"And he was well worth the wait." That's the word from Law & Order: SVU executive producer Neal Baer, announcing the casting of Bill Pullman (Independence Day) as the new (and lucky!) guy in Benson's life.

According to People, Pullman's character, Kurt Moss, is the editor of a fictional New York City newspaper, and first will be seen in the April 22 episode, the procedural's second post-strike outing.

Mariska Hargitay, for one, is sure to be pleased. As she once shared with TV Guide, "I've been begging Neal for five years to give me a boyfriend!"

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