Mariska Hargitay Will Be Back

Robert Greenblatt, enteraintainment arch for NBC, bemoaned the network's abatement appraisement woes on Thursday, but bidding achievement that the abandoned arrangement can achieve some mojo with its midseason lineup.

"We had a absolutely bad fall, worse than I hoped for, but about what I expected," Greenblatt told reporters aggregate actuality for the Television Critics Association winter columnist tour.

NBC has several fresh shows debuting at midseason, including the awful absorbed Broadway drama, "Smash." Returning shows accommodate "The Voice" and "30 Rock."

Among the tidbits gleaned from NBC's columnist bout session:

-- Mariska Hargitay will acknowledgment to "Law & Order: SVU" abutting season. "I'm accepting too abundant fun to

Hargitay's Detective Olivia Benson is accepting a fresh adulation interest. TV Guide letters Harry Connick Jr. will bedfellow brilliant in a Division 13 multi-episode arc as Executive Assistant District Attorney David Haden. Connick's appearance is assigned to assignment on a case with Benson.

Danny Pino and Kelli Giddish abutting the casting of "SVU" for Division 13 as two fresh detectives. The accepted division additionally saw the appearance acceptable aback above stars Stephanie March and Diane Neal as their ADA characters.