Word had it that by the time Warren Leight took over as “Law &
Order: SVU” showrunner in the series’ 13th season that the job would be a
temporary assignment. “There was a sense that it would be 13 and out.
Welcome to the Titanic.” he said. “It needed to be shaken up.”
Shaking up any show, much less the longest-running live-action
scripted series on TV right now, is tricky. A show in double-digit years
is its own brand, with a cadre of loyal fans who may resist change. But
a show that can’t evolve is dead in the water...
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