USA Community Honoring Richard Belzer With Legislation & Order: SVU Marathon – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: USA Community is operating a Legislation and Order: SVU marathon in honor of Richard Belzer, who died earlier this week at 78.

Titled “Munch-a-thon,” the marathon will characteristic 10 of Belzer’s greatest episodes. The actor and comic performed performed in opposition to sort as a tricky New York cop on the sequence after enjoying the identical character on Murder: Lifetime of the Avenue.

The episodes will start at 4 p.m. ET/PT on Sunday, February 26 and run till 1 a.m. In memoriam playing cards will probably be connected to every of them.

The episodes included within the marathon are: “Regret,” “Legacy,” “Manhunt,” “Components,” “Uncle,” “Unorthodox,” “True Believers,” “Wonderland Story,” “Spring Awakening,” and “Modern Crimes.”

Belzer was solid as Detective John Munch in Murder: Life on the Avenue in 1992. The acclaimed cop drama debuted after the 1993 Tremendous Bowl and would air on NBC till 1998. He was one among 4 actors who remained within the solid all through its seven seasons and 2000 follow-up telefilm. After Murder wrapped, he started to play Munch on Legislation and Order: SVU, a job that lasted 20 seasons.

A press release from NBC and Common Tv following his dying praised his work: “Anybody who ever had the pleasure of watching Richard Belzer painting Det. John Munch — whether or not on ‘Murder’ or ‘Legislation & Order: SVU’ – over 4 a long time will always remember how a lot he inhabited that beloved character to make it his personal. His professionalism, skills and dedication to the craft made him a pillar within the business, however it was his humor, compassion and loving coronary heart that made him household. Our condolences exit to his family members as we be part of them in mourning his loss, but in addition in celebrating his reminiscence.”

“Richard Belzer’s Detective John Munch is one among tv’s iconic characters,” mentioned a press release from present creator and producer Dick Wolf. ” I first labored with Richard on the Legislation & Order/Murder crossover and beloved the character a lot, I advised Tom (Fontana) that I wished to make him one of many authentic characters on ‘SVU.’ The remaining is historical past.  Richard introduced humor and pleasure into all our lives, was the consummate skilled and we’ll all miss him very a lot.”