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" Chris Meloni&amp;#039;s Detective Elliot Stabler will not be killed off on Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: Special Victims Unit. While speaking at the Television Critics Association&amp;#039;s summer press tour, NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt revealed that the beloved character will not be entirely written out of the police procedural.  &amp;quot;I think you should just watch and see,&amp;quot; Greenblatt said when asked about how Meloni&amp;#039;s departure will be explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not a big shocking mystery.&amp;quot; In May, Meloni announced that he was leaving the NBC series after playing Stabler for 12 years.  Greenblatt went on to address Mariska Hargitay&amp;#039;s role on the forthcoming season. The actress is rumored to be taking a supervisory position on the series. &amp;quot;That remains to be seen,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s something we talked about, and I don&amp;#039;t know if that&amp;#039;s actually where it&amp;#039;s going to go in the latter half of the season yet. But that could happen.&amp;quot; Law &amp;amp;amp; Order: SVU will return for a new season on September 21 on NBC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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