Comments on: Hargitay and Meloni sign with SVU

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:52:27 +0000

As SVU appears to be going from strength to strength, i’ve actually paid less attention to the show and have paid more attention to the original Law & Order instead.

Would have been interesting if the contract situation didn’t get resolved, in saying that… i would have loved it if Richard Belzer and Ice T were elevated to be the main stars

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:25:10 +0000

As long as Mariska Hargitay’s on the show, I’ll definitely keep watching/buying it on DVD …

By: tvaddict

tvaddict — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:30:50 +0000

mikeys, yes its alot of money but you have to consider that very few actors in popular shows can then break out of their ‘typecast’ once that show has finished and get regular gigs elsewhere so they need to be paid well to compensate for that. Great to see two fine actors return to a fine show.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:40 +0000

i dont think it really matters to NBCU how it rates here, but it has to rate go-enough here because if it doesn’t channel 10 won’t buy it, and NBCU makes alot of money from selling their programs overseas and if they carnt sell it overseas they wont renew it unless it really rates well in the US.

By: Benno

Benno — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:02 +0000

Darryn, what it rates here has a bare minimal impact on NBCU. It rares well over in the US, (really well for NBC), and that network and studio are what pays the vast majority of their paycheck. What channel 10 pay for an episode is probably about 10 seconds worth of an advertisement on NBC.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:52:33 +0000

@Ryan thanks for that.
yes you are right SVU is seen on NBC before anywhere else.
CI is seen on USA Network before it it shown on NBC, SVU is also repeated on USA Network and other cable networks.

By: damo

damo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:21:04 +0000

it will be alot better next year with march back as ada cabot

By: Darryn

Darryn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:16:41 +0000

With the way it rates here does it really matter?

By: Benno

Benno — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:46:58 +0000

Cool, i was hoping that would be the outcome.

By: mikeys

mikeys — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:46:33 +0000

Nice money if you can get it… Frankly, at that price they should be sacrificing half their pay and doing something selfless with it (for all I know they already do!)…

By: henry

henry — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:47:20 +0000

If SVU wanted to start a revolving door cast like the Mothership, it should of done so during the earlier seasons, say 4 or 5. Viewers have emotionally invested themselves in the series now to point where if both CM and MH left, the fan base would collapse.

I also wonder if SVU could operate like CI, alternating detective teams between episodes. It may come to that if the actors keep demanding more cash.

By: Burt

Burt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:26:26 +0000

If they can get them for a final season that’s good, but the SVU show can
easily still work with 2 new, much cheaper lead actors that NBC can lock in for a 6 season contract and this will probably occur next year.

By: damo

damo — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:16:13 +0000

i wonder if this will be the last season. it’s great show and great actors on it

By: Bogues

Bogues — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:04:06 +0000

That’s excellent news.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:38:29 +0000

@ Shane SVU isn’t aired anywhere before its aired on NBC, SVU is NBC First Run – Criminal Intent is aired on another network first, I thought it was USA.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:21:03 +0000

@Judith, im with you they are SVU.
Very happy that NBC pick this show up again because this is one of the highest rating shows on their channel even when it is now shown on cable(on TNT) before its on NBC later in the year.