Big
'Crossing' point arrives for Hennessy
By MARISA GUTHRIE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
NBC's "Crossing Jordan" ends the season with a milestone
and a cliffhanger.
The May 7 finale, in
which Jordan (Jill Hennessy) finds herself the prime
suspect in the murder of her former beau, marks the
show's 100th episode.
The hour ends
ambiguously: The murder leads Jordan to Washington,
D.C., in search of the truth. But fans of the show may
have a long wait for answers to this mystery.
The Sunday night show
will be displaced in the fall by football. According to
Hennessy, the network is likely to keep the show on
Sundays, but delay the premiere until January.
"I think [the network]
is definitely going to wait until midseason," said
Hennessy. "That's sort of the in-house rumors I've been
hearing, and I think it's a really wise move on NBC's
part to acquire Sunday night football and target that
male demographic, especially since ABC's [Sunday] lineup
is such a female juggernaut."
Hennessy said there was
another rumor, that "Crossing Jordan" would be moved
next fall to Friday, a night that has been challenging
for NBC.
But, she said, after
five seasons and 100 episodes, "I'm just happy to be on
at all."
An NBC spokeswoman said
no programming decisions have been made for the fall.
Hennessy will spend her
hiatus at home in New York, recording her first CD. The
actress, who names Sarah McLachlan, Gordon Lightfoot,
Woody Guthrie and Bruce Springsteen among her
influences, calls her style "folky Americana."
"Some of it's a little
dark," she said. "A couple of people started crying when
they heard one of my songs."
Before her big acting
break on "Law & Order," Hennessy was a regular on the
New York City music scene. She played guitar and sang in
bands that gigged at places like Cafe Sine, Back Fence
and the Red Lion.
Since she'll be taking
time to work on her music, might she take it for a test
drive at, say, friend and former "Law & Order" castmate
Chris Noth's club The Cutting Room?
"He's actually
asked me to sing there a couple of times, and I've never
been in town at the appropriate time to make that work,"
said Hennessy. "I'd love to sing at Chris' place. I love
that guy."
Originally published on April
14, 2006
