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Posted on Sun, Dec. 18, 2005
TELEVISION
Characters find life beyond `Law & Order'
BY MARC SCHWARZ
The (Hackensack N.J.) Record
No one leaves the Law & Order family permanently, except George Dzundza's Detective Max Greevey and Jill Hennessy's Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid.
Just about everyone else has a chance for a second life.
The latest rebirth comes with this month's announcement that Stephanie March will reprise her role as ADA Alexandra Cabot in the NBC midseason drama Conviction.
While Conviction is not officially a member of the L&O world, it comes from producer Dick Wolf and certainly belongs in the same universe. It's described as ``a fast-paced, character-driven series focusing on young ADAs in New York who often tackle tough high-profile cases.''
March, who was the first regular ADA on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit before leaving two years ago, heads a cast that includes Eric Balfour, Anson Mount and Julianne Nicholson. When last seen -- on an SVU episode last February -- Cabot had emerged from the Witness-Protection Program to testify against her would-be hit man.
Dzundza and Hennessy never will return unless Law & Order does a crossover with Medium. Wolf killed off Greevey when the L.A.-based Dzundza asked out of his contract after season one of L&O, and he dispatched Kincaid in a car accident in the 1996 season finale. However, everyone else has a chance.
Richard Brooks, who played ADA Paul Robinette for the first three seasons of L&O, returned in a November episode as a defense attorney. Maybe Elisabeth Rohm's Serena Southerlyn will pop up again as an attorney fighting for gay marriage.
Here's a look at March and the other Wolf returnees:
Stephanie March
Character: ADA Alexandra Cabot.
Original show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 2000-03.
Returning show: Conviction, will debut early 2006. She'll be the bureau chief of young ADAs who handle tough, high-profile cases.
Chris Noth
Character: Detective Mike Logan.
Original show: Law & Order, 1990-95.
Returning show: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, September 2005. Teams with Annabella Sciorra's Detective Carolyn Barek to do alternating weeks, with the original team of Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe handling the other half.
Dann Florek
Character: Capt. Donald Cragen.
Original show: Law & Order, 1990-93.
Returning show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999-present. After a six-year absence, returned as Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni's boss.
Jerry Orbach
Character: Detective Lennie Briscoe.
Original show: Law & Order, 1992-2004.
Returning show: Law & Order: Trial by Jury, 2005. Died from cancer after shooting only the first two episodes of the short-lived spinoff.
Carey Lowell
Character: ADA Jamie Ross.
Original show: Law & Order, 1996-98.
Returning show: Law & Order: Trial by Jury, 2005. After making two guest appearances on L&O in November 1999 and May 2001, she appeared in two episodes as Judge Ross.
Richard Belzer
Character: Detective John Munch.
Original show: Homicide: Life on the Street, 1993-99. During his time on Tom Fontana's Baltimore-based drama, he appeared in crossovers with his Law & Order counterparts.
Returning show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999-present. When Homicide was canceled, Wolf relocated Munch, who also has appeared in The X-Files, The Beat and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/13429124.htm
TELEVISION
Characters find life beyond `Law & Order'
BY MARC SCHWARZ
The (Hackensack N.J.) Record
No one leaves the Law & Order family permanently, except George Dzundza's Detective Max Greevey and Jill Hennessy's Assistant District Attorney Claire Kincaid.
Just about everyone else has a chance for a second life.
The latest rebirth comes with this month's announcement that Stephanie March will reprise her role as ADA Alexandra Cabot in the NBC midseason drama Conviction.
While Conviction is not officially a member of the L&O world, it comes from producer Dick Wolf and certainly belongs in the same universe. It's described as ``a fast-paced, character-driven series focusing on young ADAs in New York who often tackle tough high-profile cases.''
March, who was the first regular ADA on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit before leaving two years ago, heads a cast that includes Eric Balfour, Anson Mount and Julianne Nicholson. When last seen -- on an SVU episode last February -- Cabot had emerged from the Witness-Protection Program to testify against her would-be hit man.
Dzundza and Hennessy never will return unless Law & Order does a crossover with Medium. Wolf killed off Greevey when the L.A.-based Dzundza asked out of his contract after season one of L&O, and he dispatched Kincaid in a car accident in the 1996 season finale. However, everyone else has a chance.
Richard Brooks, who played ADA Paul Robinette for the first three seasons of L&O, returned in a November episode as a defense attorney. Maybe Elisabeth Rohm's Serena Southerlyn will pop up again as an attorney fighting for gay marriage.
Here's a look at March and the other Wolf returnees:
Stephanie March
Character: ADA Alexandra Cabot.
Original show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 2000-03.
Returning show: Conviction, will debut early 2006. She'll be the bureau chief of young ADAs who handle tough, high-profile cases.
Chris Noth
Character: Detective Mike Logan.
Original show: Law & Order, 1990-95.
Returning show: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, September 2005. Teams with Annabella Sciorra's Detective Carolyn Barek to do alternating weeks, with the original team of Vincent D'Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe handling the other half.
Dann Florek
Character: Capt. Donald Cragen.
Original show: Law & Order, 1990-93.
Returning show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999-present. After a six-year absence, returned as Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni's boss.
Jerry Orbach
Character: Detective Lennie Briscoe.
Original show: Law & Order, 1992-2004.
Returning show: Law & Order: Trial by Jury, 2005. Died from cancer after shooting only the first two episodes of the short-lived spinoff.
Carey Lowell
Character: ADA Jamie Ross.
Original show: Law & Order, 1996-98.
Returning show: Law & Order: Trial by Jury, 2005. After making two guest appearances on L&O in November 1999 and May 2001, she appeared in two episodes as Judge Ross.
Richard Belzer
Character: Detective John Munch.
Original show: Homicide: Life on the Street, 1993-99. During his time on Tom Fontana's Baltimore-based drama, he appeared in crossovers with his Law & Order counterparts.
Returning show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 1999-present. When Homicide was canceled, Wolf relocated Munch, who also has appeared in The X-Files, The Beat and Law & Order: Trial by Jury.
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/13429124.htm