It's official: Detective Olivia Benson will be back.
Mariska Hargitay has closed a new deal with studio Universal Television to return to NBC's long-running procedural Law & Order: SVU, the actress announced Saturday.
"Happy weekend. It's official. Season 15--I'LL BE BACK!" she announced via Twitter page.
NBC renewed Law & Order: SVU in late April in anticipation that Hargitay would return.
The Fresh Prince theme song and Carlton Dance both live on in a reunion during Will and Jaden Smith's BBC One appearance.
The father and son, both on tour to promote their new sci-fi film After Earth, were guests Friday on The Graham Norton Show. After being entreated by the host, they showed off some of their rap, singing and dance skills set to the 90s sitcom.
Who knew 30 Rock had so much in common with Casterly Rock?
Jimmy Fallon has unveiled a new Digital Original, Game of Desks, in which the Late Night host explores just how similar the cuthroat world of late night TV has in common with HBO's Game of Thrones.
The Real Housewives of New York City may not be able to count on the countess during the sixth season. Countess LuAnn de Lesseps is the Bravo series' lone holdout in the ongoing salary dispute that almost prompted the network to recast the series entirely.
If you're still curious about how Arrested Development's pseudo-season will play out, you might want to look back at one of the original series' funnier arcs: Charlize Theron's season three arrival as the beautiful and mysterious Rita.
In just over 24 hours, Netflix drops the mother load of 15 new episodes of Arrested Development -- the culmination of over seven years of attempts to get the defunct Fox comedy back on the air.
Summer programming saw its official start on Thursday night -- and Fox regained a demo edge with the time period premiere of Hell's Kitchen. The series rose three tenths of a point from last week's Monday outing, averaging a 2.1 rating with adults 18-49. The premiere of layoff reality show Does Someone Have to Go? (1.3 adults) lost a sizable portion of its lead-in, but still managed to top the 9 p.m. hour. Fox averaged a 1.7 rating with adults 18-49 and 4.3 million viewers.
Another executive producer is exiting Katie Couric's freshman talk show.
Michael Morrison, who joined the show last January after Jeff Zucker exited to run CNN, will depart when the show wraps its first season in July. His replacement will be Rachel Miskowiec, a veteran of daytime television who has produced The Tyra Banks Show as well as Dr. Drew's Lifechangers.
The Hollywood Reporter has an exclusive look at "bonus footage" from CBS' The Young and the Restless tribute to the late Jeanne Cooper airing next week.
The daytime soap is planning a special episode Tuesday dedicated to the actress who portrayed Katherine Chancellor for four decades, at 12:30 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT).
Jewel takes on the role of country music legend June Carter Cash in Lifetime's original movie Ring of Fire.
It's not the first time the icon has been brought to life on the screen. Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar for her portrayal in 2005's Walk the Line, but that movie centered more on the life of her husband, Johnny Cash.
Jon Stewart took the Department of Justice to task on Thursday's Daily Show for pursuing "unusually harsh punishments for individuals whose crimes don't really seem to merit them."
Survivor champion John Cochran has followed through on his pledge to become a writer in a big way.
The winner of the CBS reality show's most recent season, Survivor: Caramoan -- Fans vs. Favorites, tweeted Thursday that he has landed a gig writing for one of the network's new comedy series.
Leonard Nimoy and other big names in the sci-fi arena have endorsed a new project from original Stark Trek writers David Gerrold and DC (Dorothy) Fontana and producer David C. Fein that's aiming to raise funds via Kickstarter.
The trio are using the crowd-funding platform to raise money to shoot and create a new science fiction adventure series titled The Star Wolf. So far, they have raised $52,000 of their $650,000 goal.
