Who thinks Meloni and Hargitay are going to leave SVU?

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Recently there's been a lot of buzz about rumors that Chris Meloni and Mariska Hargitay are demanding too high of a pay increase and that NBC and Richard (MyLot won't let me use the nickname that he goes by, which begins with a "D" and ends with an "ick" :P) Wolf will let them go and replace them with new cast members. I have a theory, gleaned from being a Chris Meloni fan and watching and reading interviews of his over the years, that he may have decided to purposely ask for a big pay increase that would force this issue. I know for a fact that he'd rather be doing film than television. Also, eight years on a TV drama for an actor is increasingly hard work with decreasing artistic satisfaction. I believe Meloni views this as a win-win situation: He gets what he feels is appropriate compensation to justify remaining on the show; or, he's let go from the show and free to pursue doing what he prefers to being doing: film work. If he's gone from SVU, I'll miss having the opportunity to view him weekly on TV. However, I've become disinterested in SVU over the past season and barely watch it anymore, so I'm not really seeing him weekly now, as it is. (Whatever Mariska does is fine with me. I'm not a fan so I don't have an opinion regarding her.) I hope he ditches SVU and does films that give him a chance to show his entire range of acting; something that SVU doesn't give him a chance to. (Alternating between being angry and being enraged is not his full range.) What do you think?