Mariska Hargitay's staggering 'Law & Order: SVU' salary revealed

Mariska Hargitay's reported Law & Order SVU salary has been revealed, $850,000 per episode. Dun dun. Her staggering income as both star and executive producer was reported by Variety ahead of the Milestone 600th episode on November 12th. Hargitay dished to Variety about the cast and crew's celebration dinner, her former partner in crime Christopher Maloney was there, and so was show creator Dick Wolf. It was one of the most extraordinary meaningful nights, and unexpectedly so to me. Dick got up and said, this has never happened and it will never happen again, and everything just landed that night. In case you missed it, Hargitay's pal Jalen Brunson made an SVU cameo last week. Well, I was going to buy you lunch, but you seem good. No, thanks. Reviewed my notes on that caller. Your boy Rich, real pain in the ass. But it wasn't his acting debut. He hosted Saturday Night Live on September 26th. Roll it. Zac Efron is very lucky Jalen Brunson was never in High School Musical. The NBA champ hosted the SNL Season 52 premiere, the first New York Knick to ever do the honor. We've got the moments everyone's talking about right here. Starting with the best sketch of the night, North High, that put the NBA champ in a hilarious Corbin Bleu wig. Jalen also sang his heart out, but it's safe to say his vocals were dubbed over, seeing as he faked this out in the opening monologue. Right now, you've all heard me talk about it, but you haven't heard me sing about it. And obviously, I'm not going to. The Point God was joined in Studio 8H by four of his teammates who towered over him on stage, despite Jalen being a respectable 6'2". The NBA star also showed off his basketball skills while working at a boring office job, and the crowd went wild. During rehearsal, he even tried to butter up the audience with pricey cookies from Levain, as seen in this viral moment. Manhattan girlie Jordana Judson told The Post they handed out more than 100 cookies to people standing in line in the rain. Aww. But the critics at home didn't find Jalen's performance so sweet, tweeting, "...the deadpan thing just doesn't carry a whole episode." I've never seen a man with less charisma. And back to your day job. Thankfully, the MVP was just fully cleared to start Knicks camp after getting surgery to repair a tendon issue in his left shooting wrist. On YouTube, the most-watched sketch was the political cold open, where Ashley Padilla returned as Trump's obsessed assistant, Natalie Harp. Isn't she great? She's like the girl from Obsession, but blonde. Rami Youssef also returned to play NYC mayor Zoran Mamdani. The writers took several shots at the millennial mayor's Gen Z-speak. I have important work tomorrow, okay? I have to go to Bushwick and give ketamine to underprivileged bisexuals. I don't know what any of those words mean. Rami previously hosted the show in 2024 and apparently made a good impression. He returned a year later, right before the election, to play the Democratic Socialist Darling. Turns out, Rami and Zoran are buddies IRL, and they even FaceTimed about his impression. Is that my tie? I mean, it's pretty close. We got the tie. We got the rings. We got the rings. We got the whole thing, got the red bracelet, the rings, and then, you know man, we did your smile. Let me see that. Dimples for days. But what did you think of the season 52 premiere? Was it a slam dunk or a brick? Sports. Sound off in the comments.