{"id":564763,"date":"2026-02-04T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/564763\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:30:10","slug":"svu-recasts-timothy-busfield-guest-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/564763\/","title":{"rendered":"SVU\u2019 Recasts Timothy Busfield Guest Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA shelved episode of Law &amp; Order: SVU that was originally set to feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/timothy-busfield\/\" id=\"auto-tag_timothy-busfield_1\" data-tag=\"timothy-busfield\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Timothy Busfield<\/a> in a guest role will see the light of day after a recasting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/david-zayas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-zayas_1\" data-tag=\"david-zayas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Zayas<\/a> (Dexter) will step into the guest role in the episode, titled \u201cCorrosive.\u201d It had initially been set to air Jan. 15. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nbc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nbc_1\" data-tag=\"nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/nbc-pulls-svu-episode-with-timothy-busfield-1236471825\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pulled the episode<\/a> after police in New Mexico issued a warrant for Busfield\u2019s arrest on allegations that he sexually abused two child actors on the set of the former Fox\/Warner Bros. TV series The Cleaning Lady. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe SVU episode also has an airdate of Feb. 26, which will be the first episode back for the show after a break for NBC\u2019s Winter Olympics coverage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givememyremote.com\/remote\/2026\/02\/03\/law-and-order-svu-timothy-busfield-recast-david-zayas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Give Me My Remote<\/a> first reported Zayas\u2019 casting and the new airdate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe logline for \u201cCorrosive\u201d reads, \u201cAn attempt on a respected judge\u2019s life is connected to an anonymous video posted to the SVU tip line. Rollins (Kelli Giddish) tries to help a victim come to terms with their abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA warrant for Busfield\u2019s arrest was issued in early January following an investigation into allegations that he inappropriately touched two boys on the Cleaning Lady set, where he directed several episodes. The actor and director has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/timothy-busfield-turns-himself-in-child-sex-abuse-1236471566\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">maintained he is innocent<\/a> and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/timothy-busfield-released-while-awaiting-trial-1236479572\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">released from custody<\/a> in Albuquerque pending trial on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn the wake of the allegations, Busfield was dropped by Innovative Artists as a client and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/timothy-busfield-edited-out-of-you-deserve-each-other-1236478036\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">edited out<\/a> of Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 forthcoming romantic comedy You Deserve Each Other. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tZayas reprised his Dexter role as Angel Batista in the sequel series Dexter: New Blood and Dexter: Resurrection. His recent credits also include The Running Man and recurring parts on The Bear and Blue Bloods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shelved episode of Law &amp; Order: SVU that was originally set to feature Timothy Busfield in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":564764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,103922,171,246290,1030,226454,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-564763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-david-zayas","tag-entertainment","tag-law-order-svu","tag-nbc","tag-timothy-busfield","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116010249598309899","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}