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Julia Ormond has been tapped to guest star in the final season of USA’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

The Emmy-winning actress will play Dr. Paula Severin, a brilliant psychologist charged with conducting mandatory sessions with Detective Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) to unravel his tortured past and chart a course for mental stability for our star detective.

The series returns for its 10th season Sunday, May 1 at 9 p.m. with D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe returning.

Last season, Criminal Intent delivered 3.6 million total viewers on Tuesdays.

Julia Ormond to Appear in Final Season of ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’ – Hollywood Reporter.

New York, NY – March 24, 2011 – Acclaimed actress and producer Rita Wilson will guest star on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” scheduled to air this May.   Wilson will guest star as Bree Mazelon, the protective mother of a teenager under investigation in the episode titled “Delinquent.”    “A few years ago, I saw Rita Wilson give a riveting performance playing the mother of child with ADD in the play ‘Distracted,’ and I knew she’d be a wonderful guest star for SVU.  Rita will be playing a mother struggling to care for her seriously disturbed child and we know the episode will be truly memorable,” said Executive Producer Neal Baer.   Wilson recently guest-starred on two episodes of CBS’s “The Good Wife.  Film credits include the Nancy Meyers comedy “It’s Complicated” and the upcoming Fox Searchlight film “Homework,” which recently premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.  Wilson served as an executive producer on the Universal Studios hit film “Mamma Mia!” and was honored with The Producer’s Guild of America’s Visionary Award for the record-breaking box office hit “My Big Fat Greek Wedding.” “Law & Order: SVU” is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Media Studios. Dick Wolf, Ted Kotcheff, Neal Baer and Peter Jankowski are executive producers.

NBC Entertainment Press Release.

Freshman Series Will Return to Regular Time Period (10-11 p.m. ET) on Monday, April 18

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – March 7, 2011 – NBC’s freshman series “Law & Order: Los Angeles” will return to the regular lineup with a two-hour original premiere on Monday, April 11 (9-11 p.m. ET). The crime drama procedural will resume in its regular day and time on Monday, April 18 (10-11 p.m. ET).

The announcement was made by Bob Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment.

“We are pleased to welcome ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ back to NBC’s regular lineup,” said Greenblatt. “Dick Wolf and his team have made some exciting creative changes and we can’t wait to re-introduce the show to audiences.”

“Law & Order: Los Angeles” follows Detectives Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina, “An Education,” “The Da Vinci Code,” “Spiderman 2”) and Tomas “TJ” Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll, “Midnight in Paris”) as they pursue cases through the diverse City of Angels. As members of the Los Angeles Police Department’s elite Robbery Homicide Division, Morales, a former Deputy District Attorney, has returned to the police force after he became frustrated with the system, while TJ, who grew up the son of an Oscar-winning Polish cinematographer, knows too well the dark underside that is behind-the-scenes Hollywood.

Protecting the detectives who serve under her is Lieutenant Arleen Gonzales, (Rachel Ticotin) who is driven, focused, and meticulous. She is a 20-year vet with a background in military intelligence who now oversees the Homicide 1 section of Robbery Homicide Division.

Deputy District Attorney Jonah “Joe” Dekker (Terrence Howard, “Crash,” “Hustle & Flow”) is a white knight crusader whose political ambitions often bring him into conflict with his boss. He sincerely believes in fighting the good fight. At the same time, he has never been one to turn down a high-profile case.

At Dekker’s side is Deputy District Attorney Connie Rubirosa (Alana de la Garza, “Law & Order”). Rubirosa served as Executive Assistant District Attorney in New York and she recently located to Los Angeles to help her ailing mother.

Earlier this season, “Law & Order: Los Angeles” averaged a 2.5 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 9.0 million viewers overall, to improve the show’s fourth-quarter time period, Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET, by 56 percent in adults 18-49 versus the prior year (with a 2.5 rating vs. a 1.6) and by 64 percent in total viewers (9.0 million vs. 5.5 million). “Law & Order: Los Angeles” ranked #1 or tied for #1 versus regular programming in that slot with five of eight originals in the fourth quarter.

In addition, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” will broadcast encore episodes on Wednesdays beginning March 23 (9-10 p.m. ET).

“Law & Order: Los Angeles” is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Media Studios. Dick Wolf is creator and executive producer, Rene Balcer (“Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”), Blake Masters (“Brotherhood,” “Rubicon”), Christopher Misiano (“West Wing,” “ER”) and Peter Jankowski (“Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) are executive producers.

For “Law & Order: Los Angeles” embeddable clips and full episodes, visit NBC.com’s official show site: http://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-los-angeles/

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NBC Entertainment Press Release.