I’ve always been a big fan of Law and Order: SVU and Criminal Intent, but I never watched Law and Order proper until I went on a set visit last fall. Now I watch it almost every day on TNTHD. I think the way NBC handled the cancellation is criminal. The show only needed one more season to finally break the Gunsmoke record and baring that they should have given the producers enough time to really plan a proper send off for a show that has lasted 20 years. It’s especially galling when you know it’s only being replaced by another Law and Order! Instead the network is barely promoting the fact that tonight’s season finale is now the series finale. I fully expect Lt. Anita Van Buren (S. Epatha Merkerson) to die tonight – probably not from the cancer.