Stone-faced authorities stepping up to a podium.

Known for playing Capt. Olivia Benson on the popular NBC show, one could say Mariska Hargitay stayed in character when a lost little girl asked her to help find her mom.

Sam Waterston, who has played the spiky, no-nonsense district attorney on “Law & Order” since the mid-1990s, is stepping down.

This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Tears for Fears, that familiar “cha-CHUNG” sound effect signals the return to TV of NBC’s “Law & Order” and Tyler Perry’s gun-totting grandmother Madea in a fresh Netflix film.

HOUSTON – When the pandemic hit, many actors in Hollywood were forced to stop production on their current projects. That included the team from ’Law & Order SVU’ among many others. Two of the show’s stars, Ice-T, (who plays Sgt. Odafin “Fin” Tutuola,) and Jamie Gray Hyder, (who plays Officer Katriona “Kat” Azar Tamin,) chatted with Lauren Kelly about why they think the show has succeeded for so many seasons, how the pandemic affected their shooting schedule, and what fans can expect from Thursday’s season premiere! Make sure to watch the brand new episode of ‘Law & Order SVU’ tonight at 8 p.m. here on KPRC 2.