Who should replace Jerry Orbach on Law & Order? (1 Viewer)

[Mark Murphy]

Maybe they should just try the formula SVU uses. Pluck someone from the OZ cast.

 

[Jason Seaver]

I don't know as it's "pluck someone from the OZ cast" as much as "cast someone who works out of New York"; besides the L&O franchise, I think Oz is the only drama shooting there.

 

[Mark Murphy]

I was just being a little facetious. Oz is no longer in production. My wife is a big L&O fan. It seems like every episode of SVU I watch with her has a member of Oz as a guest star. I'm not even counting the three regular cast members who had prominent roles on Oz.

 

[MikeFR]

Am I the only one who finds the original L&O to be the least interesting?

The show is so formula that it no longer matters what the plot is. Find body -> cops investigate -> 'witty' line from Orbach -> cops catch perp -> 'witty' line from Orbach -> boring courtroom drama surrounding moral issue of the week -> the end.

I used to watch this show all the time, now I end up changing the channel at the half hour mark.

 

[Chris]

The original L&O was really in it's prime about 3 years ago.. and the last two seasons have been very, very formula :frowning: I really enjoy "SVU" and "Criminal Intent" but L&O needs to go back to it's roots with more "original" case investigations and fewer "ripped from the headlines"

 

[Jonathan Carter]

I'd like to see Chris Noth return also. This cast is good but the charchters seem to lack intensity (with the possible exception of Sam Watterson depending on the episode) like some of the past characters did. I would also like to see Andre Braugher from Homicide brought in but I doubt that will happen either because of Hack. As for Natasha Hendstridge, I see her as being suited for bad movies and cheesy TV shows like she's been doing, not dramatic TV. I couldn't believe her as a metermaid, much less an NYC detective.

Reed Diamond (Kellerman from Homicide) would also be a good casting move. His charachter had a lot of the traits Noth's charachter Logan did on L&O when he was on the show.

 

[Jason Walstrom]

Michael Madsen or the actress that plays Sherri Palmer on 24, don't know her name off the top of my head but she's good.

 

[Jason Seaver]

Oooh...

It's at the bottom of this story about NBC trying to negotiate renewals for the franchise (which I imagine was a big part of why they purchased Universal), but apparently Dennis Farina is in talks for the part. I think I'd like that a lot.

http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve...927|1|,00.html

Truth be told, Dennis Farina was the first guy I thought of, but I figured it would never happen.

 

[VicRuiz]

He, he. Lieutenant Torello to the rescue!

 

[Raasean Asaad]

Everytime he appears onscreen "Runaway" should be playing in the backround...on somebody's radio or walkman or as a cellphone ringtone. Or at least for a little while anyways..

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

How about the actress who played Jack Bauers wife?


Maybe Roy Scheider?

 

[David Egan]

I'm a big Leslie Hope fan. She'd be great.