The stars of the show, who had been in a pay dispute with network bosses, signed new deals to remain on the show as Detective Olivia Benson and Detective Elliot Stablerfor two more years, Entertainment Weekly reported on Monday.

Mariska Hargitay reveals what caused her to be hospitalized twice with a partially collapsed lung earlier this year.

“I’ve been doing my own stunts on the show for 10 years. I fell wrong, basically. I collapsed my lung doing a stunt,” the Emmy-winning star of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU told People.com at a dinner in Manhattan for the American Ballet Theater on Monday.

After her second hospital stay in March, Mariska says she’s as good as new. “I’m 100 percent,” she told added. “I’m back to my old self.”

Oh no! NBC is threatening to replace Mariska Hargitay and Chris Meloni on the beloved crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, industry insiders revealed to MSNBC on Wednesday. We hear the stars have become locked in a bitter contract dispute with the network after demanding a raise; Meloni and Hargitay already earn $350,000 per episode for their roles as Manhattan’s stylish crime fighting twosome Benson and Stabler.

MSNBC wrote on Wednesday:
Last week, NBC closed a deal with L&O boss Dick Wolf for an 11th season of “SVU” — which, at 10.5 million viewers, remains the Peacock’s No. 1 scripted show. That opened the door to a new round of negotiations with the stars, whose $350K-per-episode contracts will expire in May. Yet a source close to the matter said talks stalled when the duo — who, like in their previous negotiations, are banding together — attempted to go after back-end profits, a perk that’s almost never granted in the L&O universe (although exceptions were made for Vincent D’Onofrio and Chris Noth).

Television tattles doubt SVU producers will make good on their threat to drop the show’s two lead actors, particularly since the Benson and Stabler characters’ chemistry has an intricate subplot of the show.

“I don’t think in this environment, there’s any chance they could re-launch the show with both of them gone,” says a high-ranking exec at a rival network. “It’s a horrible time to retool a show. They already have to change the time-slot, because it’s not going to be airing at 10 pm next season….”

Mariska Hargitay returned to work on Monday after nearly three weeks away from the hit NBC crime drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, where she’s starred as Detective Olivia Benson for the past ten seasons.

The 44-year-old Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress first underwent surgery after suffering a partially collapsed lung in January. She returned to work later that month. Mariska was hospitalized a second time on March 3.

The cast of SVU will spend the week on-location in New York City, shooting an upcoming episode that will feature guest appearances by actresses Hilary Duff and Gail O’Grady.

After being hospitalized with a collapsed lung for the third time in three months, Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actress Mariska Hargitay is reportedly ready to turn in her badge after ten seasons on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Mariska suffered two separate incidents of a partially collapsed lung in late December and early January. Earlier this month, she took ill again “discomfort relating to her earlier lung condition,” according to her rep.

The National Enquirer writes:

Although her publicist says Mariska is definitely coming back to the show next year, the source insists the latest incident was enough to persuade Mariska to leave SVU and tend to her health.

Mariska has played Detective Olivia Benson on the crime series since its debut in 1999.

No! Can you imagine SVU without Det. Benson? It was bad enough when she had to go on maternity leave. She’s what makes the show fabulous! We haven’t heard anything this depressing since Ben & Jerry’s discontinued Black Walnut Ice Cream.

The Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning star of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been hospitalized twice in recent months after she was diagnosed with a collapsed lung late last year.

“Mariska Hargitay went to the hospital this morning after experiencing some discomfort relating to her earlier lung condition,” the actress’ rep said in a statement on Wednesday. “She is undergoing routine tests and expects to be feeling better soon.”

“Production will not be affected,” the rep added.

Feel better soon, Mariska! Don’t go into the white light….

Oh no! Mariska Hargitay is suffering from a collapsed lung, according to a rep for the Golden Globe-winning star of Law & Order: SVU.

“Mariska Hargitay has been sidelined with a pneumothorax (a partially collapsed lung),” the rep said in a statement on Monday.

According to WebMD, pneumothorax occurs as a result of the “buildup of air in the space between the lung and the chest wall.” The condition is often caused by a chest injury, a puncture wound, or broken rib, but can also occur without injury.

Despite the injury, “she will appear in all episodes for the rest of the season of ‘Law & Order: SVU,’” her rep added.

Lovely and talented Golden Globe winner Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: SVU finally gave birth to her first child, a boy named August.

Here’s what Lucifer/FOX News has to say about it:

Mariska Hargitay, star of TV’s “Law & Order: SVU,” and her husband Peter Hermann welcomed their first child, her publicist told The Associated Press.

Hargitay, 42, and Hermann, an actor, married in August 2004.

Anyway, basically the whole point of this is to post a picture of Christopher Meloni. Hummina.