Jankowski are executive producers.

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"Sex sells on Law & Order"
Helen Barlow
January 17, 2007 12:00am

HE'S big and burly, the proverbial fat cat of TV moguls, yet when you chat with Law & Order creator Dick Wolf you are quickly mesmerised by his sense of fun.

"What do you think about Tom Cruise?" he enthusiastically asks.

He hilariously quotes Mimi Rogers from a magazine interview regarding her ex-husband's lack of willingness in the bedroom, and discusses how Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's coupling wildly improved Mr and Mrs Smith's box office takings.

Wolf, 59, a former advertising executive, publicist and brander, knows more than anyone how sex sells.

Yet his long-running crime series adheres to the tenet of not delving into a character's personal life, and presents stories propelled by older men such Sam Waterston and for many years, the late Jerry Orbach.

Yet the original show is now being challenged in the ratings by its spin-off, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU), and Wolf livens up when talking about its success.

"Originally I wanted to call it Sex Crimes, because all the New York cops and prosecutors refer to it as the Sex Crimes Unit. But that made the network a little nervous. I think the ratings would have been even higher," he says, chuckling in his raspy New York manner.

"Somebody said they did a title test at NBC and people were offended and I said, 'Yep, but they would have watched, I guarantee it.'

"There would have been all those outraged comments in the press regarding the lowering of standards and how can they do this? But everybody would have watched."

That a sexy woman cop features most prominently in the show greatly pleases him of course, and he is the first to admit that Mariska Hargitay is a true force of nature.

"Somebody once asked me, 'Is that her real body underneath that dress?' It's unbelievable.

"And I said, 'Wait a minute, her mother was Jayne Mansfield and her father (Mickey Hargitay) was Mr Universe - if she doesn't get a good body, who gets a good body?' " Wolf says.

Wolf's second highly successful spin-off, Law & Order: Criminal Intent was split in two, as Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Detective Robert Goren, was under too much pressure. Wolf, as always, calls a spade a spade.

"No, he didn't become exhausted just because of the show," he says.

"When Criminal Intent wrapped, he went off and made his own short (film), which he wrote, produced and directed. It wasn't the best use of his time, when he was that exhausted after nine months straight, and he did literally collapse . . . three different times. It's interesting, with him trading off episodes with Chris Noth."

Noth, an original Law & Order cast member, was dumped after Wolf decided there wasn't enough conflict between him and Orbach.

He was replaced by Benjamin Bratt. At the time Noth said he would find a way of landing on his feet and indeed he did, as Mr Big on Sex and the City. Now there is seemingly no bad blood between Noth and Wolf.

So which of the shows is Wolf's favourite?

"It's like my children. I like them all for different reasons," he says. "They were designed to do different things. Law & Order was the first show that dealt with both cops and prosecutors.

"Until then all the lawyer shows were about defence attorneys, not the prosecutors. Shows like Perry Mason and The Defenders were always about lawyers getting people off and I was more interested in the lawyers who sent people to prison when they killed other people.

"Special Victims Unit was just a unique area of the law - sex crimes - and then Criminal Intent is really Sherlock Holmes with Kate (Kathryn Erbe) as a kind of Dr Watson."

Then there was the less successful Trial By Jury series. Was he disappointed by its failure?

"Disappointed? I was furious. It shouldn't have been cancelled. It was skewing too old, the people watching it were older than the network (NBC) wanted."

It did not help that Orbach died quite suddenly, as its premise had his Detective Lennie Brisco retiring from the NYPD to work as an investigator with the DA's office.

sounds like he's not happy with vdo

NBC is 'one show away,' Reilly tells TCA
By Nellie Andreeva
Published: Jan 18, 2007

"I do think we brought the love back to the network this year," NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly said Wednesday during the network's portion of Television Critics Assn.'s winter press tour. "We're going to end up the season tightening the gap only two, three couple of tents away from the lead; one show away from really turning the momentum in the other direction."

Some of the main drivers of NBC's newfound groove, breakout hit "Heroes," hot comedies "My Name Is Earl" and "The Office" and proven veteran "Law & Order: SVU" got some love back in the form of early full-season pickups for next fall, announced by Reilly.

He said negotiations are under way with "Law & Order: SVU" stars Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni, whose deals are up at season's end, to continue on the popular crime drama.
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No decision has been made yet on the other two "L&O" shows, the mothership series, now in its 17th season, and the younger spinoff, "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," which also are up for renewal in May.

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