We mentioned earlier this month that the stars of Law & Order: SVU, Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni, were in negotiations to return to the show and collect a hefty paycheck for doing so.
Well, now we can confirm it!
Hooray! We actually couldn’t care less, but for you fans, we rejoice.
Sources suggest that the crime fighting duo negotiated their contracts together and have both inked a contract for one more year, with an option for a second year. That will take them into 12 seasons of the show!
We didn’t realize there were that many ways to solve a murder!
Their renewed contracts may explain some of the cut backs in programming on the network: Hargitay and Meloni are said to have boosted their most recent salaries of about $385,000 an episode as well as negotiated a piece of the SVUs back end, a lucrative business involved merchandise and DVDs.
If the math is done correctly, they each stand to make well over $400,000 an episode, making Mariska Hargitay the highest-paid woman on television.
Hope they intend to spread that ca$h around.
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