NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Saturday January 21, 2012 - Saturday February 4, 2012

UPDATES-NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE - Saturday January 21, 2012 - Saturday February 4, 2012
"HARRY'S LAW"
(X) "QUEEN OF SNARK"
01/21/2012 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Saturday) : CAMRYN MANHEIM ("GHOST WHISPERER") GUEST STARS – HARRY IS PULLED INTO A CASE AT THE LAST MINUTE REPRESENTING A CYBERBULLY – Harry (Kathy Bates) teams up with Ollie to defend a teenage girl known at school for her scathing blog, the "Snark Queen," who cruelly outs a closeted lesbian classmate who shortly after commits suicide. A.D.A Kim Mendelsohn (Camryn Manheim) puts Harry and Ollie on the defensive by charging the accused cyberbully with negligent homicide. Back at the office, Adam (Nate Corddry) takes Tommy (Christopher McDonald) to court for accepting a life insurance policy as payment from a now-deceased cancer patient. All the while, Jenna (Brittany Snow) weighs a tempting job offer that could take her away from Harriet’s Law & Fine Shoes. Karen Olivo also stars.
　
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"THE FIRM"
(X) "CHAPTER FOUR"
01/21/2012 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Saturday) : FEELING SAFE –Mitch (Josh Lucas) takes the case of a female psychiatrist accused of murdering an ex-patient that had been stalking her. All the while, Mitch also struggles with an eerie feeling that he is being watched and begrudgingly tells Abby (Molly Parker) and the FEDS. Meanwhile, Ray (Callum Keith Rennie) follows a hunch that could help with the Sarah Holt case and Tammy (Juliette Lewis) unpacks a box of Sarah Holt’s belongings (guest star Alex Paxton-Beesley), including a laptop with possible incriminating evidence on it. Natasha Calis stars. Tricia Helfer and Shaun Majumder guest star.
　
　
"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
(X) "PERSONAL FOULS"
01/25/2012 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : WHEN A WELL-RESPECTED BASKETBALL COACH (GUEST STAR DAN LAURIA) IS ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ABUSE, DETECTIVES OLIVIA BENSON (MARISKA HARGITAY) AND ODAFIN TUTUOLA (ICE-T) ARE JOINED BY NEW DETECTIVE NICK AMARO (DANNY PINO) TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT A STAR PLAYER’S (GUEST STAR MEHCAD BROOKS) PAST. SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY CARMELO ANTHONY AND CHRIS BOSH.
As Coach Ray Masters (Lauria) is inducted to the Metro Basketball Hall of Fame by former students Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh, an ex-player accuses the coach of sexually abusing him as a child. Detective Nick Amaro (Pino) transfers into the SVU squad and is thrown on to the case. The detectives interview former players but no one admits to abuse, forcing Benson (Hargitay) and Fin (Ice-T) to dig deeper into Coach Ray’s most successful player, basketball star Prince Miller (Brooks) and his manager/cousin (guest star Heavy D.) Also starring: Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins) and Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen.)
　
"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
(X) "SPIRALING DOWN"
01/25/2012 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : WHEN A LEGENDARY FOOTBALL STAR (GUEST STAR TREAT WILLIAMS) IS ARRESTED ON PROSTITUTION CHARGES, ATTORNEY BAYARD ELLIS (GUEST STAR ANDRE BRAUGHER) CENTERS THE DEFENSE ON HIS CLIENT’S MENTAL STATE, CAUSING A MEDIA FIRESTORM. SPECIAL APPEARANCES BY JERRY RICE AND WARREN SAPP.
A military colleague (guest star Dominic Fumusa) of Detective Amaro’s (Danny Pino) wife reports his 14-year-old daughter missing. The detectives find the girl (guest star Kay Panabaker) working as a prostitute under a possessive pimp (guest star Jon Michael Hill). They quickly set up a sting operation to entrap Johns on rape charges with a minor, and arrest aging pro quarterback Jake Stanton (guest star Williams.) Detective Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and ADA Cabot (Stephanie March) seek to make an example out of the football legend, but the case is thrown into chaos with the return of defense attorney Bayard Ellis (guest star Braugher), who questions Stanton’s mental capacity after years of injuries on the field. Also starring Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins). Beth Chamberlin and Laura Benanti also guest star.
　
　
　
"HARRY'S LAW"
(X) "BAD TO WORSE"
01/28/2012 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Saturday) : JASON ALEXANDER ("SEINFELD") GUEST STARS – HARRY GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH A HOLY MAN WHILE OLLIE AND NATE TEAM UP TO DEFEND AN INTERNET VIXEN – Harry (Kathy Bates) represents Richard Cross (Jason Alexander), a recently fired biology teacher who claims he was terminated for failing a student for rejecting Darwinism. The case pits Harry against the overzealous Pastor who fired him. Meanwhile, Ollie (Mark Valley) helps a former flame accused of theft by fraud because she received lavish gifts from five much older men she was dating at the same time. Reluctantly, Ollie teams up with Adam (Nate Corddry) to defend the serial dater, which all the men met through a dating website – one she owned and operated. Karen Olivo and Christopher McDonald also star.
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"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
(X) "DOUBLE STRANDS"
02/01/2012 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : WHEN A BEAUTIFUL DANCER IS RAPED, THE SUSPECT’S (GUEST STAR T.R. KNIGHT) M.O. REMINDS DETECTIVE AMANDA ROLLINS (KELLI GIDDISH) OF AN UNSOLVED CASE FROM ATLANTA
A dancer is followed home and raped by a man with a distinctive tattoo and the details of the attack remind Rollins (Giddish) of a serial rapist she was tracking back home. The detectives arrest Gabriel Thomas (Knight), a family man who maintains his innocence, but his description and DNA match this assault and the string of rapes across multiple states that Rollins had been investigating. Although the evidence supports the arrest, the more Detectives Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Amaro (Danny Pino) dig into Thomas' past, the more they begin to believe his story. Also starring: Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen) and Richard Belzer (Sergeant John Munch.) Special appearance by Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak.)
　
"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
(X) "BLOOD BROTHERS"
02/01/2012 (10:00PM - 11:00PM) (Wednesday) : AN INVESTIGATION INTO A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL’S PREGNANCY LEADS DETECTIVE OLIVIA BENSON (MARISKA HARGITAY) TO UNCOVER FAMILY SECRETS OF A PROMINENT POLITICIAN (GUEST STAR KYLE MACLACHLAN)
When a pregnant thirteen-year-old girl refuses to identify her baby’s father, Benson (Hargitay) and the SVU squad work to determine if she was raped. Their investigation leads to several men in her life including Tripp Raines, the teenage son of high-profile political couple Andrew and Kathleen Raines (MacLachlan and guest star Paige Turco) and Arturo Rivera, the son of the Raines’ housekeeper (guest star Judy Reyes.) The detectives uncover much more than they bargained for when a Raines family secret is revealed and a family member goes missing.
Also starring: Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Richard Belzer (Sergeant John Munch), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Special appearance by Diane Neal (ADA Casey Novak.)
　
"HARRY'S LAW"
(X) "HEAD GAMES"
02/04/2012 (08:00PM - 09:00PM) (Saturday) : WHEN A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME TURNS DEADLY HARRY AND ADAM TEAM UP TO REPRESENT ANGRY PARENTS WHILE TOMMY MUST DEFEND A STRUGGLING SINGLE MOTHER – Harry (Kathy Bates) and Adam (Nate Corddry) argue on behalf of parents whose son died after receiving a concussive blow while playing on his high school football team. During the case, Harry examines the danger that football-related injuries pose to young athletes. Meanwhile, Tommy (Christopher McDonald) represents a struggling single mother who resorted to robbing a bank in order to pay her mounting bills. With Cassie’s (Karen Olivo) help, they put the government on trial by arguing a rarely used defense. Mark Valley also stars.
Nikki Lichterman
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