Jeremy Sisto joining NBC's `Law & Order'

[effie]

Just saw this... not sure if this is the right place to put it... but thought some might be interested...

Jeremy Sisto joining NBC's `Law & Order'
The Associated Press

NEW YORK --
Jeremy Sisto is joining the police force on "Law & Order" next season.

Sisto, who starred on "Kidnapped" last season, will return to NBC as a detective on "Law & Order," said Dick Wolf, the series' executive producer. The crime drama will begin its 18th year when it returns to the air in midseason.

Although Sisto guest-starred on the series' 17th-season finale last month as a defense attorney, he will be playing a new character with the New York Police Department. He is expected to replace Milena Govich, who played Detective Nina Cassady.

"I have watched Jeremy's career evolve and grow, and I am absolutely thrilled that he has decided to join 'Law & Order,'" Wolf said in a statement Friday.

Sisto starred on the HBO drama "Six Feet Under." His screen credits include Adrienne Shelly's romantic comedy "Waitress," now in theaters.

Word of Sisto's hiring followed an announcement earlier this week that Fred Thompson, edging toward a presidential run, had asked to be released from "Law & Order." Thompson had played New York District Attorney Arthur Branch for five seasons.

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NBC is owned by General Electric Co.

[DonnaJo]

IDN, they shouldn't have given up so quickly on the concept of Green having a female partner. Just because Govich didn't work out (no chemistry there) doesn't mean that another woman couldn't partner with the guy. I feel like TPTB were eager to say "See, didn't work. Need two men together."

Well, I wish the guy luck. He does have Rene Balcer writing his character's "bible story." Wonder what he'll do with him?

[Patcat]

And Sisto's been good in everything I've seen him in--not much admittedly.

Patcat

[hansen21]

Didn't know where to put this.

In the first full length episode featuring Jesse's replacement, I noticed that Sisto used two gestures that Noth's Logan character uses It's the episode where Lupo gets in trouble with Van Buren about taking some dept. female on some undercover thing, and Lupo thinks his new partner-Anthony- ratted on him.

First gesture had to do with ring twisting while thinking.

Second gesture is this hand thing where the arms are in front with the hands glasped and the first finger on each hand points downward. The gesture catches my attention when Logan uses it ; I find it a little out-of-character for Logan so I tend to notice it when Noth does it. When I saw Sisto using it after the ring twisting ring thing, I got to wondering if Sisto is trying to say Lupo is like Logan or if these gestures are a coincidence.