{"id":656358,"date":"2010-02-05T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-06T01:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.popcrunch.com\/?p=92000"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:20:11","slug":"chris-meloni-leaving-law-order-svu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/656358","title":{"rendered":"Chris Meloni Leaving \u201cLaw &amp; Order: SVU\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Meloni is turning in his badge as Detective Elliott Stabler on <em>Law &#038; Order: Special Victims Unit.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.popcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/christopher-meloni-and-mariska-hargitay-returning-to-law-and-order-svu-500x414.jpg?resize=500%2C414\" alt=\"\" title=\"christopher-meloni-and-mariska-hargitay-returning-to-law-and-order-svu\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-62098\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meloni, 48, has starred as the loose, but loving, NYC cop on NBC&#8217;s veteran crime drama since its premiere in 1999. But after 10 years, Chris is ready to leave the sometimes mean streets of Manhattan. The actor &#8212; who previously appeared on HBO&#8217;s prison epic <em>Oz<\/em> &#8212; is hoping to pursue film and theater roles once he leaves <em>SVU<\/em> at the end of his current contract in 2011. Meloni has routinely sparred with network suits over contract negotiations, but did not cite the feud as a mitigating factor in his decision to call it quits. <\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I think 12 years is enough, a good number,&#8221;<\/em> Meloni remarked with speaking to <em>The Courier Mail<\/em> on Friday. <em>&#8220;The writers will have fertile ground to figure out how to arc [Stabler] out to another place &#8211; whether it&#8217;s this world or the next,&#8221;<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meloni&#8217;s <em>SVU<\/em> co-star Mariska Hartigay plans to remain on the show for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XhVfYA2cX79uNsY4qUXe2dnTFgQ\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XhVfYA2cX79uNsY4qUXe2dnTFgQ\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XhVfYA2cX79uNsY4qUXe2dnTFgQ\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/XhVfYA2cX79uNsY4qUXe2dnTFgQ\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Meloni is turning in his badge as Detective Elliott Stabler on Law &#038; Order: Special Victims Unit. Meloni, 48, has starred as the loose, but loving, NYC cop on NBC&#8217;s veteran crime drama since its premiere in 1999. But after 10 years, Chris is ready to leave the sometimes mean streets of Manhattan. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2KKq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758046,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656358\/revisions\/758046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}