Could NBC really be considering shoving Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni out the door? That's the word as the network renewed Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for an 11th season, but had not yet secured the stars. Hargitay and Meloni's contracts are up for renewal, and it's been widely reported that they aren't going to sign unless they get some extra bucks in the pay envelope.

Things got bitter two years ago when the stars banded together and squeezed the network for deals worth about…