Chris Noth has new Law & Order duty in spinoff seriesLOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Noth’s guest appearance this weekend on Law & Order: Criminal Intent is the start of something big.
Noth, who left the original Law & Order 10 years ago, will become a regular on the spinoff beginning next season, series spokeswoman Pam Ruben Golum said Tuesday.
He will split duties with current series lead Vincent D’Onofrio, who’s continuing as police Det. Robert Goren. Each actor will appear in 11 episodes for the fifth season. The NBC series airs at 9 p.m. EST on Sunday.
Noth’s casting will ease the work load for D’Onofrio, who was in hospital briefly last year for exhaustion.
“The hardest job in show business is being a single lead on an hour drama series,” said Law & Order creator and executive producer Dick Wolf.
“Vincent has done an unbelievable job for the last four seasons but after 3 1/2 years, the gruelling pace finally took its toll.”
He called Noth’s addition to the show an “ideal solution.”
Noth, who was Sarah Jessica Parker’s love interest, Mr. Big, on HBO’s Sex and the City, will again play police Det. Mike Logan, his character from 1990-95 on Law & Order.
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 9 February 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)
Damn, it would have been even better if he'd gone to do cameos on CSI NYC instead. But still. It will liven up Criminal Intent because I'm beginning to get a bit bored of it.
― Kate Kept Me Alive! (kate), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)
Remember that L&W M.o.t.W. where Logan was like, just a bum? He was washed up and bitter. I hope they keep him that way.
Chris Noth likes to google himself so we should make all kinds of outlandish claims for him to deny.
― Huk-L, Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)
(That said, it'll probably be another three and a half years before we get *any* of these episodes in the States.)
― Kate Kept Me Alive! (kate), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:01 (twenty-one years ago)
I mean, *from* the States. Duh.
― Kate Kept Me Alive! (kate), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)