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TV Media Weekly
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February 4 - 10, 2017
Saturday afternoon
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5
It's wonderful to be around some-
body who's really nice. I'm very for-
tunate to have her as a co-star."
"She has a deep sensitivity.
She's a strong woman who's deep-
ly sensitive and empathetic, and I
think that allows her to see a lot of
things from a lot of different view-
points and that allows her to be
very thoughtful, too," Peter Sca-
navino ("Mutual Friends," 2013)
said. "She's a wonderful actress,
but I think first and foremost, she's
a mom. I think when you have
somebody who puts family first,
that's always great."
Having a steadying presence
like Hargitay's Benson has definite-
ly helped "SVU" stand the test of
time, but the series just wouldn't
be what it is without many of the
other great names who were an
integral part of the series for a long
time.
Dann Florek ("L.A. Law") and
Richard Belzer ("Homicide: Life on
the Street") were a big part of
"SVU" for 331 and 326 episodes
respectively, both recently leaving
the series in season 15. Florek
played Capt. Donald Cragen, a
tough but fiercely loyal man who
had a few personal demons. Belzer
was John Munch, a DA investiga-
tor with a cynical streak.
Meloni was part of the original
"SVU" cast, and worked alongside
Hargitay for the first 12 seasons of
the show, clocking in 272 episodes.
BD Wong ("Jurassic Park," 1993),
Tamara Tunie ("As the World
Turns") and Diane Neal ("A War-
den's Ransom," 2014) also starred
in hundreds of episodes apiece as
Dr. George Huang, Dr. Melinda
Warner and assistant district attor-
ney Casey Novak, respectively.
The newest and most current
members of the "SVU" squad are
no slouches, either. Kelli Giddish
("All My Children") has been
around the longest, joining season
13 as Det. Amanda Rollins. Raùl Es-
parza ("My Soul to Take," 2010)
plays the most recent ADA, Rafael
Barba, and has been doing so since
season 15. Scanavino is the new-
est recruit to the team, starring as
Det. Dominick Carisi.
Four hundred episodes and 18
seasons is an incredible accom-
plishment for any TV show, and
"Law & Order: Special Victims
Unit" certainly deserves the cele-
bration and praise it has re-
ceived. Series star Hargitay also
steps behind the camera for the
milestone episode, which you
can see when it airs Wednesday,
Feb. 8, on NBC.
Ice T, Mariska Hargitay, Raúl
Esparza and Peter
Scanavino star in "Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit"
