New Law & Order: CI detective Jeff Goldblum may have just been handed his first major mystery: cracking the case of who knocked up his partner.
A CI spokesperson confirms to me exclusively that Julianne Nicholson is pregnant, and producers may incorporate her “condition” into the show. “At this point, there is no definitive plan,” says the rep. “The writers are weighing various options.”
Should they decide to let art imitate life for Nicholson’s Det. Wheeler, it won’t be too difficult to figure out who the daddy is; in last August’s season finale, we learned that Wheeler has a fiancé (played by the actress’ real-life hubby, British actor Jonathan Cake). We also subsequently learned that the FBI is after him for fraud, money laundering and racketeering, so adding a baby to the equation would certainly make things interesting.
A likelier scenario (it would seem) is that the powers that be will follow the template established by sister show SVU when its star, Mariska Hargitay, announced that she was expecting three years ago. In other words, they’d shoot around her protruding tummy, then use her maternity leave as an opportunity to stunt cast.
Of course, there’s no telling when any of this will play out on screen since USA Network has yet to announce a CI premiere date. Like last season, the show — which is midway through shooting its 16-episode eighth season — will have its first run on the cable net, followed by a second run on NBC.
This will be the second child for Nicholson and Cake; their son. Ignatius. was born in Sept. ‘07.
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This shouldn’t pose any problems – Congratulations and can’t wait for next season to start airing.
For CI, Eames was pregnant as I believe the actress was and the show went on. Goren had a substitute partner, but we still got to see him work.
I hope they do what they did with Nicholson’s last pregnancy and bring in substitute Alicia Witt.
I love her, and as long as she is on the show, she will work out. I am more concerned over casting Goldblum, a “legend in his own mind.” Couldn’t Dick Wolf have found a less-ego-driven actor?
Yeah, didn’t she just come back from maternity leave?
they could give kathyrn erbe something to do. she’s a great actress who deserves better than standing around while d’nofrio emotes. otherwise bring back alicia witt.
Hey Mike! Dosen’t Mariska plan to have another child?. She says she might leave SVU because of it.
Could care less about JN.
Any Mariska news Michael! Come’on!!!
Who’s that boy next to Goldblum?
I want Alicia Witt back why did they get rid of her?This girl can’t act even back when she was on Ally McBeal.I really don’t know why I will still watch without Chris Noth!
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Bring back Alicia Witt!
I hope Dick Wolf puts this show out of its misery, really another season?! Come On!!! This show is terrible!
When the other girl on the show got pregnant a few years ago they wrote it into the show that she was being her sister’s surrogate.