Law & Order LA "Sylmar" Behind The Scenes (Video)

Courtesy of TV Guide, here is a short video of a behind the scenes look at filming Law & Order Los Angeles "Sylmar." Enjoy!

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Law & Order SVU On Location in Harlem (Photos)

Here are several photos of Law & Order SVU filming on location in Harlem on October 18, 2010, with Chris Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, and guest star Marcia Gay Harden.













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Law & Order SVU “Trophy” Episode Information

NBC has released the information for a new episode of Law & Order SVU titled “Trophy”. Here are the details:


Law & Order SVU “Trophy” Air Date November 3, 2010 (9PM ET/8C Wednesday NBC)


THE INVESTIGATION OF A YOUNG WOMAN’S RAPE AND MURDER PUTS DETECTIVE BENSON AND DETECTIVE STABLER IN DANGER. MARIA BELLO AND ALEX KINGSTON GUEST STAR.
After a young woman has been raped and murdered, her body turns up in an industrial laundry facility. Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) soon find that she was involved in an environmental group called CLEAN, and it isn’t long before they track down the prime suspect. However, the case soon puts them in the line of fire and exposes a much larger mystery that includes even more victims. As the investigation progresses, Detective Benson builds a connection to a victim’s daughter (guest star Maria Bello) that invokes her own past in ways she never anticipated. Alex Kingston guest stars. Also starring: Richard Belzer, BD Wong, Tamara Tunie and Dann Florek.

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Law & Order LA Gets Full Season Pick Up: NBC Press Release

Released by NBC :

NBC ORDERS FULL-SEASON PICKUPS FOR NEW SERIES 'THE EVENT,' 'LAW & ORDER: LOS ANGELES' AND 'OUTSOURCED'

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - October 18, 2010 - NBC has given full-season pickups to three of its new Fall 2010-11 series, "The Event," "Law & Order: Los Angeles" and "Outsourced." The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.

"We are pleased with the quality of 'The Event,' 'Law & Order: Los Angeles' and 'Outsourced,' and feel they are an important part of helping to re-build our schedule and our studio pipeline," said Bromstad. "We believe in these new series and the creative auspices behind them."

Through October 11, "The Event" has averaged a 3.0 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 9.1 million viewers overall in "most current" averages from Nielsen Media Research. "The Event" has generated a 30 percent improvement in the time period versus year-ago "most current" results for NBC in 18-49 rating (with a 3.0 rating vs. a 2.3) and a 47 percent increase in total viewers (9.1 million vs. 6.2 million). On a percentage basis, "The Event" was the most time-shifted new series in adults 18-49 during premiere week from among the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox primetime lineups, with 35 percent of "The Event's" "live plus seven day" rating being accounted for by time-shifting. Additionally, "The Event" was licensed to nearly 200 territories internationally even before its U.S. premiere, and is launching in numerous regions abroad to impressive ratings.

As of October 13, "Law & Order: Los Angeles" has averaged a 2.5 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 8.7 million viewers overall in "live plus same day" averages from Nielsen. "Law & Order: L.A." has delivered a 39 percent improvement in the time period versus year-ago "live plus same day" results for NBC in 18-49 rating (with a 2.5 rating vs. a 1.8) and a 45 percent increase in total viewers (8.7 million vs. 6.0 million).

Through October 14, "Outsourced" has averaged a 3.0 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 6.3 million viewers overall in "most current" averages from Nielsen. In the valuable adult 18-34 demographic, "Outsourced" is averaging a 3.3 rating, making it the #1 new series on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox this fall. "Outsourced" is also heavily time-shifted, adding 19 percent to its "live plus same day" 18-49 rating when Nielsen issued "live plus seven day" results for premiere week (to a 4.29 rating from a 3.59), making it the top gainer among first-year half-hour comedies on the ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox primetime lineups.

"The Event" (Mondays, 9-10 p.m. ET) is an emotional, high-octane drama that follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter, "The Class"), an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiance, Leila (Sarah Roemer, "Disturbia"), and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history. Sean's quest sends ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers, including newly elected U.S. President Elias Martinez (Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, "In Treatment"); Sophia Maguire (Emmy Award nominee Laura Innes, "ER"), who is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees; and Leila's shadowy father (Scott Patterson, "Gilmore Girls"). Ian Anthony Dale ("Daybreak"), Clifton Collins Jr. ("Star Trek"), Taylor Cole ("The Violent Kind"), Lisa Vidal ("The Division"), Bill Smitrovich ("The Practice") and Emmy winner Zeljko Ivanek ("Damages") also star.

"The Event" is a production of Universal Media Studios and Steve Stark Productions. Evan Katz ("24") serves as executive producer/show-runner; Steve Stark ("Medium," "Facing Kate") serves as executive producer; Jeffrey Reiner (NBC's "Friday Night Lights," "Trauma") is director/executive producer, and Nick Wauters ("The 4400," "Eureka") is creator/co-executive producer.

"Law & Order: Los Angeles" (Wednesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET) fuses the classic ripped- from-the-headlines storytelling with the distinctive backdrop of L.A. The drama follows Detectives Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich, "Jericho") and Tomas "TJ" Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll, "Midnight in Paris") who are members of the L.A.P.D.'s elite Robbery Homicide Division. Their boss, Lt. Arleen Gonzales, (Rachel Ticotin), is driven and meticulous. Deputy District Attorney Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina, "The Da Vinci Code," "Spiderman 2") is a sarcastic realist. Oscar nominee Terrence Howard ("Hustle & Flow") portrays methodical Deputy District Attorney Jonah Dekker and shares the position with Morales in alternate episodes. At Morales' side is the idealistic Deputy District Attorney Evelyn Price (Regina Hall, "Death at a Funeral"). Megan Boone ("Cold Case") plays Deputy District Attorney Lauren Stanton who works at Dekker's side.

The series is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Media Studios. Wolf is creator and executive producer, Rene Balcer ("Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"), Blake Masters ("Brotherhood," "Rubicon"), Christopher Misiano ("West Wing," "ER") and Peter Jankowski ("Law & Order," "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent") are executive producers.

"Outsourced" (Thursdays, 9:30-10 p.m. ET) is NBC's popular new workplace comedy series centered on a catalog-based company, Mid America Novelties, which sees its call center suddenly outsourced to India. When Manager Todd Dempsy (Ben Rappaport, off-Broadway's "The Gingerbread House") moves there, culture shock ensues when Todd inherits a sales team that includes: Gupta (Parvesh Cheena, "Help Me Help You"), a socially awkward employee; Manmeet (Sacha Dhawan, BBC's "Five Days II"), a young romantic; Asha (Rebecca Hazlewood, BBC's "Doctors"), a smart, striking woman; Rajiv (Rizwan Manji, "Privileged"), the assistant manager; and Madhuri (Anisha Nagarajan, Broadway's "Bombay Dreams"), suffers from shyness. The series also stars Diedrich Bader ("The Drew Carey Show") and Pippa Black ("Neighbours").

From Universal Media Studios, "Outsourced" is executive-produced by show-runner Robert Borden ("The Drew Carey Show" "George Lopez") and director Ken Kwapis ("He's Just Not That Into You," "The Office"), who developed the project through his company, In Cahoots. Victor Nelli, Jr. ("Ugly Betty"), Tom Gorai ("Outsourced" theatrical release) and David Skinner ("Outsourced" theatrical release) also serve as executive producers, and Alex Beattie serves as co-executive producer.


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Law & Order UK Adds 13 Episodes

Good news! ITV has announced that they have ordered 13 more episodes of Law & Order UK, Here’s the press release from ITV:


ITV has commissioned Kudos Film and Television to produce another 13 episodes of its successful drama Law & Order: UK. Law & Order: UK is based on Dick Wolf's groundbreaking US format which remains the most successful brand on primetime U.S. television. Commissioned for the UK by Peter Fincham, ITV's Director of Television, Channels and Online and Laura Mackie, ITV's Director of Drama, the third series of Law & Order: UK launched last month with more than 5 million viewers and with series four to air in the new year the drama has established itself as one of ITV's most popular.

The critically acclaimed cast, including Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber, Harriet Walter and Freema Agyeman are joined each week by a host of guest stars. Series three attracted a fantastic line up including Rupert Graves, Deborah Findlay, Kevin Doyle, Rocky Marshall, Patrick Malahide, Ruth Gemmell, Matthew Marsh, Celyn Jones, Wunmi Mosaku, and Robbie Gee. Stars including Juliet Stevenson, Tobias Menzies and Nicola Walker will join the cast for series four.

Law & Order: UK is continuing to deliver audiences with its top flight acting and 'ripped from the headlines' storylines that captivate and entertain. With the commissioning of 13 new episodes we are proving ITV's commitment to a series which has the potential to run and run much like its US counterpart." Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of Law & Order, says: "I am absolutely thrilled that ITV has ordered another year of Law & Order: UK. Stephen Garrett and the entire Kudos team have done a fabulous job of creative stewardship." - Laura Mackie (Director of Drama, ITV)

The new series will also be co-produced by Kudos Films and Television, Wolf Films and NBC Universal. The executive producers are Jane Featherstone (Spooks, Ashes to Ashes), Andrew Woodhead (The Fixer, Spooks) and Stephen Garrett (Burn Up) for Kudos and Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of Law & Order for Wolf Films. The producer will be Richard Stokes who also produced series one to four of Law & Order: UK. Emilia di Girolamo is co-producer and lead writer and other members of the writing team include Debbie O'Malley, Nick Hicks-Beach, Roy Williams and Richard Stokes.

The brainchild of creator Dick Wolf, Law & Order remains the longest running crime series in the history of U.S. television although earlier this year closed its New York casebook after 20 seasons. However successful spin-offs including the new Law & Order: LA, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent mean Law & Order is still one of television entertainment's most pre-eminent brands. Law & Order: UK is currently being shown on BBC America in the US to hugely positive critical response.

Laura Mackie (Director of Drama, ITV) says:" Law & Order: UK is continuing to deliver audiences with its top flight acting and 'ripped from the headlines' storylines that captivate and entertain. With the commissioning of 13 new episodes we are proving ITV's commitment to a series which has the potential to run and run much like its US counterpart."

Dick Wolf, creator and executive producer of Law & Order, says: "I am absolutely thrilled that ITV has ordered another year of Law & Order: UK. Stephen Garrett and the entire Kudos team have done a fabulous job of creative stewardship."




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Law & Order LA “Pasadena” Episode Information

NBC has released the episode details for a new episode of Law & Order Los Angeles titled “Pasadena”:


Law & Order Los Angeles “Pasadena” Air Date November 3, 2010 (10PM ET/9C Wednesday NBC)

DETECTIVE WINTERS (SKEET ULRICH) AND JARUSZALSKI (COREY STOLL) INVESTIGATE THE HIT AND RUN OF A PREGNANT WOMAN THAT WAS LEFT FOR DEAD

After a pregnant Rebecca Townley (guest star Rebecca Mader, "Lost") is found run over and left for dead, the detectives learn that the baby's father may be a married politician, and the crime a homicide. As Winters and Jaruszalski begin digging deeper into her past, they are led to a young couple, Adam (guest star Rob Benedict) and Carolyn Yarborough (guest star Karis Campbell), who seem to know more than they are willing to tell when it comes to Rebecca. DDA Morales (Alfred Molina) must weave carefully through a political minefield as he begins the task of uncovering the truth. Regina Hall also stars.


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Law & Order LA “Sylmar” Advance Photos

Here are several advance photos released by NBC for Law & Order Los Angeles “Sylmar” which will air on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 10PM ET (check your local listings).

(Episode details and NBC promo video is here: Law & Order Los Angeles “Sylmar” )

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All photos by Byron Cohen/NBC

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Law & Order UK “Masquerade” Recap & Review

All photos from NBCU

Law & Order UK “Masquerade: was based on the original Law & Order episode “Good Girl” written by Jeremy R. Littman. Again, the UK version seems just as good as the original, with a little more emphasis the personal struggle that Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) has with the case. Watching Brooks (Bradley Walsh) and Devlin (Jamie Bamber) work the case is entertaining, not so much for the case but for their side discussions and editorializing. It was also nice to see them give Harriet Walter a little more screen time as many times her character Natalie Chandler seems to be on and off the screen too quickly.

Listening to George Castle (Bill Paterson) grumble and gripe is a enjoyable and helps offset the almost always very serious and straightforward James Steel (Ben Daniels). Unlike the US L&O counterparts these days, Law & Order UK seems more subtle in their social commentary – sometimes there really isn’t much social commentary – and I think that is what I like about the show. It focuses on the cases and the struggles of those people involved in the cases. It’s plain old detective work and legal maneuvering, yet it is still compelling television.




Here is the recap:


Archie Rahman, a student, is found dead – stabbed - in his flat. DS Matt Devlin (Jamie Bamber) and DS Ronnie Brooks (Bradley Walsh) later arrive at the scene. There are recent body fluids on the bed.
The detectives confer with DI Natalie Chandler (Harriet Walter) . They don’t have much to go on. Chandler tells Devlin to get with the neighbors and tells Brooks to speak with Archie’s parents. Chandler and Brooks speak to the parents who are in one of their interview rooms and they last spoke with him on Saturday night and he told him to stay in. He had a friend Darla and they broke up a few months ago.

Later, Brooks and Devlin speak with Darla (Suzie McGrath) and said Archie acted like she was beneath him. She has not seen him since they broke up. She is stunned to find he has been murdered.

At M.I.U. central Headquarters, Teddy (Tariq Jordan) brings the detectives a library book on pottery that was collected as evidence that was checked out on Sunday. They head to the library to find out exactly when the book had been checked out. It was checked out on Sunday around 11:00 by Rebecca Anderson. They later speak with Rebecca (Charlene McKenna) about the book and she denies checking out the book. She was at the library with a friend, Sally Douglas, and does not know Archie. She insists the book was not hers.
The detectives speak with Sally (Kimberley Nixon) who confirms she was there with Becky and they left about 6:00. Later, Devlin tells Brooks that he checked and on Sunday, the library closes mid-day.
The next day, they go back and talk to Sally again and confront her with the inconsistency. She says they went into the university reading room. She tells them about what she is studying, and it sounds like the book that was found fits in with what Sally is studying.

Their computer tech Angie (Jessica Gunning) shows them CCTV video which shows Sally running in an area around the corner from Archie’s flat, and she is running toward a cab company.

The detectives go to Monarch Radio Cars and he recalls the girl and said she came in crying. She kept saying “take me home.”
They go back to Rebecca and tell her what they now know and they want her to take her down to the station and when Devlin moves to cuff her, she relents. She tells them Sally said she was very upset Sunday and to just say they were in the library together. The book was in her name because Rebecca had a bad credit rating and she needed a kosher ID to get a flat so they swapped cards.
Back at M.I.U. Central Headquarters, Sally is there with her mother. Chandler says they have matched Sally’s prints to those at the flat and reads Sally her rights. Sally’s father Martin (Andrew Dunn) barges in and is irate. Chandler warns him about him impeding the interview. She continues to read Sally her rights and Martin calls for a lawyer. Sally waits for the lawyer rather than say anything. Chandler tells Devlin to make sure someone form the CPS is watching.

Later, Alesha Phillips (Freema Agyeman) arrives to watch the questioning. Chandler questions Sally and she recounts her story and how she met Archie. She admits she went to his flat and says she felt weird after he gave her some wine, and then accuses Archie of raping her while she was drugged. Alesha is watching and gets uncomfortable. He tried to rape her again and she tried to get out so she stabbed her. She dropped the knife outside. She said she was ashamed and that she did not see a doctor or tell anyone, she thought it was her fault.

Outside, the detectives and Chandler wonder if she was dosed with rohipnol. Chandler and Brooks want more evidence to back up Sally’s story and are somewhat skeptical. Phillips says unless they can prove her story is a lie she will walk on self defense. Devlin clearly does not want to pursue it but Alesha says it is worth investigating. Chandler says they need to get the charging officer and put Sally away, and as they all walk off, Phillips again looks uncomfortable.

At arraignment, CP James Steel (Ben Daniels) opposes bail because Sally lied. Phillips enters the courtroom and sits in the gallery. The judge grants bail and says Sally must surrender her passport and report to the local constabulary every day at noon.

Afterwards, Steel wants to be sure Phillips wants to say with the case, and she does, despite her own past experience. Philips thinks the case is thin and asks Steel if they are doing the right thing. Steel wants to make sure they get the truth and tells her to keep her thoughts about not having a case to herself until they get through this circus.

Sally leaves the courtroom to many waiting reporters, and Steel is also cornered by them and says they have to establish that she was raped, and the reported asks if Steel is calling Sally a liar.

Back at CPS, they discuss the case with Director George Castle (Bill Paterson). They tell him there was no trace of GHB in the flat and no murder weapon, and Phillips seems to be giving more info for the defense, which Castle notes. Steel says Sally's story is inconsistent. Steel and Phillips argue the details. Steel thinks it is a crime of passion and when Castle tells him they have to establish Sally knew Archie beforehand, Steel tells Phillips to start with Sally’s friends. When Philips quickly walks out, Castle asks Steel if Phillips is letting her "thing" affect her, and Steel says she is their best prosecutor.

Phillips speaks with Rebecca and she thinks Sally is telling the truth and doesn’t know about a boyfriend. She later speaks with another friend who doesn’t know about a current boyfriend but tells Phillips that Sally broker her arm and was off for a while and when she came back her boyfriend at the time had moved on to someone else.

Back at CPS, Phillips tells Steel she checked with the ex-boyfriend and he barely remembers Sally. There is no information on another boyfriend. Steel wonders why Sally needed an alibi. Soon afterwards, Archie’s father is in Castle’s office, with Steel and Phillips, complaining about the case and that Archie's name is being destroyed while they are doing nothing. They try to explain why they need to go on with the case, but he says this is killing them. He tells them he got a call from the press and they threatened to publish an old school report about Archie who had been suspended for attacking a girl,

Steel and Phillips talk with the reporter Russell Wood (Nicholas Bailey) about the story who says Archie was suspended for a week for going into the girls changing room when he was 13. He pulled at a girl’s clothing, Steel says the tabloids is not where this should be played out and if he prints it they will take him to court. The reporter says they will bury the apology on page 10 when the injunction comes through. Steel and Phillips argue about whether what Archie did at the past could mean he had escalated.

At M.I.U., Steel and Phillips speak with Chandler about the school report and Steel says they have to find something to prove Sally is lying. They speak with Brooks and Devlin who have been working on Sally’s phone records. There is a number Sally has been calling in short bursts but no long enough to speak to anyone. As the line seems to ring endlessly, suddenly someone answers. He speaks with the person and then tells the others they will not believe this.

Back at Taylor Mansions, the phone Sally was calling was the main phone in the hall of Archie’s building. Phillips tells them to get the outgoing call records for that number.
Back in Steel’s office, Phillips tells him that the outgoing calls from that phone match a phone number connected to Martin Douglas, Sally father, who is paying for her phone. Sally did know Archie. Phillips says she wants to believe her but wonders if Sally knows what this is doing.

Steel and Philips speak with Sally’s barrister Chris Thompson (David Yelland) about the phone calls. Phillips speaks with Sally who is waiting in the hall and tells her they know she lied about Archie and people may think she lied about the rape too. Phillips tells her about her own experience about testifying about a rape and asks Sally to tell her the truth. It looks like Sally is going to break and Thompson comes out and stops her and they walk off. Philips tells Steel that Sally wasn’t raped and if Thompson won’t take the deal, Sally has to go down for the murder.
Later, Steel tells Castle what is going on, and they walk into a group of protestors. Castle gripes about the different groups all having their own agendas.

In court, Brooks is testifying that Sally knew the victim for several weeks. Thompson forces Brooks to admit they have no evidence that Archie was the other person on the other end of the phone.

Back at CPS, Thompson, along with Sally’s parents, pressures Castle, steel and Phillips to drop the case. Martin makes a racist comment about Archie and Thompson tries to shut him up, but Martin is hot and storms off. When they all leave, they talk about Martin’s temper and Steel recalls the information about Sally’s broken arm. He wants to see her medical report.

Later, Steel looks at the report and it was a spiral fracture, likely caused by someone grabbing her arm and suspect her father Martin. They think this is the key to get Sally to open up.

At Crown v Douglas, Sally is testifying and Steel asks about her parents and begins to ask about the broken arm and how she did it. She said it was an accident form a fall but he mentions the spiral fracture is from a violent twist, not a fall. He questions about her father and his behaviors toward her and asks who broke her arm. She hesitates and he asks if her dad broke her arm. He asks about her boyfriend at the time, who happened to be black, and asked if her father broker her arm because her father disapproved of her boyfriend. Steel pressures her, saying that she killed Archie because she was afraid her father would find out about them. Under more pressure from Steel, she admits that Archie threatened to tell her parents about their relationship and he was angry about it. They got into a fight and there was a knife and she picked it up but cant remember. She admits that Archie did not rape her. She did not want her dad to hate her anymore.

Later, the verdict comes in, and Sally is found guilty of murder.

Afterwards, Phillips heads to a pub and Steel is there to give her a drink. He said he knew she would show up because she always does. They head over to a table with a group of people and as they sit down, we fade to back.


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