Entertainment

'SVU's 16th Season Renewal is So Not Shocking

by Alicia Lutes

May 8, 2014

DUN-DUN: NBC has locked down the entire cast of Law & Order: SVU for a staggering and impressive sixteenth season. 16! As in 1-6. That's — to be frank — a shitton of television and a milestone for the network, to be sure. And while a round of applause or two is warranted, it's also far from a shocking development. Because of course this show was renewed. Of course! It's a Dick Wolf creation, and we all know his television shows basically print money, so it would've likely been more shocking if it hadn't been renewed at all.

But still, the renewal in and of itself — during this great rush to program the upcoming fall season — is news. Because people love three things unconditionally: television, cop stuff, and Mariska Hargitay. It's just not anything particularly crazy or unheard of given the fact that you and everyone else in the universe can recite that Law & Order: SVU intro by heart without cheating. ("In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous...") In fact, the whole thing is fairly self-explanatory: cop show does well, has been on forever, brings in tons of money for the network, still garners impressive guest stars, gets renewed. It's so un-shocking that we've decided to round up the 16 other things that are infinitely more shocking than this. Like..