Michael Bloomberg says good-bye to Law & Order, a major television production based in New York, and a source of lots of jobs for actors and production people.
The irony, I think, is that New York (politics, at least) is producing lots of stories made for the big and small screen (Spitzer, Paterson, Monserrate, etc.). Some shows about New York never get off the ground. Remember M.O.N.Y. ?
Anyway, here’s Bloomberg’s good-bye to Law & Order:
“Over the last 20 years, Law & Order became a New York City institution. It began filming in the City at a time when few series did, and it helped pave the way for the more than 150 television shows based here today, including the Law & Order spinoff Special Victims Unit, which will continue. Law & Order not only broke the record for New York City’s longest-running primetime series, it set the record for the longest-running crime series in the nation, collecting numerous Emmy awards along the way. It also helped launch the careers of thousands of talented actors and featured many memorable performances – although my cameos are not among them. We’re grateful to Dick Wolf for choosing New York City as its location for all of these years, and for helping showcase the City’s depth and versatility as a setting and all of the advantages of filming here.”
