LAW & ORDER SVU “Wildlife” (Season 10 Episode 7)

Watch a sneak peek of LAW & ORDER SVU’s Season 10 Episode 7, “Wildlife” airing this Tuesday November 18, 2008 on NBC.

Read all our Law & Order: Special Victims Unit coverage here.

Episode Synopsis: “Wildlife” - Detective Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) arrives on the scene of a murder to find a young woman brutally killed, and carrying a rare bird species found dead in her purse. Dr. Melinda Warner (Tamara Tunie) comes back with some startling evidence – the saliva found in the cuts on the victim’s body shows she was mauled by a tiger. Oscar Assadorian (guest star Carlos Leon) leads the detectives to the victim’s twin sister, Anna Bleers (guest star Caitlin Fitzgerald) who in turn leads the detectives to Hip Hop artist, Gots Money (guest star Big Boi). Gots, who admits to working for an animal smuggling ring, agrees to go undercover with Detective Stabler to catch the smugglers, Andre Bushido (guest star Andrew Divoff) and Tybor (guest star Reg E. Cathey). But when Detective Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) poses as a prostitute to help out her partner undercover, Detective Stabler finds himself wounded and his marriage in disarray. Also starring: Richard Belzer (Detective John Much), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Michaela McManus (A.D.A Kim Greylek), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang).

LAW & ORDER SVU “Babes” (Season 10 Episode 6)

Watch a sneak peek of LAW & ORDER SVU’s Season 10 Episode 6, “Babes” airing this Tuesday November 11, 2008 on NBC.

Read all our Law & Order: Special Victims Unit coverage here.

Episode Synopsis: “Babes” - When a boy is lit on fire, Detectives Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and John Munch (Richard Belzer) investigate the malicious crime. In search of a lead, the Detectives end up at Blessed Heart High School, where their student escort, Max Matarazzo (guest star Jesse McCartney) introduces them to the ‘Blessed Heart Chastity Circle’ and senior Alec Bernardi (guest star Philip Ettinger). Alec admits to hurting the victim, but in turn opens a new door for the detectives when he unveils a group of pregnant teenage girls. A strange web of secrets and bad blood in this “close-knit” neighborhood offers a challenge for the detectives. Also starring: Richard Belzer (Detective John Much), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Michaela McManus (A.D.A Kim Greylek), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang).

Show Cast: Chris Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Ice T, Tamara Tunie, Michaela McManus

LAW & ORDER SVU “Retro” (Season 10 Episode 5)

Check out some pictures from LAW & ORDER SVU’s Season 10 Episode 5, “Retro” airing this Tuesday October 21, 2008 on NBC.

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Robin Williams to appear on LAW & ORDER: SVU

My favorite stand-up comedian and one of my favorite actors, Robin Williams is going to appear in an episode of LAW & ORDER: SVU as an engineer whose life has gone terribly wrong with dramatic repercussions.

The episode entitled “Authority” is set to air on April 29 at 10pm on NBC.

When a law-abiding engineer’s life takes a tragic turn, he becomes an ardent believer in the necessity of challenging authority. His purpose in life turns to making people aware that there are risks posed by leading unquestioning lives.

Executive Producer Neal Baer said, “We are thrilled that one of the most talented and versatile actors around will be starring in this powerful and complex special 200th episode. We can’t imagine anyone else doing this role.”

I don’t usually watch Law & Order: SVU, but I might need to make an exception for Robin Williams.

On Tonight, Tuesday 9/25: REAPER, HOUSE, and more…

REAPER “Pilot” - 9pm CW
Let me give you one reason to watch the pilot of Reaper: Kevin Smith, who directed the episode. Furthermore, Reaper is really funny, and I am not an easy person to please. Bret Harrison is hilarious as the guy whose soul has been sold to the devil by his parents. Ray Wise plays the devil, pretty cool, huh? Reaper is a must watch. And yes, it already has a season pass with me. Read my preview of Reaper here and look at some Gallery photos here.
Story: For the first 20 years of his life, Sam wondered why his parents went so easy on him. Whether it was school, sports or career choices, Sam’s mom and dad always let him get by with the least possible effort. As a result, Sam skipped college, took a dead-end job at the local Work Bench home improvement store and now wastes endless hours playing video games. Everything in his slacker world changed the day Sam turned 21 and discovered the ungodly reason his parents let him slide: they sold his soul to the devil before he was even born.

HOUSE “Alone” - 9pm FOX
Dr. House is back and apparently “Alone” (bad joke I know, I just can’t help it), but not for long. In the season premiere, we will meet the new candidates. I cannot even begin to imagine how horrible House is going to be with them… Yes!!!! I am so glad House is back tonight with whole new storylines this season.

EUREKA “All That Glitters” - 9pm Sci-Fi
My feel-good show, still puts a smile on my face when I watch it. Sheriff Carter is just cool and you can’t help but love him. Did I mention I wish I lived in Eureka? I am so glad this show is not over yet, I still need a few weeks to prepare myself for it ending.

DAMAGES “Do You Regret What We Did?” - 10pm FX
I haven’t watched last week’s episode yet, but the more I watch Damages, the more I love it. Glenn Close is so good, I love to hate her.

LA INK “Kat’s Gnarly Day “ - 10pm TLC
Kat is back tonight. You never know what to expect when you watch LA Ink. I find them so entertaining and I love the work they do. I wish I could do what they do. Also, I always want to get a tattoo when I watch the show. But then it’s over and I think, needle, so that’s not happening anytime soon. Still, it’s fun to see other people get tattoos.

THE REST

NCIS “Bury Your Dead” - 8pm CBS
A new season of NCIS starts tonight. I used to watch the show, but it’s one of those that I can only take in small doses. It’s a good show though.

BONES “The Window’s Son In The Windshield” - 8pm FOX
Bones is back with a new season tonight. I never really got into Bones. I think that when it started I was already going through overdose of that type of show, so I didn’t even give it a chance. I have a friend who really likes it though.

THE UNIT “Pandemonium” - 9pm CBS
The Unit is back tonight. I watched one or two episodes, but see above if you want to know why I don’t watch it. I do like the actors in it though.

BOSTON LEGAL “Beauty and the Beast” - 9:30pm ABC
Boston Legal starts a new season tonight. The few times that I watched part of an episode, I liked it and thought it was pretty funny, but since I didn’t watch it from the beginning I find it very confusing, hence me not actually following Boston Legal.

CANE “Pilot” - 10pm CBS
One of CBS’s new drama, Cane premieres tonight. To be honest, the subject matter just doesn’t appeal to me at all. The actors are all very good, but it’s just not making it into my weekly schedule. Who knows though, one day I might rent it on DVD. Read my preview for Cane here.
Story: An epic drama about the external rivalries and internal power struggles of a large Cuban-American family running an immensely successful rum and sugar business in South Florida. When the family patriarch, Pancho, is offered a lucrative but questionable deal by his bitter adversaries, the Samuels, to purchase thousands of acres of sugar fields, he’s faced with a tough choice: Should he cash out of the sugar business and focus solely on rum, which would please his impulsive natural son, Frank, or protect the family legacy that he built from the ground up by not selling, and side with his adopted son, Alex, who mistrusts the Samuels and still sees value in sugar? Alex and Frank’s approach to business is as different as their approach to life.

LAW & ORDER: SVU “Alternate” - 10pm NBC
Law & Order:SVU starts a new season tonight. For a while, I used to confuse all the Law & Orders, now I can distinguish them. Still, the thing with Law & Order for me, is that I think they are good shows, but I like to watch one episode here and there maybe on the week-end but I don’t like them to the point of making them a weekly thing for me.

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NBC announces its new schedule

It’s here! NBC’s new schedule (new shows in red):

MONDAY
8-9 p.m - Deal or No Deal
9-10 p.m - Heroes
10-11 p.m - Journeyman

TUESDAY
8-9 p.m - The Biggest Loser
9-10 p.m - Chuck
10-11 p.m - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m - Deal or No Deal
9-10 p.m - Bionic Woman
10-11 p.m - Life

THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m - My Name Is Earl
8:30-9 p.m - 30 Rock
9-9:30 p.m - The Office
9:30-10 p.m - Scrubs
10-11 p.m - ER

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m - 1 vs. 100/The Singing Bee
9-10 p.m - Las Vegas
10-11 p.m - Friday Night Lights

SATURDAY
8-9 p.m - Dateline NBC
9-11 p.m - Drama Series Encores

SUNDAY (Fall 2007)
7-8 p.m - Football Night in America
8-11 p.m - NBC Sunday Night Football

SUNDAY (January 2008)
7-8 p.m - Dateline NBC
8-9 p.m - Law & Order
9-10 p.m - Medium
10-11 p.m - Lipstick Jungle

Ok, so let’s talk about this schedule.
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LAW & ORDER - One for NBC and one for USA

According to The Hollywood Reporter, I am glad to announce that all three “Law & Order” have been renewed. Law & Order: SVU had already been renewed at an earlier time, but the renewal of Law & Order and Law & Order: CI makes a full circle. The shows will both get 22 new episodes.
Here is the thing though, although there will be no change to Law & Order, it will be back on NBC. Law & Order: CI, however, will move to USA (with apparently an encore presentation on NBC).

This is what NBC Universal president and CEO Jeff Zucker had to say about the move of Law & Order: CI:

“Adding such a bona fide established, successful show to USA’s already powerful lineup would make the network’s No. 1 position on cable even more dominant and would enable it to emerge as the fifth television network along with ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox.”

Smith - not here to stay?

It seems that the series premiere of Smith did not go as planned, as it was beat by “Law and Order: SVU”. Even with the help of its lead-in “The Unit”, “Smith” lost most of its audience to its competitor, “Law and Order: SVU”. This cannot be good for the show. Could this be a prediction of the show’s failure? I guess we’ll have to watch and see.