Ever since NBC announced it would be moving Jay Leno to 10pm weekdays I have been in limbo as to what will be happening to a longtime favorite, Law & Order and Law & Order SVU. So far, I haven't read anything about them moving them up an hour or switching them to USA like they did with the one Law & Order show I don't really care about, Criminal Intent (though with the addition of Jeff Goldblum I'm more interested). I read
this Reuters article this morning and it doesn't do anything to illuminate things, though there are a few errors I noticed, like them quoting Jay Leno as saying, "All the research came back that people wanted some comedy and we thought earlier was a good idea...we can do five shows for less money than we can shoot any one of these 10 p.m. dramas." I'm pretty sure Leno didn't say that considering he's not an exec at NBC and wouldn't know the budget for Law & Order. Sure he knows his show is cheaper, but he wouldn't be taking ownership for producing shows he doesn't produce. I hope they move them to USA. A 9pm move would be good, but on USA they could push to be a little edgier and they could save some dough by reducing the season's length by several episodes.
--This just in, crisis
averted. Law & Order will be on Fridays at 8, SVU Wednesdays at 9 (why not put the original here?) and Southland, Fridays at 9. Now I'm glad Jay will be on at 10, I can see my shows and still get to bed at a decent time.