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Law & Order: SVU Daddy Christopher Meloni Is Returning to TV as Detective Stabler
The Law & Order and Pose star is back in the iconic role for his very own spin-off series!
Loyal Law & Order: SVU stans, you're eyes do not deceive you: Christopher Meloni really is reprising the iconic role of Detective Elliot Stabler! And as if that wasn't good enough news, the reason he's returning is because he's getting his very own spin-off series!!!
According to a report from Variety, NBC has just ordered 13-episodes of a Stabler-focused series from Law & Order creator and exec. producer Dick Wolf, with Meloni set to star in the main, titular role. The show, which will follow the popular detective as he leads the NYPD's organized crime division, marks the first time in nine years that Meloni will be portraying the character that many fans all over the world associate him with. He had previously left SVU in 2011 after negotiations between NBC about his pay broke down.
In his time away from the Law & Order universe, Meloni has been a part of a diverse spectrum of film and TV projects, including White Bird in a Blizzard, The Handmaid's Tale, Harley Quinn, and on Ryan Murphy's groundbreaking trans-inclusive FX series Pose where he played Elektra's sugar daddy.
\u201cElektra is home honey and she\u2019s the penthouse princess with Dick Ford at her side. Come through sugar daddy Christopher Meloni! #posefx\u201d— Janet Mock (@Janet Mock) 1529889844
But as expected, stans were absolutely ecstatic to hear of Daddy Detective Stabler's epic return to the small screen!
\u201cChristopher Meloni aka Elliot Stabler aka the daddy of all daddies is coming back to tv. Mark me down as excited AND horny\u201d— 616 natlena supremacy (@616 natlena supremacy) 1585696308
\u201cI-\nWah-\n.\n.\nDaddy\u2019s-\nASDFGHJKL \nDADDYS BACK YALL!! \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\n.\n\n "Law & Order: SVU" spinoff with Christopher Meloni coming to NBC https://t.co/gozKfsPbdt\u201d— Finally In 2022 Mentally (@Finally In 2022 Mentally) 1585688633
\u201cIf Christopher Meloni returning to SVU is an April fool\u2019s joke I will LOSE MY SHIT.\u201d— lacey\ud83e\uddda\ud83c\udffc (@lacey\ud83e\uddda\ud83c\udffc) 1585775292
\u201cwe also need christopher meloni's veep character to get his own show\u201d— hunter harris (@hunter harris) 1585764888
\u201cChristopher Meloni's "SVU" character is coming baaack: https://t.co/0kAkFT80QU\u201d— Matthew Rettenmund (@Matthew Rettenmund) 1585759800
No word on yet on when this new Stabler series is set to premiere, but hopefully, considering fans have been waiting ages for his Law & Order comeback, it won't be long!
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Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
Raffy is a Los Angeles-based writer, editor, video creator, critic, and digital director of Out Magazine. The former editor-in-chief of PRIDE, he is also a die-hard Rihanna and Sailor Moon stan who loves to write about all things pop culture, entertainment, and identities. Follow him on Instagram (@raffyermac) and Twitter (@byraffy), and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
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