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May 26, 2012

Report: Bradley Whitford was "almost" new ADA on L&O

by Anna Johns, posted Jun 14th 2007 8:05AM

bradley whitfordAccording to the entertainment reporter over at Fox News, actor Bradley Whitford "almost" got the role as the new Assistant District Attorney on Law & Order. Sam Waterston is vacating that position to play the District Attorney, now that actor Fred Thompson is leaving the show to run for president.

Everybody got that? Good.

The bottom line is that Whitford was seriously being considered for the new ADA role, but he came with too big of a price tag. He lives in LA, but L&O is taped in New York, so that would be a big bill for travel for NBC. Obviously, Whitford can't move his family to NYC because his wife, Jane Kaczmarek, is also a working actor. Hopefully we'll see Whitford on something else real soon... maybe he could somehow reprise his role on ER.

[Via TV Tattle]

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Vidalia

This is a huge loss for NBC. Brad is great! He would have breathed new life into L&O. I hope we'll see him in something else very soon.

August 21 2007 at 2:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bash

I guess I will watch ER Season 1 again soon...

June 14 2007 at 3:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
BC McKinney

I think I would rather they had cancelled the show without warning than watch it become another victim of Bradley Whitford. Well, actually, if he were on regularly I would have stopped watching.

June 14 2007 at 2:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gordy

I say put two women in there. It'll give it a Charlie's Angels vibe.

Bradley who?

June 14 2007 at 1:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Richard Keller

Bash, Bradley was on a first season episode of 'ER' entitled 'Love's Labor Lost'. It was one of the best episodes of the freshman season and won a number of Emmy awards.

June 14 2007 at 12:02 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tool

I'd love to see Bradley Whitford on something big where he can be successful.

He is one of my favorites, probably because of his stroke-of-genius role on TWW. He was the one bright spot on Studio 60, too, so he can really bring something powerful to whatever he does.

June 14 2007 at 11:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
khamel

he should reprise his role from the first-third season of west wing.... they should just make new episodes of west wing but with rob lowe

June 14 2007 at 11:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Pamela

That would have been a great 'get' for NBC. Too bad they didn't grab it.

June 14 2007 at 11:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bash

Say what?

I got the 2nd season of ER on DVD and honestly - I did not remember Whitford having a role there. It's been 12 years since he played that role for two (!) episodes.

If you ask me he should rather do something else than that.

I really hope they get some fresh and young new castmembers on ER because that 3lbs guy needs counterparts he can rub himself on. Don't really like him but honestly - he's better than Dr. Romano, that guy was just a pain in the ass.

June 14 2007 at 10:55 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
segsig

Reporting something from Foxnews not good journalism. It's probably made up.

June 14 2007 at 10:51 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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