Law and Order SVU names new lead characters.

• Ty Webb

  

  http://www.toofab.com/2011/06/27/law-and-order-svu-finds-two-new-cops/
• hasbeen

  

  RIP
• gut

  Show had really run it's course, anyway. The cases were pretty much starting to repeat themselves. I lost interest a few years ago.
• raiderbuck

  Hopefully they have success with the cast changes. The original series was still very good despite all their cast changes
• thavoice

  Olivia.....the reason I watch the show
• Writerbuckeye

  

  It's been a great run for SVU, but I fear it's now over. I don't care how good these two actors may be, the show WAS about Stabler and Benson and their partnership. If that's gone, the show is DOA.
• thavoice

  Anyone surprised the writers never worked in some sort of "interest" between stabler and benson?
  
  I know he was married for much or all of it......but had maritial problems for some time, and she was always single.
  
  I am glad they didnt jump the shark though.
  
  Olivia did hook up with a co worker though in like season 1 or 2. It was with a character who was only on for a season or two. It was a very awkward sistuation when the dude blew up in the precinct, and seemed almost disappointed that Kragen didnt catch on what it was about
• Writerbuckeye

  

  thavoice;816237 wrote:Anyone surprised the writers never worked in some sort of "interest" between stabler and benson?
  
  I know he was married for much or all of it......but had maritial problems for some time, and she was always single.
  
  I am glad they didnt jump the shark though.
  
  Olivia did hook up with a co worker though in like season 1 or 2. It was with a character who was only on for a season or two. It was a very awkward sistuation when the dude blew up in the precinct, and seemed almost disappointed that Kragen didnt catch on what it was about

  
  Don't know if you are old enough, but there's something TV writers call "The Moonlighting Effect" when it comes to male-female characters who are partners in shows.
  
  During the 80s, Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd were in a show called Moonlighting. It was about a private detective agency where both worked (or Shepherd may have owned, not sure). Anyway, the show was a great hit because of the sexual tension and comic quips between the characters. It thrived for a few seasons that way.
  
  Then the writers brought them together romantically...and the show tanked.
  
  I think Hollywood's tv writers have a long memory where stuff like this is concerned. I also think that's why you never saw more than just a little hint of sexual tension or romantic gestures in SVU with Benson and Stabler. They knew if they brought them together, it would probably have killed the show.
• thavoice

  Writerbuckeye;816497 wrote:Don't know if you are old enough, but there's something TV writers call "The Moonlighting Effect" when it comes to male-female characters who are partners in shows.
  
  During the 80s, Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd were in a show called Moonlighting. It was about a private detective agency where both worked (or Shepherd may have owned, not sure). Anyway, the show was a great hit because of the sexual tension and comic quips between the characters. It thrived for a few seasons that way.
  
  Then the writers brought them together romantically...and the show tanked.
  
  I think Hollywood's tv writers have a long memory where stuff like this is concerned. I also think that's why you never saw more than just a little hint of sexual tension or romantic gestures in SVU with Benson and Stabler. They knew if they brought them together, it would probably have killed the show.

  
  Vaguely remember moonlighting. BUt I agree....SVU woulda tanked if they did bring them together. Usually is is a last ditch effort when they have no other options left.
  
  I know in the show JAG, they brought the lead characters together in the very last episode.
  
  Cheers did well with the long tension between Sam and Diane and then Rebecca.