Jeff Goldblum won’t be returning to Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Detective Zach Nichols, if it is renewed for a 10th season, Variety reported Tuesday. Goldblum’s contract was up anyway, and according to his rep, he decided to leave instead of renegotiate because of the uncertainty “surrounding the show’s future.”Goldblum came on board as the replacement for Chris Noth in the seventh season. He went on to being the lead featured male detective after Vincent D’Onofrio decided to quit last Fall, along with Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian as Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Saffron Burrows joined the cast with Goldblum. The ninth season of “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” aired its finale July 6 on USA; the tenth season is still not confirmed. There is a rumor that D’Onofrio has asked to come back if the tenth season will be the final one.
