AmandaRuth
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Thu May-13-10 05:52 PM
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Law and Order (the original) canceled? |
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I feel like I have had a death in the family. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/13/law-order-canceled-by-nbc_n_575657.htmlI hope the network will reconsider.
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Thu May-13-10 05:54 PM
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1. It hasn't been good for years. |
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Thu May-13-10 05:56 PM
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Thu May-13-10 07:54 PM
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8. I like it too. NBC kept moving it around on the schedule. No wonder |
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the ratings tanked. No one could find it.
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Thu May-13-10 06:26 PM
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3. Certainly not as good as it was in the mid-90s early-00s, but I still enjoy it. |
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I like SVU better, though. Hopefully that one remains.
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Thu May-13-10 07:03 PM
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4. I read somewhere that.... |
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Dick Wolfe was negotiating to keep the show on the air so that it would be the longest drama in TV history--longer than "Gunsmoke".
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Thu May-13-10 07:19 PM
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I happened to catch an episode a few weeks back and I was appalled at the poor writing and acting. And it was painful to see Sam Waterston doing a Fred Thompson imitation as head DA. It was like watching a parody of L&O. Nothing like the Jerry Orbach/Michael Moriarty years; I still enjoy seeing the older episodes on TNT over the weekend.
I have to wonder, though, about something I read earlier. I guess NBC/Universal has been having some sort of dispute with TNT, which figured into its decision to end it. Why would TNT have any say, unless NBC was banking on having a built-in rerun venue, and TNT passed?
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Thu May-13-10 07:48 PM
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a re-run syndication deal that fell through? :shrug:
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Thu May-13-10 07:28 PM
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6. I have been watching old Dragnets, and man does Dick Wolf owe Jack Webb's estate some $$$ |
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Not that I don't enjoy Law and Order, but Dragnet really was the template for Law and Order.
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Fri May-14-10 07:10 AM
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I love L&O but the formula is very similar to Dragnet, especially with those constant references to time, day, and place, and when the detectives are interviewing people who make quirky/snarky little comments.
Of course, L&O is grittier, lacks the cornball moralism that Dragnet had, and is more true-to-life, but I see a definite influence (maybe homage?).
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Fri May-14-10 09:03 AM
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12. Also, Briscoe's allegedly acerbic little comments echo those of Friday... |
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and of course both shows have incredibly distinctive theme music. Law and Order substitutes child molesters for filthy hippies, though
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Fri May-14-10 07:35 AM
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10. What I've always liked about L&O |
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It always stressed plot over characters. It's fun to watch shows where a murderer in one episode is a victim in another, and then a defense attorney in yet one more.
I'll give Wolf credit in keeping something going on a clearly small production budget because the cast was truly interchangeable.
L&O did do some good episodes that were based on real-life incidents, like the Joel Steinberg case. It will never be camp in the way that Dragnet is.
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Fri May-14-10 09:00 AM
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11. But that is not a good thing... |
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"It will never be camp in the way that Dragnet is" :)
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Fri May-14-10 04:25 PM
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I always get a great deal of satisfaction seeing Joe Friday get his man. And Jack Webb and Harry Morgan are stellar.
The episodes with psychedelic-van-driving-long-haired-pot-smoking-hippies are always classic. Sort of like "Reefer Madness" for the 1960s.
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Fri May-14-10 04:25 PM
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19. Double post -- oops n/t |
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Edited on Fri May-14-10 04:25 PM by AngryOldDem
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Fri May-14-10 10:07 PM
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26. Completely agree. Both shows were very much formulaic, cookie |
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cutter productions - there was no real emotion, no nuance, no real characterization or personality in either show. "Law and Order" dressed it up a little bit more, but it was basically "Dragnet" for the late 20th/early 21st century.
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Fri May-14-10 09:58 AM
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It was just starting to get good again!
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Fri May-14-10 10:02 AM
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14. Maybe USA network will take it just like they do L & O CI. |
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Fri May-14-10 03:25 PM
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15. I have mixed feelings about this. |
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It doesn't make sense for the original L&O to be canceled and succeeded by a (possibly inferior) spinoff that's set in Los Angeles.
Some people are saddened that one of the smarter shows on TV is gone, but some argue that the show jumped the shark after the cast changes (like Jerry Orbach leaving).
And then the show might be running out of creative energy.
The worst thing of all this is that NBC won't even provide a reason.
But then again, this is the network that brought Jay Leno back to the Tonight Show after Conan O'Brien served as host for just half a year. You never know what NBC could decide about the original L&O if L&O Los Angeles gets axed quickly (like the Tonight Show with Conan). After all, Fox did resurrect Family Guy, and Comedy Central did resurrect Futurama.
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Fri May-14-10 05:15 PM
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23. Are there new episodes of Futurama on Comedy Central? |
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I thought they just played the original episodes in a syndication deal. If there are new ones, I want to check it out again (I've watched all the originals on Adult Swim many, many times).
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Fri May-14-10 09:41 PM
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24. Yes. Starting next month. |
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Fri May-14-10 04:08 PM
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16. S. Epatha Merkerson will leave at the end of May - she has chosen not to renew her contract. |
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She will have been on the series for 16 years, and she will leave as the only woman to work in a tv series for that length of time. She is making a documentary film and will continue her own projects.
Great job. Lt. Van Buren is a really remarkable character and Merkerson a remarkable talent. I have been a fan since her small part in Terminator 2, and I will continue to watch for anything she has a hand in.
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Fri May-14-10 04:28 PM
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20. Have you seen Lakawanna Blues? |
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Great movie, and she is, as always, fabulous in it.
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Fri May-14-10 04:49 PM
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21. She won a Golden Globe, an Emmy, and a SAG award for that performance |
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Fri May-14-10 04:54 PM
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22. Very well deserved, I have to say. |
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Fri May-14-10 04:18 PM
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17. I can't keep track of which one is which! |
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Is the original the one without any letters after it?
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Fri May-14-10 09:55 PM
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25. I will miss that show.... |
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I am sure I have seen all the old ones several times..but still. It is such an institution on TV
Its reruns and reruns of the offshoots are on three different channels..
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