Goldblum Replaces Noth on 'Law & Order'

By LYNN ELBER, AP

Posted: 2008-06-26 17:57:43

Filed Under: TV News

LOS ANGELES (June 26) - Mr. Big is out, and Mr. Goldblum is in.

Jeff Goldblum will be joining "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" while Chris Noth - Mr. Big in the "Sex and the City" TV show and movie - is leaving after three seasons, a series spokeswoman said Thursday.

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"Jeff's presence will add a new dimension to an already successful show," series creator Dick Wolf said.

Noth's character, New York police Detective Mike Logan, was a member of the "Law & Order" family since the start, Wolf noted, adding, "We all wish him the best."

Noth played Logan on the original NBC series from 1990 to '95, in a "Law & Order" TV movie and then on "Criminal Intent" starting in 2005. The show's seventh season airs Sundays on USA.

A call requesting comment from Noth was not immediately returned by his representative.

Goldblum recently starred in the short-lived NBC series "Raines" but is mostly known as a film actor with credits that include "Jurassic Park," "The Lost World," "Independence Day" and "The Fly."

He shared an Academy Award nomination in 2005 for the live-action short film "Little Surprises."

"Criminal Intent" originally aired on NBC. But when the network decided that last season's schedule had room for only two of the shows a deal was struck to air "Criminal Intent" first on USA, then on NBC.

NBC and USA are corporate cousins within NBC Universal, and "Criminal Intent" reruns on USA already had proved among its most popular programming.

"Criminal Intent," which looks at cases from both the perspective of police and lawbreakers, stars Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian.

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bl76km81 02:27:31 PM Jun 30 2008

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I won't miss Chris Noth, I wish Vincent D'Onofrio would do every episode. I am hoping that Jeff Goldblum has some of the same quirkiness as Goren.

mfinn90885 10:25:31 AM Jun 30 2008

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Vincent D'onofrio is THE best.

BryckkHouse 10:07:03 AM Jun 30 2008

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I, too, am sorry to hear that Noth is leaving the show. I like Jeff Goldblum as an actor and will give him a shot to see exactly what it is that he can do for the show. The reason why I love Criminal Intent is because of the main original characters, Erbe and D'Onofrio. Take them away and I'm gone.

Basil foamee 03:01:30 AM Jun 30 2008

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shoot this gut is a yenta!

c52craig 10:48:23 PM Jun 29 2008

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Gold bum, They just lost me as a viewer. They seem to have lost the ability to pick good charactors. I guess I will go back to watching the discovery and travel channels.

bdlee747 05:24:13 PM Jun 29 2008

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LOVE THE SHOW BUT NOW ALL THE GREAT PEOPLE R GONE WATCH THE RE RUNS NOW MISS ALL THEM .JEFF GOLDBLUM WELL TAKE HIM OR LRAVE HIM SO GUESS LEAVE IT. NOT MY KIND OF ACTOR.

mrsrla 04:32:36 PM Jun 29 2008

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I'll keep watching...just as I did when Noth came on Crminal Intent. Tell me a better program at that tme?

johnweed2 04:30:22 PM Jun 29 2008

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.This a bummer, I enjoyed Cris on the original and was overjpyed when retyrned.I doint believe Goldblum wll be good. The original is getting weaker with alll yhe changes. With mccoy as da, his screen is way down and i miss the snap he gave off as aast da. Now richard Beltzer is beiung pushed out, the end is near.

jkgibb1 04:28:56 PM Jun 29 2008

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Actually, if they had to replace Chris Noth, how about any of the fabulous actors from the old "Homicide" Life on the Street" series? Kyle Secor, Andre Braugher, etc. All of them were excellent and the show was one of the best ever!

jkgibb1 04:22:27 PM Jun 29 2008

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I am sorry to hear that Chris Noth is departing Law and Order. Most of the time the replacements are never as good as the original characters--I don't like any of this season's new people on the original Law and Order and I am sorry that Richard Belzer's role on SVU has been limited to a few episodes.

oreo008 04:11:01 PM Jun 29 2008

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I won't be watching Criminal Intent any longer. I don't like your pick of J.Goldblum. He isn't my idea if a good choice for the show. I love C. Noth. I love his cute smile!!!Oreo008

ginger2112 04:03:09 PM Jun 29 2008

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Love Chris Noth, hope he moves on to bigger and better things. Goldblum was good in The FLY but thats about it. He's annoying to watch with his mannerisms goofy persona he's seemed to perpectuate over the years. They could have picked ANYONE that would have been better than him for a police detective. Won't watch it.

nadeenami 03:42:01 PM Jun 29 2008

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I'm a bigg fan of of logan !!!goldblum he's to cissy for that show,I'm just get use to the new captain not some soft spoken girly,girly let us fans get a vote who we like to replace logan how about Green?

egs1217 02:54:04 PM Jun 29 2008

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orangepiejp writes:" Loved Chris in anything he was in. What is he going to do now.Did not miss anything he was playing in, however his personal life sucks. Was realy disappointed in hearing of his love life adventure."What's wrong with his personal life? He's happily involved with his girlfriend and they've had a baby boy in January. What's your beef? Doesn't sound like it 'sucks' at all. Or are you trying to allude to the fact that she isn't of the same race as him? He's made it clear he considers his private life offlimits to public discussion. Good for him!