Law & Order: SVU: Scoop from TVLine's Michael Ausiello

Here's some scoop on Law & Order: SVU from this week's (Posted on 2/7/12) Ask Ausiello column.

Question: Any Law & Order: SVU scoop? —Ashley
Ausiello: If you’re among the few who begrudge Mariska Hargitay her annual Emmy nomination, this Wednesday’s episode reinforces just how great she can be when given “A” material, as Olivia pulls out all the stops — even trading places with a hostage — to keep a disturbed teenage boy from being gunned down by a SWAT team. And while you may tune in for guest star Michael McKean (playing a handsy reality-TV casting boss), it’s Shameless‘ Cameron Monaghan who steals the hour as the aforementioned desperate lad.

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Happy Endings Exclusive: Michael McKean Cast as [Spoiler]'s Dad (And There's an Added Twist)!-TVLine

Happy Endings is spinning a tale that could result in Dave and Penny being linked for life — as siblings!

Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that ABC’s sophomore comedy has tapped acting vet Michael McKean to play Dave’s dad.

And now for the ingenious twist: The Ross family patriarch will be accompanied by the new woman in his life… Penny’s mother, played by the returning Megan Mullally!

That is a pretty ingenious twist, yes? And the fact that the plot gives us the first-ever onscreen pairing of comic pros McKean and Mullally (save for an episode of Primetime Glick) is icing on the cake.

The episode is slated to go before the cameras next week and will air in early ’12.

This article was written by Michael Ausiello.

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