Law & Order SVU “For Your Emmy Consideration” Ad

Here is the Law & Order SVU 2016 “For Your Emmy Consideration” ad that appeared in Emmy Magazine.

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Ellen Burstyn Wins Emmy for SVU “Swing”

Three actresses were nominated for an Emmy for their appearance on Law & Order SVU last season – Ellen Burstyn, Brenda Blethyn, and Carol Burnett. The winner was announced yesterday, and Ellen Burstyn took home the award. She appeared in the episode “Swing” playing Elliot Stabler’s (Chris Meloni) mother, Bernadette Stabler.

Congratulations to Ellen and to the show! The full list of “Creative Arts” Emmy winners can be found on The Hollywood Reporter web site.

Reminder: the remainder of the 2009 Emmys – which include the nomination for Law & Order SVU’s Mariska Hargitay, will be airing on Sunday, September 20 at 8:00 PM on CBS.





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Law & Order SVU Emmy Nominees: Mariska + Guest Stars

Hey, I'm coming to get my Emmy!

The nominations for the 2009 Emmy Awards are in, and Law & Order SVU is the only show in the franchise that garnered any nominations. Here is the list – and the competition.


Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Mariska Hargitay, as Detective Olivia Benson

The competition:
Brothers & Sisters • ABC • ABC Studios
Sally Field, as Nora Walker

Damages • FX Networks • FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television
Glenn Close, as Patty Hewes

Mad Men • AMC • Lionsgate Television
Elisabeth Moss, as Peggy Olson

Saving Grace • TNT • Fox Television
Holly Hunter, as Grace Hanadarko

The Closer • TNT • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
Kyra Sedgwick, as Brenda Leigh Johnson


Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Swing • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Ellen Burstyn, as Bernadette Stabler

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Persona • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Brenda Blethyn, as Linnie Malcolm/Caroline Cantwell

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • Ballerina • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Carol Burnett, as Bridget "Birdie" Sulloway

The competition:
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency • The Boy With The African Heart • HBO • Mirage Enterprises and Cinechicks in association with The Weinstein Company, BBC and HBO Entertainment
CCH Pounder, as Mrs. Curtin

Grey's Anatomy • No Good At Saying Sorry (One More Chance) • ABC • ABC Studios
Sharon Lawrence, as Robbie Stevens

Congratulations to all! My personal opinion – it may sound like blasphemy to SVU fans - is that Krya Sedgwick and Elizabeth Moss had far stronger performances and Mariska will likely not win. I think it is hard for anyone in the L&O franchise to be nominated or win because the often impersonal nature of their characters doesn’t allow for much depth. A pity really, because many of them are so talented. (Don’t get me started on the snubs of Sam Waterston, who had some stellar years as Jack McCoy, so much that his character was long ago considered an icon.)

If I had my pick of the guest actresses, I’d say that Brenda Blethyn’s performance was the best I had seen of any guest star in the franchise, but Carol Burnett was great as well.

The 2009 Emmy Awards will air on Sunday, September 20th at 8:00 PM ET on CBS.





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Law & Order Franchise For Your "Emmy" Consideration Ads

Many networks are turning up the publicity to highlight their shows as they make their bids for the 2009 Emmy Awards. NBC Universal and the Law & Order franchise are no different, with ads recently hitting the trade publications. And here – for YOUR consideration – are the ads for all the shows in the Law & Order franchise. We must get some people with NBC Universal to get a little more creative with the ads in the future though, they appear to have primarily used their standard stock photos. Pity.


Here’s something that Starpulse.com wrote about Mariska’s Emmy bid in an article titled “TV Honorees That Don't Deserve Recognition At The Emmy Awards”:


Best Actress in a Dramatic Series Mariska Hargitay for "Law & Order: SVU"

Somehow, Hargitay has notched five consecutive nominations for her work as a cop in a procedural. A procedural. Where is the depth? Where is the character exploration in self-contained storylines about gathering evidence and interviewing perps? Sure, there was a time when her character's back story raised her stakes, but that seems like an afterthought now.

Ouch.


By the way, sometime you can click on a photo in my blog immediately after I publish and get a larger view; sometimes it takes a day or two before my pictures get picked up for public access. These pictures are better viewed in the larger size that I upload here, so I hope it doesn’t take too long for fans to get access to the larger version of each picture posted here.)

Law & Order Cast

S. Epatha Merkerson, Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson

Sam Waterston, Alana De La Garza, Linus Roache

Law & Order SVU Chris Meloni and Mariska Hargitay

Chris Meloni

Mariska Hargitay

Law & Order SVU Guest Stars

Law & Order Criminal Intent

Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian, Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio

Law & Order CI and Other USA Network Shows (Vincent and Jeff on the far left)

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Law & Order Franchise Emmy Nominations

The 2008 Emmy Nominations were announced today. I scanned the complete list, and here’s how the Law & Order franchise fared:





Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson







Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Robin Williams as Merritt Rook (in episode “Authority”)







Outstanding Guest Actress In A Drama Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit • NBC • Wolf Films in association with Universal Media Studios
Cynthia Nixon as Janis Donovan (in episode “Alternate”)








Congratulations to all!


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Law & Order Franchise 2008 Emmy Submissions

According to a forum on the LA Times web site (link here), listed below are the episode submissions for 2008 Emmy consideration for Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, and Law & Order Criminal Intent. The deadline for all submissions was May 31, and this list was updated through June 3, 2008.

DRAMA SERIES:
Law and Order (episode submission not noted)
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (episode submission not noted)
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (episode submission not noted)

DRAMA LEAD ACTOR:
Law and Order (Jesse L. Martin - "Burn Card")
Law and Order (Linus Roach - "Darkness")
Law and Order (Jeremy Sisto - "Called Home)
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Vincent D'Onofrio - "Untethered")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Chris Noth - "Senseless")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Christopher Meloni - "Paternity")

DRAMA LEAD ACTRESS:
Law and Order (Alana De La Garza - "Strike!")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Kathryn Erbe - "Amends")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Alicia Witt - "Senseless")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Mariska Hargitay - "Undercover")

DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Law and Order (Sam Waterston - "Illegal")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Eric Bogosian - "Senseless")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Richard Belzer - "Unorthodox")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Ice-T - "Fight")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (B.D. Wong - "Harm")


DRAMA SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Law and Order (S. Epatha Merkerson - "Bottomless")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Diane Neal - "Impulsive")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Tanara Tunie - "Harm")

DRAMA GUEST ACTOR:
Law and Order (Anthony Anderson - "Burn Card")
Law and Order (Sean Astin - "Angelgrove")
Law and Order (Ron Canada - "Bottomless")
Law and Order (Brad Dourif - "Called Home")
Law and Order (Tom McCarthy - "Darkness")
Law and Order (John Ortiz - "Political Animal")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Peter Coyote - "Self-Made")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Jesse Garcia - "Senseless")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Tony Goldwyn - "Untethered")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Steve Guttenberg - "Courtship")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Andrew McCarthy - "Offense")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Josh Pais - "Lonelyville")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Ben Vereen - "Senseless")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Stephen Collins - "Trade")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Matt Davis - "Trade")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Arye Gross - "Blinded")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Jared Harris - "Svengali")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Aidan Quinn - "Savant")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Robin Williams - "Authority")

DRAMA GUEST ACTRESS:
Law and Order (Lara Flynn Boyle - "Submission")
Law and Order (January Jones - "Quit Claim")
Law and Order (Moira Kelly - "Betrayal")
Law and Order (Ally Walker - "Driven")
Law and Order: Criminal Intent (Peri Gilpin - "Offense")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Erika Christensen - "Signature")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Melissa Joan Hart - "Impulsive")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Elizabeth McGovern - "Harm")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Cynthia Nixon - "Alternate")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Rhea Perlman - "Unorthodox")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Adina Porter - "Fight")
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Mae Whitman - "Streetwise")

The entire list for all TV shows and all categories can be found here.

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