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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

January 09, 2023

For the current season, see Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 24).

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU or just SVU) is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf's own production company, Wolf Entertainment, for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order, it starred Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler until Meloni left the series in 2011 after 12 seasons, and Mariska Hargitay as Detective (ultimately promoted to Captain) Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit after originally having been Stabler's partner in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department.[1] Meloni reprised his role as Stabler in 2021 in the spin-off series Law & Order: Organized Crime.[2][3][4] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit follows the style of the original Law & Order in that some episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Also known as
  • Law & Order: SVU
  • SVU
Genre
Created by
Based onLaw & Order by Dick Wolf
Developed by
  • Peter Jankowski (season 24−present)
  • Arthur W. Forney (season 24−present)
Starring
Narrated bySteven Zirnkilton
Theme music composerMike Post
Opening theme"Theme of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
ComposerMike Post
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons24
No. of episodes526
Production
Executive producers
Showrunners:
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time40–44 minutes
Production companies
DistributorNBCUniversal Television and Streaming
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture format
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseSeptember 20, 1999 (1999-09-20) –
present
Chronology
RelatedLaw & Order franchise

The show premiered on September 20, 1999. After the premiere of its 21st season in September 2019, the series became TV’s longest-running primetime U.S. live-action series in the history of television.[5] Since the end of the original run of the main Law & Order series in 2010, SVU has been the only live-action primetime series that debuted in the 1990s that has remained in continuous production[a]. As of October 21, 2021, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has aired 500 original episodes, surpassing the episode count of the original Law & Order series. In terms of all-time episode count for a primetime scripted series, SVU now ranks fourth behind The Simpsons (with 728 episodes), Gunsmoke (with 635 episodes), and Lassie (with 591 episodes). In February 2020, the series was renewed through its 24th season.[6][7] The 23rd season premiered on September 23, 2021,[8] during which the show aired its milestone 500th episode.[9][10] The 24th season premiered on September 22, 2022.[11]

The series has received 91 award nominations, winning 33 awards. Mariska Hargitay was the first regular cast member on any Law & Order series to win an Emmy Award when she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2006.

Premise

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

– Opening narration spoken by Steven Zirnkilton[12]

Based out of the NYPD New York City Police Department's 16th precinct in Manhattan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit delves into the dark side of the New York underworld as the detectives of a new elite force, the Special Victims Unit (SVU for short), investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes, including rape, child sexual abuse and domestic violence. They also investigate the abuses of children, the disabled and elderly victims of non-sexual crimes who require specialist handling, all while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives as they try not to let the dark side of these crimes affect them. Its stories also touch on the political and societal issues associated with gender identity, sexual preferences, and equality rights. While the victim is often murdered, this is not always the case, and victims frequently play prominent roles in episodes. The unit also works with the Manhattan District Attorney's office as they prosecute cases and seek justice for SVU's victims and survivors with precision and a passion to win and bring closure to the intense investigations. The series often uses stories that are "ripped from the headlines" or based on real crimes. Such episodes take a real crime and fictionalize it by changing some details.[13]

Originally, the show focused around the detective pairing of Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson. Stabler is a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all and tries his best to protect his family from the horrors he has seen in his career. Meanwhile, Benson's difficult past as the child of a rape victim is the reason she joined the unit. Backing them up are Detective John Munch and his first partner, Brian Cassidy. Munch is a transfer from Baltimore's homicide unit, who brings his acerbic wit, conspiracy theories, and street-honed investigative skills; Cassidy is young and eager to learn from his fellow detectives. These two detective teams received support from Detectives Monique Jeffries and Ken Briscoe.[12]After thirteen episodes, Cassidy gets transferred to the narcotics division because of his inability to work well on the cases and the fact that they reminded him too much of his childhood abuse. As a result, Jeffries gets partnered up with Munch for the remainder of season one and Briscoe was phased out. In the beginning of season two, Jeffries leaves the unit following an incident with the Morris Commission and Munch get permanently partnered up with Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola, whose unique yet sometimes vulgar sense of humor and investigative experience make him a formidable match for Munch.[14] Brooklyn SVU Detective Chester Lake would assist on several Manhattan cases during the eighth season and then join during season nine; Lake would then depart at the season's end after being arrested for murdering a crooked cop who had gotten away with rape. These detectives were supervised by veteran Captain Donald Cragen, who oversaw the team for seasons 1–15 and was previously the commanding officer of the homicide precinct in New York. Cragen's tough-but-supportive approach to the team's complex cases guides the squad through the challenges they face every day.

Also assisting the Special Victims Unit, is FBI Special Agent Dr. George Huang who helps keep the officers sane in a field that could drive ordinary people mad, whilst also serving as the squad's resident criminal profiler, his insights into the criminal mind have often helped the officers to crack the toughest perps. The team also works with Medical Examiner Dr. Melinda Warner, who has become an integral part of the unit, and her personal skills have contributed to the unit's high success rate in closing cases.[citation needed]

The unit did not receive a full-time assistant district attorney until season two, when Alexandra Cabot was assigned to work with the detectives.[15] After Cabot enters the Witness Protection Program after almost being killed in a hit in season five, she was replaced by Casey Novak, who remained as the ADA until the end of season nine, when she was censured for violating due process while trying to bring a rapist cop to justice. Kim Greylek became the permanent ADA in the season ten premiere, until Cabot made a return midway through that season when Greylek returned to the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. Cabot remained the ADA through the second half of season 11. After Cabot's departure, the ADA void was filled by Sonya Paxton (Christine Lahti) and Jo Marlowe (Sharon Stone) until the conclusion of season 11. Gillian Hardwicke (Melissa Sagemiller) served as the SVU's ADA during season 12, while Novak would return for a guest appearance after completing her suspension near the end of the season. Paxton would also return for one more appearance in the season, during which she is brutally murdered by a rapist/murderer, but manages to leave behind vital evidence to assure his conviction. In season 13, both Cabot and Novak returned as ADAs. From the beginning of season 14, ADA Rafael Barba was SVU's prosecutor, until leaving halfway through season 19 following the death of an infant. Chicago Justice's Peter Stone became SVU's ADA after Chicago Justice was canceled after only one season. At the end of season 20, Stone decided to leave due to some of the cases being too much for him to handle. From there, former SVU Detective Dominick Carisi Jr. takes his place at the start of season 21.[16]

In season 13, other big changes happened with Stabler having retired in the aftermath of the season 12 finale, until he reappeared in season 22, which led him to join NYPD's Organized Crime Control Bureau. Huang also departed at the same time after being reassigned to Oklahoma City, but has returned for occasional guest appearances. Detectives Nick Amaro and Amanda Rollins joined the team filling the void left by Stabler. Amaro brought empathy to his cases while dealing with a stressful home life, while Rollins had dogged persistence and instincts help her close cases, but also secrets from her past that could derail her career. During season 15, both Munch and Cragen retired from the NYPD, leaving Benson, after being promoted to Sergeant, to take control of the unit; she would later be promoted to Lieutenant at the start of season 17 and then Captain at the start of season 21. Season 16 was another period of change with the introduction of Carisi at the beginning and the departure of Amaro at the end. Also introduced in season 16 was Deputy Chief William Dodds, who served as commanding officer for the Special Victims Units in all five boroughs of New York. Dodds' son Mike transfers into Special Victims as Sergeant in season 17, becoming Benson's second-in-command until his death at the end of the season; Fin later passes the Sergeant's exam during season 18 and is officially promoted in Mike's place in season 19. Following Carisi's move to the DA's office in season 21, Vice Officer Katriona "Kat" Tamin joined the team after assisting on several cases, eventually getting promoted to detective. Dodds also departed the series at the start of the season due to some issues in the case regarding a mogul raping countless women, allowing new deputy chief Christian Garland to take his place. At the start of season 23, Tamin and Garland both resigned from the NYPD after becoming disillusioned with the legal system's failures and the systematic bias within the department, with Tamin being replaced by Detective Joe Velasco. Chief Tommy McGrath took over Garland's position until he could find a permanent deputy chief for SVU. At the beginning of season 24, Detective Grace Muncy joins SVU after solving a case that involves a teenage Dominican gang. And halfway through the season, Rollins resigns from SVU because she accepted an offer from Carisi's old colleague to teach at Fordham University.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit characters

Production

Development

 
Dick Wolf (pictured in 2010), the creator and executive producer of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

The idea for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit originated with the 1986 "preppie murder" case of Robert Chambers, who strangled and killed a woman he dated, Jennifer Levin, during what he claimed was consensual "rough sex" in Manhattan's Central Park. The crime inspired Dick Wolf to write the story for the season one episode of Law & Order titled "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die". After writing the episode, Wolf wanted to go deeper into the psychology of crimes to examine the role of human sexuality.[17]

The original title of the show was Sex Crimes. Initially, there was concern among the producers that, should Sex Crimes fail, identifying the new show with the Law & Order franchise could affect the original show. Additionally, Ted Kotcheff wanted to create a new series that was not dependent upon the original series for success. Wolf felt, however, that it was important and commercially desirable to have "Law & Order" in the title, and he initially proposed the title of the show be Law & Order: Sex Crimes. Barry Diller, then head of Studios USA, was concerned about the title, however, and it was changed to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit to reflect the actual unit of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) that handles sexually-based offenses.[18]

Executive producer Neal Baer left Law & Order: SVU as showrunner at the end of season twelve, after eleven years (seasons 2–12) on the show, in order to sign a three-year deal with CBS Studios.[19] Baer was replaced by former Law & Order: Criminal Intent showrunner Warren Leight.[20] In March 2015, it was announced that Warren Leight signed a three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television, that will allow him to work on SVU one more season, its seventeenth.[21] It was announced on March 10, 2016, that original Law & Order veteran producer Rick Eid would take Leight's place as showrunner starting in season 18. Creator Dick Wolf commented to The Hollywood Reporter, "I'm extremely pleased that Rick had decided to rejoin the family and hope that he will be here for years to come."[22] During post-production of season 18, following the announcement that SVU was renewed for a nineteenth season, it was revealed that Rick Eid departed the series. He will be taking over another Dick Wolf/NBC series, Chicago P.D.[23]

It was announced on May 25, 2017, that original Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent showrunner Michael S. Chernuchin would be reprising his role starting on season nineteen. Chernuchin was also co-creator and executive producing showrunner of Chicago Justice, another Wolf-related show that was canceled by NBC at the end of the 2016–17 TV season.[24] On April 22, 2019, it was announced that Leight would return as showrunner for the series' twenty-first season.[25] On May 3, 2022, Leight announced that he would not be returning for the twenty-fourth season.[26]

Casting

 
Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni and Ice-T during filming of the 12th season.

Casting for the lead characters of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit occurred in the spring of 1999. Dick Wolf, along with officials from NBC and Studios USA were at the final auditions for the two leads at Rockefeller Center. The last round had been narrowed down to seven finalists. For the female lead, Detective Olivia Benson, actresses Samantha Mathis, Reiko Aylesworth, and Mariska Hargitay were being considered. For the male role, Detective Elliot Stabler, the finalists were Tim Matheson, John Slattery, Nick Chinlund, and Christopher Meloni. Hargitay and Meloni had auditioned in the final round together and, after the actors left, there was a moment of dead silence, after which Wolf blurted out, "Oh well. There's no doubt who we should choose—Hargitay and Meloni." Wolf believed the duo had the perfect chemistry together from the first time he saw them together, and they ended up being his first choice. Garth Ancier, then head of NBC Entertainment, agreed, and the rest of the panel assembled began voicing their assent.[27]

The first actor to be cast for the show was Dann Florek. Florek had originated the character of Captain Don Cragen in the 1990 pilot for Law & Order, and played the character for the show's first three seasons until he was fired on the orders of network executives, who wanted to add female characters to the all-male primary cast, but he maintained a friendly relationship with Wolf, and went on to direct three episodes of the original series as well as to occasionally guest star on the show. Shortly after Florek reprised his role for Exiled: A Law & Order Movie, he received a call to be on Sex Crimes.[28] Initially reluctant, he eventually agreed to star on the show as Cragen on the assurance that he would not be asked to audition for the role.[29]

Shortly after the cancellation of Homicide: Life on the Street, Richard Belzer heard that Benjamin Bratt had left Law & Order. Belzer requested his manager to call Wolf and pitch the idea for Belzer's character from Homicide, Detective John Munch, to become the new partner of Jerry Orbach's character, Detective Lennie Briscoe, since they had previously teamed in three Homicide crossovers. Wolf loved the idea, but had already cast Jesse L. Martin as Briscoe's new partner, Detective Ed Green. The idea was reconfigured, but to have Munch on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit instead.[29] Since the character of Munch was inspired by David Simon's depiction of Detective Sergeant Jay Landsman and developed for Homicide by Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson, the addition of Munch to the cast required the consent of all three. The appropriate agreements were reached and, while Fontana and Levinson agreed to waive their royalty rights, contracts with Simon required that he be paid royalties for any new show in which Munch is a main character; as a result, Simon receives royalties every time Munch appears in an episode of the show.[30]

Dean Winters was cast as Munch's partner, Brian Cassidy, at the insistence of Belzer. Belzer looked at Winters as a sort of little brother, and told Wolf, "Well, I'll do this new show of yours, SVU, only if you make Dean Winters my partner."[29] Wolf did make Winters Belzer's partner, but he was contractually obligated to his other show at the time, the HBO drama Oz. Since the role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was only initially meant to be a few episodes, Winters was forced to leave when it was time to film Oz again. Winters returned for the season 13 finale, "Rhodium Nights", reprising his role as Cassidy. He also appeared (as Cassidy) on the two-part season 14 premiere "Lost Reputation"/"Above Suspicion".[31] He subsequently became a recurring character into season 15. The void left by Winters's departure was filled for the remainder of the season by Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries, a character who Wolf promised that, despite starting out as a minor character with one scene in the pilot, would eventually develop. Hurd left the show at the beginning of season two to join the cast of Leap Years.[32] Munch's permanent partner came in the form of rapper-turned-actor Ice-T, who had previously worked with Wolf on New York Undercover and Exiled. Ice-T originally agreed to do only four episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, but he quickly gained affection for the ensemble nature of the cast. He relocated to New York City before his four-episode contract was up and remained with the show as Munch's permanent partner, Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola.[33]

Initially, the show focused exclusively on the police work of the detectives in the Special Victims Unit of the 16th precinct, with members of the District Attorney's office occasionally appearing as guest roles crossing over from the original Law & Order. From season two onwards, the format was changed to be more faithful to the original Law & Order concept by including court cases. Stephanie March had little television experience before being cast on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, nor did she watch much TV. Nevertheless, March was cast as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot at the beginning of season two but still believed that, due to the grim nature of the series, it would be short-lived. She stayed with the series for three seasons, however, and left when she believed she had reached the natural conclusion of the character's development. She would later reprise the character as a guest appearance in season six and as a regular character on the short-lived Wolf series, Conviction, where she was promised more to do. Diane Neal had previously guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in season three before being cast as Cabot's replacement, Casey Novak, in season five. Neal remained with the show through the end of season nine,[34] after which she was replaced by Michaela McManus. March returned to the show in the tenth season (after McManus' departure from the cast) when Neal Baer proposed Cabot receive a character arc to revitalize the second part of the season, which would continue through season eleven.[35][36]

Tamara Tunie was cast as medical examiner Melinda Warner in season two after working with Wolf previously on New York Undercover, Feds, and Law & Order. Warner was initially a recurring character but became a regular character in season seven, and Tunie was added to the opening credits at that time.[37] When initially cast as Warner, Tunie was appearing as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns. From 2000 to 2007 (and again briefly in 2009), she appeared on both series simultaneously. In 2002, she also appeared on the Fox espionage-themed drama series 24, in the recurring role of CTU Acting Director Alberta Green. BD Wong was asked to film four episodes as Dr. George Huang, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) forensic psychiatrist and criminal profiler on loan to the Special Victims Unit. After his four episodes, he was asked to stay on with the show.[38]

After he starred in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and guest-starred as Detective Chester Lake in the eighth season, Wolf felt that Adam Beach would be a good addition to the cast and asked him to be a permanent member beginning with the ninth season. Although Beach felt the role was a "dream role", the character proved unpopular with fans who felt that he was designed to gradually write out either Richard Belzer or Ice-T. Feeling there were too many police characters on the show, Beach left the show after only one season.[39] Michaela McManus was originally felt to be too young for the role of an Assistant District Attorney (ADA) before being cast as ADA Kim Greylek in the tenth season. McManus, months removed from a recurring role on One Tree Hill, remained with the series only half a season, however, before departing for unspecified reasons.[40]

Paula Patton joined the cast as ADA Mikka Von. She replaced Stephanie March.[41] However, Patton dropped out after one episode to film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and was replaced by Melissa Sagemiller in the recurring role of ADA Gillian Hardwicke.[42][43]

Before the end of season twelve, Mariska Hargitay asked for a lighter workload. As a way of writing her out of certain episodes, a plan to have her character promoted to a supervisory role was discussed.[44] At the end of season twelve, Christopher Meloni departed the cast, unable to reach agreement on a new contract. Warren Leight became the new showrunner during this same year and signed on before he knew that Meloni would be leaving the cast.[45] The second major departure to be announced in 2011 was that of BD Wong. On July 17, Wong announced on Twitter that, "I actually do not return for season 13, I am jumping to Awake! It's awesome!" Wong added, "I don't know if or when I'll be back on SVU! It was amazing to have such a cool job for 11 years and to be a real NY Actor." Wong reprised his role as Dr. Huang in season 13's episode "Father Dearest".[46]

 
Danny Pino and Hargitay during the filming of the 13th season.

In June 2011, it was announced that Kelli Giddish and Danny Pino would join the cast as new series regulars.[4] Weeks later, it was announced that Stephanie March and Diane Neal would be reprising their roles as ADA Alexandra Cabot and ADA Casey Novak, respectively.[47] The launch of season 13 was marked with a retooling of the show that Warren Leight referred to as "SVU 2.0".[48] Changes that accompanied this included Tamara Tunie's being bumped from the main cast to a guest-starring role and recurring actor Joel de la Fuente's not appearing for the first time since 2002. Of the latter change, Warren Leight said, "those scenes [which featured Fuente] can be dry" and hired Gilbert Gottfried as a more comedic replacement.[49]

In season 14, Raúl Esparza joined the cast in a recurring capacity as ADA Rafael Barba and prior to the season 15 premiere, Esparza was promoted to a series regular. Also in season 15, Belzer departed the cast in the fifth episode, "Wonderland Story", in which Sgt. Munch retired from the NYPD and took a job in the DA's office as an investigator. Later in the season, Captain Cragen announced his departure from the NYPD, which made newly promoted Sgt. Benson the temporary squad commander. In leaving the cast, Florek ended a 400-episode run as Captain Cragen. In season 16, Peter Scanavino joined the series, first in a recurring role for episodes 1–3 and then was promoted to the main cast in episode 5, with Kelli Giddish, Danny Pino, Ice-T and Raúl Esparza. On May 20, 2015, it was revealed that Danny Pino would be leaving the cast after the season 16 finale "Surrendering Noah".[citation needed]

In August 2017, it was announced that Philip Winchester would recur in season 19 as ADA Peter Stone, his character from Chicago P.D. and Chicago Justice, who is the son of Benjamin Stone, the first ADA on the original Law & Order series.[50] It was later also announced that Brooke Shields was enlisted to assume a major recurring role (Sheila Porter, maternal grandmother of Noah Porter-Benson, Olivia's adopted son) starting in season 19 of the long-running dramatic series.[51] On February 7, 2018, Raúl Esparza left the series after six seasons.[52] His role was taken over by Winchester. Upon being renewed for its twenty-first season, it was announced that Winchester would be departing the series after the twentieth season.[53]

In March 2019, it was announced that the show would come back for season 21, making it the longest-running primetime U.S. live-action series in the history of television.[5] On March 29, 2019, it was revealed that Winchester would not return for season 21. He tweeted the same day about his departure from the show.[54] On May 16, 2019, the season finale aired and Winchester took to Twitter to thank the cast and crew for the send-off.[55] After recurring for several episodes in season 21 as Vice Officer Katriona Tamin, Jamie Gray Hyder joined the cast as a regular, starting in episode 8.[56] On October 6, 2020, Demore Barnes, who had recurred throughout season 21 as new Deputy Chief Christian Garland, was upgraded to regular status for season 22.[57][58] On September 3, 2021, it was announced that Hyder and Barnes would both depart the series following the two-hour season 23 premiere.[59] On October 13, 2021, Octavio Pisano, who had guest starred since the start of the season, was promoted to regular status. On August 24, 2022, it was announced that Kelli Giddish would leave the series during the first half of season 24. On November 10, 2022, Molly Burnett, who initially appeared in a recurring capacity for the first six episodes, was promoted to series regular beginning with the seventh episode.

Salaries

By season twelve, both Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni had become among the highest-paid lead actors on a drama, with each earning nearly $400,000 per episode, a salary that TV Guide said was exceeded only by House's Hugh Laurie.[60] During season sixteen, Hargitay was reported to be earning $450,000 per episode, or $10,350,000 per season.[61] In season seventeen, her salary increased to $500,000 per episode.[62]

Filming and location

 
SVU shooting on location in Central Park at night

Many exterior scenes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit are filmed on location in New York City, Wolf's hometown, throughout all five of New York City's boroughs. [63] Fort Lee, New Jersey served as the filming location for Detective Elliot Stabler's residence in Queens, New York.[64]

When searching for a place to film the interiors of the show, the producers found that there were no suitable studio spaces available in New York City. As a result, a space was chosen at NBC's Central Archives building in nearby North Bergen, New Jersey, which had sat empty for some time. 53,000 square feet (4,900 m2) of stage area.[65] The Archives building was used for police station and courtroom scenes,[64] with various other locations in Hudson County used for other scenes, such as a scene shot at the Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus in 2010. The production left New Jersey for New York in 2010, however, when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suspended the tax credits for film and television production for the Fiscal Year 2011 to close budget gaps.[66] The show moved into the studio space at Chelsea Piers that had been occupied by the original Law & Order series until its cancellation in May 2010.[67][68]

Episodes

Main articles: List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes (seasons 1–19) and List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes (season 20 − present)
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankRating
First airedLast aired
122September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20)May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19)308.8
221October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20)May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11)259.6
323September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28)May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17)1210.4
425September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27)May 16, 2003 (2003-05-16)1410.1
525September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)May 18, 2004 (2004-05-18)188.7
623September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21)May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24)169.2
722September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20)May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16)189.2
822September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19)May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)247.9
919September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25)May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13)227.6
1022September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23)June 2, 2009 (2009-06-02)266.7
1124September 23, 2009 (2009-09-23)May 19, 2010 (2010-05-19)488.2
1224September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22)May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18)448.8
1323September 21, 2011 (2011-09-21)May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23)627.6
1424September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26)May 22, 2013 (2013-05-22)537.3
1524September 25, 2013 (2013-09-25)May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21)499.1
1623September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24)May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20)4110.0
1723September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23)May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25)528.3
1821September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24)487.4
1924September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27)May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)398.6
2024September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27)May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16)517.4
2120September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26)April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23)556.5
2216November 12, 2020 (2020-11-12)June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)365.9
2322September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)May 19, 2022 (2022-05-19)296.8
24TBASeptember 22, 2022 (2022-09-22)TBATBATBA

N.B.: Episode counts for seasons 9, 21 and 22 were reduced due to the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike (Season 9) and the COVID-19 pandemic (Seasons 21 and 22).

Release

Broadcast

Law & Order: SVU airs on NBC in the United States. With the season eleven premiere on September 23, 2009, the series vacated its Tuesday 10 p.m. ET slot because NBC began a prime-time weeknight Jay Leno series. The new time slot became Wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET on NBC, with CTV still airing SVU on Tuesdays at 10:00 in Canada.[69] After the 2010 Winter Olympics on March 3, 2010, the time slot for SVU changed again to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET, where it stayed until the twelfth season.[70] In the 12th season, SVU moved back to 9:00 p.m. to lead in the newest Law & Order spin-off, Law & Order: LA,[71] until it was pulled from the network in January 2011 to be retooled.[72] SVU moved back to 10:00 p.m. on January 12, 2011, until the end of the 13th season.[73] With season 14, SVU moved back to 9:00 p.m. after a two-hour season premiere event on September 26, 2012.[74] Beginning with Season 20, SVU would air on Thursday nights at 10 p.m., after NBC decided to devote their entire Wednesday primetime lineup to the Chicago Med, PD, and Fire trilogy. It marked the first time ever that Law & Order: SVU would hold this timeslot on Thursday nights.[75] Starting with season 22, the show moved to 9 p.m., with offshoot Law & Order: Organized Crime taking its old slot.[76]

From season 21 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit airs on Sky Witness in the United Kingdom.

Streaming

All seasons, including the season that is currently on the air, are available to stream on Hulu (with a subscription). The latest 5 episodes can be watched for free on NBC.com[77] and the NBC app.[78] Outside of SVOD and NBC platforms, most episodes (outside of seasons 2–4 in the United States for unknown reasons) can be found on electronic sell-through platforms such as iTunes[79] and Amazon Prime Video.[80] The series is available for streaming on Peacock along with Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.[81] The first thirteen seasons are available for streaming in Australia on Amazon Prime Video. In Brazil, seasons 11 to 13 are available on Amazon Prime Video, and all 22 seasons are available on Globoplay, although seasons 15 to 22 require a subscription expansion or cable access to UniversalTV[82]

Syndication

As of September 2017, the series is rerun on fellow NBCUniversal network USA, as well as local stations Ion Television and MyNetworkTV. The series also briefly ran on Syfy in 2006. In 2008, Fox obtained rights to air Law & Order: SVU on Fox-owned TV stations, and began doing so in the fall of 2009.[83]

Beginning in 2022, the show aired on more off-network syndicated rerun networks such as Sundance, WE tv, and Lifetime.

Reception

Ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Season Timeslot (ET) Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewership
rank		 Avg. viewers
(millions)
Date Viewers
(millions) 		Date Viewers
(millions)
1 Monday 9:00 p.m. (ep. 1–9)
Friday 10:00 p.m. (ep. 10–22)		 22 September 20, 1999 (1999-09-20) 18.43[84] May 19, 2000 (2000-05-19) 15.11[85] 1999–2000 33 12.18[86]
2 Friday 10:00 p.m. 21 October 20, 2000 (2000-10-20) 13.20[87] May 11, 2001 (2001-05-11) 15.06[88] 2000–01 29 13.1[89]
3 23 September 28, 2001 (2001-09-28) 15.80[90] May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17) 14.27[91] 2001–02 14 15.2[92]
4 25 September 27, 2002 (2002-09-27) 15.60[93] May 16, 2003 (2003-05-16) 13.70[94] 2002–03 16 14.83[95]
5 Tuesday 10:00 p.m. 25 September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23) 13.23[96] May 18, 2004 (2004-05-18) 18.36[97] 2003–04 21 12.72[98]
6 23 September 21, 2004 (2004-09-21) 14.20[99] May 24, 2005 (2005-05-24) 16.38[100] 2004–05 23 13.46[101]
7 22 September 20, 2005 (2005-09-20) 15.32[102] May 16, 2006 (2006-05-16) 12.97[103] 2005–06 24 13.78[104]
8 22 September 19, 2006 (2006-09-19) 14.55[105] May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22) 10.28[106] 2006–07 38 11.94[107]
9 19 September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25) 12.10[108] May 13, 2008 (2008-05-13) 10.83[109] 2007–08 30 11.33[110]
10 22 September 23, 2008 (2008-09-23) 9.52[111] June 2, 2009 (2009-06-02) 11.34[112] 2008–09 39 10.11[113]
11 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 24 September 23, 2009 (2009-09-23) 8.36[114] May 19, 2010 (2010-05-19) 8.61[115] 2009–10 44 8.81[116]
12 24 September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) 9.68[117] May 18, 2011 (2011-05-18) 8.98[118] 2010–11 47 8.84[119]
13 Wednesday 10:00 p.m. 23 September 21, 2011 (2011-09-21) 7.63[120] May 23, 2012 (2012-05-23) 7.16[121] 2011–12 67 7.59[122]
14 Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 24 September 26, 2012 (2012-09-26) 7.19[123] May 22, 2013 (2013-05-22) 6.66[124] 2012–13 56 7.30[125]
15 24 September 25, 2013 (2013-09-25) 9.58[126] May 21, 2014 (2014-05-21) 6.39[127] 2013–14 46 8.18[128]
16 23 September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24) 10.07[129] May 20, 2015 (2015-05-20) 6.96[130] 2014–15 52 8.71[131]
17 23 September 23, 2015 (2015-09-23) 8.27[132] May 25, 2016 (2016-05-25) 7.19[133] 2015–16 52 8.31[134]
18 21 September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21) 7.83[135] May 24, 2017 (2017-05-24) 6.22[136] 2016–17 48 7.39[137]
19 24 September 27, 2017 (2017-09-27) 5.67[138] May 23, 2018 (2018-05-23) 6.12[139] 2017–18 39 8.57[140]
20 Thursday 10:00 p.m. 24 September 27, 2018 (2018-09-27) 5.09[141] May 16, 2019 (2019-05-16) 3.58[142] 2018–19 51 7.41[143]
21 20 September 26, 2019 (2019-09-26) 3.84[144] April 23, 2020 (2020-04-23) 3.69[145] 2019–20 55 6.46[146]
22 Thursday 9:00 p.m. 16 November 12, 2020 (2020-11-12) 3.02[147] June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03) 4.23[148] 2020–21 34 6.78[149]
23 22 September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) 5.57[150] May 19, 2022 (2022-05-19) 4.52[151] 2021–22 29 6.83[152]
24 TBA September 22, 2022 (2022-09-22) 5.47[153] TBA (TBA) TBD 2022–23 TBD TBD

In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook likes found that SVU's popularity was "atypical: generally slightly more popular in rural areas and the South, but largely restricted to the eastern half of the country. It is most popular in Albany, N.Y.; least in Colorado and Utah".[154]

Awards and honors

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has received many awards and award nominations. Mariska Hargitay has twice been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won once in 2005.[155]

The show has been nominated numerous times for the Emmy Award. Mariska Hargitay has been nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category 8 years in a row beginning in 2004 and won the Emmy in 2006. Christopher Meloni was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category in 2006. Robin Williams was nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2008. The series was nominated in the category Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Jane Alexander and Tracy Pollan in 2000, Martha Plimpton in 2002, Barbara Barrie in 2003, Mare Winningham and Marlee Matlin in 2004, Amanda Plummer and Angela Lansbury in 2005, Marcia Gay Harden and Leslie Caron in 2007, Cynthia Nixon in 2008, Ellen Burstyn, Brenda Blethyn, and Carol Burnett in 2009, and Ann-Margret in 2010. The series won the award for Plummer in 2005, Caron in 2007, Nixon in 2008, Burstyn in 2009, and Margret in 2010.[156]

Critical reception

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been well received among critics. The show holds an average score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes [157] In 2014, Joshua Alston of The A.V. Club described it as "most improved, and that uptick in quality is all the more admirable.[158] Ilana Kaplan of The New York Times wrote that the series the longest-running drama in primetime history and Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson is a person of repose of real life victims and survivors. Hargitay quoted: "It became very apparent to me early how much, culturally, we needed this character who relentlessly fights and advocates for women and for survivors, and who does it with compassion," she said through tears. "Somebody who is unequivocally committed to righting wrongs, who believes survivors, who's aware of the healing in it."[159]

Criticism

One researcher has condemned the show for casually portraying and dismissing civil right violations, and for creating moral panic over who is accused of crime. In season five, the show also over-portrays Black perpetrators and offenders higher than real crime statistics: "Victims of color, particularly if they were associated with the lower or working class were more likely to be depicted as contributing to their offense...Furthermore, minority victims were more likely than their white counterparts to be shown only in a photograph and to remain nameless throughout the program. African American females were almost completely missing as rape victims on “SVU”, despite the fact that they are the group most at risk for sexual assault."[160]

Some critics view the show as copaganda.[161][162][163] It "serve[s] to legitimate and normalize civil rights violations and increase viewers confidence in the police because they usually protect citizens by apprehending offenders efficiently."[160]

Russian adaptation

In 2007, the Russian production company Studio 2B purchased the rights to create an adaptation of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for Russian television. Titled Law & Order: Division of Field Investigation,[b] the series stars Alisa Bogart and Vica Fiorelia. It follows a unit of investigators in Moscow whose job is to investigate crimes of a sexual nature. The series aired on NTV until 2010 and was produced by Pavel Korchagin, Felix Kleiman and Edward Verzbovski and directed by Dmitry Brusnikin. The screenplays were written by Sergei Kuznvetsov, Elena Karavaeshnikova, and Maya Shapovalova.[164]

Spin-off

Main article: Law & Order: Organized Crime

On March 31, 2020, it was announced that NBC had ordered an untitled spin-off series to launch in the 2020–21 television season, with Christopher Meloni reprising his role as Elliot Stabler. Meloni left SVU in 2011. The series order consists of 13 episodes.[165] On June 2, 2020, it was announced that the series would be called Law & Order: Organized Crime and writer Craig Gore had been fired.[166] When NBC announced its fall schedule on June 16, Organized Crime was the only new show on the schedule, slotted for Thursdays at 10/9c.[76] However, the series was later delayed to 2021.[167] On October 2, 2020, it was announced that Matt Olmstead would be stepping down as showrunner and a replacement was not announced at the time.[168] On December 9, 2020, it was announced that Ilene Chaiken has joined as showrunner after her overall deal with Universal Television.[169] Dylan McDermott was announced on January 27, 2021, as joining the cast in an unspecified role.[170][171] On February 2, 2021, Tamara Taylor was cast in an undisclosed role.[172] On February 4, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on April 1, 2021, in a two-hour crossover event.[173]

Explanatory notes

  1. ^ South Park, which is animated, is the only other scripted comedy/drama show that debuted in the 1990s and has never been out of production since. Other 1990s shows such as Will & Grace and the original Law & Order were revived after being out of production for one or more seasons.
  2. ^ Russian: Закон и порядок: отдел оперативных расследований, Zakon i poryadok: otdel operativnykh rassledovaniy

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General and cited references

  • Green, Susan; Dawn, Randee (2009). Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion. Dallas: BenBella Books. ISBN 978-1-933771-88-5. OCLC 429604907.

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For the current season see Law amp Order Special Victims Unit season 24 Law amp Order Special Victims Unit often abbreviated to Law amp Order SVU or just SVU is an American crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf s own production company Wolf Entertainment for NBC The first spin off of Law amp Order it starred Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler until Meloni left the series in 2011 after 12 seasons and Mariska Hargitay as Detective ultimately promoted to Captain Olivia Benson now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit after originally having been Stabler s partner in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department 1 Meloni reprised his role as Stabler in 2021 in the spin off series Law amp Order Organized Crime 2 3 4 Law amp Order Special Victims Unit follows the style of the original Law amp Order in that some episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention Law amp Order Special Victims UnitAlso known asLaw amp Order SVU SVUGenrePolice procedural Legal drama Thriller MysteryCreated byDick WolfBased onLaw amp Order by Dick WolfDeveloped byPeter Jankowski season 24 present Arthur W Forney season 24 present StarringChristopher Meloni Mariska Hargitay Richard Belzer Dann Florek Michelle Hurd Stephanie March Ice T BD Wong Diane Neal Tamara Tunie Adam Beach Michaela McManus Danny Pino Kelli Giddish Raul Esparza Peter Scanavino Philip Winchester Jamie Gray Hyder Demore Barnes Octavio Pisano Molly BurnettNarrated bySteven ZirnkiltonTheme music composerMike PostOpening theme Theme of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit ComposerMike PostCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons24No of episodes526ProductionExecutive producersDick WolfTed Kotcheff seasons 2 13 Peter Jankowski season 2 present Michael Smith season 14 Julie Martin seasons 14 present Jonathan Starch seasons 15 17 Arthur W Forney season 17 Mariska Hargitay season 15 present Showrunners Robert Palm season 1 David J Burke season 2 Neal Baer seasons 3 12 Warren Leight seasons 13 17 21 23 Rick Eid season 18 Michael S Chernuchin seasons 19 20 David Graziano season 24 present Camera setupSingle cameraRunning time40 44 minutesProduction companiesWolf EntertainmentStudios USA 1999 2002 Universal Network Television 2002 2004 NBC Universal Television Studio 2004 2007 Universal Media Studios 2007 2011 Universal Television 2011 present DistributorNBCUniversal Television and StreamingReleaseOriginal networkNBCPicture formatNTSC 1999 2002 HDTV 1080i 2002 present Audio formatStereoOriginal releaseSeptember 20 1999 1999 09 20 presentChronologyRelatedLaw amp Order franchiseThe show premiered on September 20 1999 After the premiere of its 21st season in September 2019 the series became TV s longest running primetime U S live action series in the history of television 5 Since the end of the original run of the main Law amp Order series in 2010 SVU has been the only live action primetime series that debuted in the 1990s that has remained in continuous production a As of October 21 2021 Law amp Order Special Victims Unit has aired 500 original episodes surpassing the episode count of the original Law amp Order series In terms of all time episode count for a primetime scripted series SVU now ranks fourth behind The Simpsons with 728 episodes Gunsmoke with 635 episodes and Lassie with 591 episodes In February 2020 the series was renewed through its 24th season 6 7 The 23rd season premiered on September 23 2021 8 during which the show aired its milestone 500th episode 9 10 The 24th season premiered on September 22 2022 11 The series has received 91 award nominations winning 33 awards Mariska Hargitay was the first regular cast member on any Law amp Order series to win an Emmy Award when she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2006 Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast and characters 3 Production 3 1 Development 3 2 Casting 3 2 1 Salaries 3 3 Filming and location 4 Episodes 5 Release 5 1 Broadcast 5 2 Streaming 5 3 Syndication 6 Reception 6 1 Ratings 6 2 Awards and honors 6 3 Critical reception 7 Criticism 8 Russian adaptation 9 Spin off 10 Explanatory notes 11 References 11 1 Citations 11 2 General and cited references 12 External linksPremise EditIn the criminal justice system sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous In New York City the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit These are their stories Opening narration spoken by Steven Zirnkilton 12 Based out of the NYPD New York City Police Department s 16th precinct in Manhattan Law amp Order Special Victims Unit delves into the dark side of the New York underworld as the detectives of a new elite force the Special Victims Unit SVU for short investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes including rape child sexual abuse and domestic violence They also investigate the abuses of children the disabled and elderly victims of non sexual crimes who require specialist handling all while trying to balance the effects of the investigation on their own lives as they try not to let the dark side of these crimes affect them Its stories also touch on the political and societal issues associated with gender identity sexual preferences and equality rights While the victim is often murdered this is not always the case and victims frequently play prominent roles in episodes The unit also works with the Manhattan District Attorney s office as they prosecute cases and seek justice for SVU s victims and survivors with precision and a passion to win and bring closure to the intense investigations The series often uses stories that are ripped from the headlines or based on real crimes Such episodes take a real crime and fictionalize it by changing some details 13 Originally the show focused around the detective pairing of Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson Stabler is a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all and tries his best to protect his family from the horrors he has seen in his career Meanwhile Benson s difficult past as the child of a rape victim is the reason she joined the unit Backing them up are Detective John Munch and his first partner Brian Cassidy Munch is a transfer from Baltimore s homicide unit who brings his acerbic wit conspiracy theories and street honed investigative skills Cassidy is young and eager to learn from his fellow detectives These two detective teams received support from Detectives Monique Jeffries and Ken Briscoe 12 After thirteen episodes Cassidy gets transferred to the narcotics division because of his inability to work well on the cases and the fact that they reminded him too much of his childhood abuse As a result Jeffries gets partnered up with Munch for the remainder of season one and Briscoe was phased out In the beginning of season two Jeffries leaves the unit following an incident with the Morris Commission and Munch get permanently partnered up with Detective Odafin Fin Tutuola whose unique yet sometimes vulgar sense of humor and investigative experience make him a formidable match for Munch 14 Brooklyn SVU Detective Chester Lake would assist on several Manhattan cases during the eighth season and then join during season nine Lake would then depart at the season s end after being arrested for murdering a crooked cop who had gotten away with rape These detectives were supervised by veteran Captain Donald Cragen who oversaw the team for seasons 1 15 and was previously the commanding officer of the homicide precinct in New York Cragen s tough but supportive approach to the team s complex cases guides the squad through the challenges they face every day Also assisting the Special Victims Unit is FBI Special Agent Dr George Huang who helps keep the officers sane in a field that could drive ordinary people mad whilst also serving as the squad s resident criminal profiler his insights into the criminal mind have often helped the officers to crack the toughest perps The team also works with Medical Examiner Dr Melinda Warner who has become an integral part of the unit and her personal skills have contributed to the unit s high success rate in closing cases citation needed The unit did not receive a full time assistant district attorney until season two when Alexandra Cabot was assigned to work with the detectives 15 After Cabot enters the Witness Protection Program after almost being killed in a hit in season five she was replaced by Casey Novak who remained as the ADA until the end of season nine when she was censured for violating due process while trying to bring a rapist cop to justice Kim Greylek became the permanent ADA in the season ten premiere until Cabot made a return midway through that season when Greylek returned to the Justice Department in Washington D C Cabot remained the ADA through the second half of season 11 After Cabot s departure the ADA void was filled by Sonya Paxton Christine Lahti and Jo Marlowe Sharon Stone until the conclusion of season 11 Gillian Hardwicke Melissa Sagemiller served as the SVU s ADA during season 12 while Novak would return for a guest appearance after completing her suspension near the end of the season Paxton would also return for one more appearance in the season during which she is brutally murdered by a rapist murderer but manages to leave behind vital evidence to assure his conviction In season 13 both Cabot and Novak returned as ADAs From the beginning of season 14 ADA Rafael Barba was SVU s prosecutor until leaving halfway through season 19 following the death of an infant Chicago Justice s Peter Stone became SVU s ADA after Chicago Justice was canceled after only one season At the end of season 20 Stone decided to leave due to some of the cases being too much for him to handle From there former SVU Detective Dominick Carisi Jr takes his place at the start of season 21 16 In season 13 other big changes happened with Stabler having retired in the aftermath of the season 12 finale until he reappeared in season 22 which led him to join NYPD s Organized Crime Control Bureau Huang also departed at the same time after being reassigned to Oklahoma City but has returned for occasional guest appearances Detectives Nick Amaro and Amanda Rollins joined the team filling the void left by Stabler Amaro brought empathy to his cases while dealing with a stressful home life while Rollins had dogged persistence and instincts help her close cases but also secrets from her past that could derail her career During season 15 both Munch and Cragen retired from the NYPD leaving Benson after being promoted to Sergeant to take control of the unit she would later be promoted to Lieutenant at the start of season 17 and then Captain at the start of season 21 Season 16 was another period of change with the introduction of Carisi at the beginning and the departure of Amaro at the end Also introduced in season 16 was Deputy Chief William Dodds who served as commanding officer for the Special Victims Units in all five boroughs of New York Dodds son Mike transfers into Special Victims as Sergeant in season 17 becoming Benson s second in command until his death at the end of the season Fin later passes the Sergeant s exam during season 18 and is officially promoted in Mike s place in season 19 Following Carisi s move to the DA s office in season 21 Vice Officer Katriona Kat Tamin joined the team after assisting on several cases eventually getting promoted to detective Dodds also departed the series at the start of the season due to some issues in the case regarding a mogul raping countless women allowing new deputy chief Christian Garland to take his place At the start of season 23 Tamin and Garland both resigned from the NYPD after becoming disillusioned with the legal system s failures and the systematic bias within the department with Tamin being replaced by Detective Joe Velasco Chief Tommy McGrath took over Garland s position until he could find a permanent deputy chief for SVU At the beginning of season 24 Detective Grace Muncy joins SVU after solving a case that involves a teenage Dominican gang And halfway through the season Rollins resigns from SVU because she accepted an offer from Carisi s old colleague to teach at Fordham University Cast and characters EditMain article List of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit charactersProduction EditDevelopment Edit Dick Wolf pictured in 2010 the creator and executive producer of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit The idea for Law amp Order Special Victims Unit originated with the 1986 preppie murder case of Robert Chambers who strangled and killed a woman he dated Jennifer Levin during what he claimed was consensual rough sex in Manhattan s Central Park The crime inspired Dick Wolf to write the story for the season one episode of Law amp Order titled Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die After writing the episode Wolf wanted to go deeper into the psychology of crimes to examine the role of human sexuality 17 The original title of the show was Sex Crimes Initially there was concern among the producers that should Sex Crimes fail identifying the new show with the Law amp Order franchise could affect the original show Additionally Ted Kotcheff wanted to create a new series that was not dependent upon the original series for success Wolf felt however that it was important and commercially desirable to have Law amp Order in the title and he initially proposed the title of the show be Law amp Order Sex Crimes Barry Diller then head of Studios USA was concerned about the title however and it was changed to Law amp Order Special Victims Unit to reflect the actual unit of the New York City Police Department NYPD that handles sexually based offenses 18 Executive producer Neal Baer left Law amp Order SVU as showrunner at the end of season twelve after eleven years seasons 2 12 on the show in order to sign a three year deal with CBS Studios 19 Baer was replaced by former Law amp Order Criminal Intent showrunner Warren Leight 20 In March 2015 it was announced that Warren Leight signed a three year deal with Sony Pictures Television that will allow him to work on SVU one more season its seventeenth 21 It was announced on March 10 2016 that original Law amp Order veteran producer Rick Eid would take Leight s place as showrunner starting in season 18 Creator Dick Wolf commented to The Hollywood Reporter I m extremely pleased that Rick had decided to rejoin the family and hope that he will be here for years to come 22 During post production of season 18 following the announcement that SVU was renewed for a nineteenth season it was revealed that Rick Eid departed the series He will be taking over another Dick Wolf NBC series Chicago P D 23 It was announced on May 25 2017 that original Law amp Order and Law amp Order Criminal Intent showrunner Michael S Chernuchin would be reprising his role starting on season nineteen Chernuchin was also co creator and executive producing showrunner of Chicago Justice another Wolf related show that was canceled by NBC at the end of the 2016 17 TV season 24 On April 22 2019 it was announced that Leight would return as showrunner for the series twenty first season 25 On May 3 2022 Leight announced that he would not be returning for the twenty fourth season 26 Casting Edit Mariska Hargitay Christopher Meloni and Ice T during filming of the 12th season Casting for the lead characters of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit occurred in the spring of 1999 Dick Wolf along with officials from NBC and Studios USA were at the final auditions for the two leads at Rockefeller Center The last round had been narrowed down to seven finalists For the female lead Detective Olivia Benson actresses Samantha Mathis Reiko Aylesworth and Mariska Hargitay were being considered For the male role Detective Elliot Stabler the finalists were Tim Matheson John Slattery Nick Chinlund and Christopher Meloni Hargitay and Meloni had auditioned in the final round together and after the actors left there was a moment of dead silence after which Wolf blurted out Oh well There s no doubt who we should choose Hargitay and Meloni Wolf believed the duo had the perfect chemistry together from the first time he saw them together and they ended up being his first choice Garth Ancier then head of NBC Entertainment agreed and the rest of the panel assembled began voicing their assent 27 The first actor to be cast for the show was Dann Florek Florek had originated the character of Captain Don Cragen in the 1990 pilot for Law amp Order and played the character for the show s first three seasons until he was fired on the orders of network executives who wanted to add female characters to the all male primary cast but he maintained a friendly relationship with Wolf and went on to direct three episodes of the original series as well as to occasionally guest star on the show Shortly after Florek reprised his role for Exiled A Law amp Order Movie he received a call to be on Sex Crimes 28 Initially reluctant he eventually agreed to star on the show as Cragen on the assurance that he would not be asked to audition for the role 29 Shortly after the cancellation of Homicide Life on the Street Richard Belzer heard that Benjamin Bratt had left Law amp Order Belzer requested his manager to call Wolf and pitch the idea for Belzer s character from Homicide Detective John Munch to become the new partner of Jerry Orbach s character Detective Lennie Briscoe since they had previously teamed in three Homicide crossovers Wolf loved the idea but had already cast Jesse L Martin as Briscoe s new partner Detective Ed Green The idea was reconfigured but to have Munch on Law amp Order Special Victims Unit instead 29 Since the character of Munch was inspired by David Simon s depiction of Detective Sergeant Jay Landsman and developed for Homicide by Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson the addition of Munch to the cast required the consent of all three The appropriate agreements were reached and while Fontana and Levinson agreed to waive their royalty rights contracts with Simon required that he be paid royalties for any new show in which Munch is a main character as a result Simon receives royalties every time Munch appears in an episode of the show 30 Dean Winters was cast as Munch s partner Brian Cassidy at the insistence of Belzer Belzer looked at Winters as a sort of little brother and told Wolf Well I ll do this new show of yours SVU only if you make Dean Winters my partner 29 Wolf did make Winters Belzer s partner but he was contractually obligated to his other show at the time the HBO drama Oz Since the role on Law amp Order Special Victims Unit was only initially meant to be a few episodes Winters was forced to leave when it was time to film Oz again Winters returned for the season 13 finale Rhodium Nights reprising his role as Cassidy He also appeared as Cassidy on the two part season 14 premiere Lost Reputation Above Suspicion 31 He subsequently became a recurring character into season 15 The void left by Winters s departure was filled for the remainder of the season by Michelle Hurd as Detective Monique Jeffries a character who Wolf promised that despite starting out as a minor character with one scene in the pilot would eventually develop Hurd left the show at the beginning of season two to join the cast of Leap Years 32 Munch s permanent partner came in the form of rapper turned actor Ice T who had previously worked with Wolf on New York Undercover and Exiled Ice T originally agreed to do only four episodes of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit but he quickly gained affection for the ensemble nature of the cast He relocated to New York City before his four episode contract was up and remained with the show as Munch s permanent partner Detective Odafin Fin Tutuola 33 Initially the show focused exclusively on the police work of the detectives in the Special Victims Unit of the 16th precinct with members of the District Attorney s office occasionally appearing as guest roles crossing over from the original Law amp Order From season two onwards the format was changed to be more faithful to the original Law amp Order concept by including court cases Stephanie March had little television experience before being cast on Law amp Order Special Victims Unit nor did she watch much TV Nevertheless March was cast as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot at the beginning of season two but still believed that due to the grim nature of the series it would be short lived She stayed with the series for three seasons however and left when she believed she had reached the natural conclusion of the character s development She would later reprise the character as a guest appearance in season six and as a regular character on the short lived Wolf series Conviction where she was promised more to do Diane Neal had previously guest starred on Law amp Order Special Victims Unit in season three before being cast as Cabot s replacement Casey Novak in season five Neal remained with the show through the end of season nine 34 after which she was replaced by Michaela McManus March returned to the show in the tenth season after McManus departure from the cast when Neal Baer proposed Cabot receive a character arc to revitalize the second part of the season which would continue through season eleven 35 36 Tamara Tunie was cast as medical examiner Melinda Warner in season two after working with Wolf previously on New York Undercover Feds and Law amp Order Warner was initially a recurring character but became a regular character in season seven and Tunie was added to the opening credits at that time 37 When initially cast as Warner Tunie was appearing as attorney Jessica Griffin on the CBS daytime soap opera As the World Turns From 2000 to 2007 and again briefly in 2009 she appeared on both series simultaneously In 2002 she also appeared on the Fox espionage themed drama series 24 in the recurring role of CTU Acting Director Alberta Green BD Wong was asked to film four episodes as Dr George Huang a Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI forensic psychiatrist and criminal profiler on loan to the Special Victims Unit After his four episodes he was asked to stay on with the show 38 After he starred in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and guest starred as Detective Chester Lake in the eighth season Wolf felt that Adam Beach would be a good addition to the cast and asked him to be a permanent member beginning with the ninth season Although Beach felt the role was a dream role the character proved unpopular with fans who felt that he was designed to gradually write out either Richard Belzer or Ice T Feeling there were too many police characters on the show Beach left the show after only one season 39 Michaela McManus was originally felt to be too young for the role of an Assistant District Attorney ADA before being cast as ADA Kim Greylek in the tenth season McManus months removed from a recurring role on One Tree Hill remained with the series only half a season however before departing for unspecified reasons 40 Paula Patton joined the cast as ADA Mikka Von She replaced Stephanie March 41 However Patton dropped out after one episode to film Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol and was replaced by Melissa Sagemiller in the recurring role of ADA Gillian Hardwicke 42 43 Before the end of season twelve Mariska Hargitay asked for a lighter workload As a way of writing her out of certain episodes a plan to have her character promoted to a supervisory role was discussed 44 At the end of season twelve Christopher Meloni departed the cast unable to reach agreement on a new contract Warren Leight became the new showrunner during this same year and signed on before he knew that Meloni would be leaving the cast 45 The second major departure to be announced in 2011 was that of BD Wong On July 17 Wong announced on Twitter that I actually do not return for season 13 I am jumping to Awake It s awesome Wong added I don t know if or when I ll be back on SVU It was amazing to have such a cool job for 11 years and to be a real NY Actor Wong reprised his role as Dr Huang in season 13 s episode Father Dearest 46 Danny Pino and Hargitay during the filming of the 13th season In June 2011 it was announced that Kelli Giddish and Danny Pino would join the cast as new series regulars 4 Weeks later it was announced that Stephanie March and Diane Neal would be reprising their roles as ADA Alexandra Cabot and ADA Casey Novak respectively 47 The launch of season 13 was marked with a retooling of the show that Warren Leight referred to as SVU 2 0 48 Changes that accompanied this included Tamara Tunie s being bumped from the main cast to a guest starring role and recurring actor Joel de la Fuente s not appearing for the first time since 2002 Of the latter change Warren Leight said those scenes which featured Fuente can be dry and hired Gilbert Gottfried as a more comedic replacement 49 In season 14 Raul Esparza joined the cast in a recurring capacity as ADA Rafael Barba and prior to the season 15 premiere Esparza was promoted to a series regular Also in season 15 Belzer departed the cast in the fifth episode Wonderland Story in which Sgt Munch retired from the NYPD and took a job in the DA s office as an investigator Later in the season Captain Cragen announced his departure from the NYPD which made newly promoted Sgt Benson the temporary squad commander In leaving the cast Florek ended a 400 episode run as Captain Cragen In season 16 Peter Scanavino joined the series first in a recurring role for episodes 1 3 and then was promoted to the main cast in episode 5 with Kelli Giddish Danny Pino Ice T and Raul Esparza On May 20 2015 it was revealed that Danny Pino would be leaving the cast after the season 16 finale Surrendering Noah citation needed In August 2017 it was announced that Philip Winchester would recur in season 19 as ADA Peter Stone his character from Chicago P D and Chicago Justice who is the son of Benjamin Stone the first ADA on the original Law amp Order series 50 It was later also announced that Brooke Shields was enlisted to assume a major recurring role Sheila Porter maternal grandmother of Noah Porter Benson Olivia s adopted son starting in season 19 of the long running dramatic series 51 On February 7 2018 Raul Esparza left the series after six seasons 52 His role was taken over by Winchester Upon being renewed for its twenty first season it was announced that Winchester would be departing the series after the twentieth season 53 In March 2019 it was announced that the show would come back for season 21 making it the longest running primetime U S live action series in the history of television 5 On March 29 2019 it was revealed that Winchester would not return for season 21 He tweeted the same day about his departure from the show 54 On May 16 2019 the season finale aired and Winchester took to Twitter to thank the cast and crew for the send off 55 After recurring for several episodes in season 21 as Vice Officer Katriona Tamin Jamie Gray Hyder joined the cast as a regular starting in episode 8 56 On October 6 2020 Demore Barnes who had recurred throughout season 21 as new Deputy Chief Christian Garland was upgraded to regular status for season 22 57 58 On September 3 2021 it was announced that Hyder and Barnes would both depart the series following the two hour season 23 premiere 59 On October 13 2021 Octavio Pisano who had guest starred since the start of the season was promoted to regular status On August 24 2022 it was announced that Kelli Giddish would leave the series during the first half of season 24 On November 10 2022 Molly Burnett who initially appeared in a recurring capacity for the first six episodes was promoted to series regular beginning with the seventh episode Salaries Edit By season twelve both Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni had become among the highest paid lead actors on a drama with each earning nearly 400 000 per episode a salary that TV Guide said was exceeded only by House s Hugh Laurie 60 During season sixteen Hargitay was reported to be earning 450 000 per episode or 10 350 000 per season 61 In season seventeen her salary increased to 500 000 per episode 62 Filming and location Edit SVU shooting on location in Central Park at night Many exterior scenes of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit are filmed on location in New York City Wolf s hometown throughout all five of New York City s boroughs 63 Fort Lee New Jersey served as the filming location for Detective Elliot Stabler s residence in Queens New York 64 When searching for a place to film the interiors of the show the producers found that there were no suitable studio spaces available in New York City As a result a space was chosen at NBC s Central Archives building in nearby North Bergen New Jersey which had sat empty for some time 53 000 square feet 4 900 m2 of stage area 65 The Archives building was used for police station and courtroom scenes 64 with various other locations in Hudson County used for other scenes such as a scene shot at the Meadowlands Parkway in Secaucus in 2010 The production left New Jersey for New York in 2010 however when New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suspended the tax credits for film and television production for the Fiscal Year 2011 to close budget gaps 66 The show moved into the studio space at Chelsea Piers that had been occupied by the original Law amp Order series until its cancellation in May 2010 67 68 Episodes EditMain articles List of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit episodes seasons 1 19 and List of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit episodes season 20 present SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedRankRatingFirst airedLast aired122September 20 1999 1999 09 20 May 19 2000 2000 05 19 308 8221October 20 2000 2000 10 20 May 11 2001 2001 05 11 259 6323September 28 2001 2001 09 28 May 17 2002 2002 05 17 1210 4425September 27 2002 2002 09 27 May 16 2003 2003 05 16 1410 1525September 23 2003 2003 09 23 May 18 2004 2004 05 18 188 7623September 21 2004 2004 09 21 May 24 2005 2005 05 24 169 2722September 20 2005 2005 09 20 May 16 2006 2006 05 16 189 2822September 19 2006 2006 09 19 May 22 2007 2007 05 22 247 9919September 25 2007 2007 09 25 May 13 2008 2008 05 13 227 61022September 23 2008 2008 09 23 June 2 2009 2009 06 02 266 71124September 23 2009 2009 09 23 May 19 2010 2010 05 19 488 21224September 22 2010 2010 09 22 May 18 2011 2011 05 18 448 81323September 21 2011 2011 09 21 May 23 2012 2012 05 23 627 61424September 26 2012 2012 09 26 May 22 2013 2013 05 22 537 31524September 25 2013 2013 09 25 May 21 2014 2014 05 21 499 11623September 24 2014 2014 09 24 May 20 2015 2015 05 20 4110 01723September 23 2015 2015 09 23 May 25 2016 2016 05 25 528 31821September 21 2016 2016 09 21 May 24 2017 2017 05 24 487 41924September 27 2017 2017 09 27 May 23 2018 2018 05 23 398 62024September 27 2018 2018 09 27 May 16 2019 2019 05 16 517 42120September 26 2019 2019 09 26 April 23 2020 2020 04 23 556 52216November 12 2020 2020 11 12 June 3 2021 2021 06 03 365 92322September 23 2021 2021 09 23 May 19 2022 2022 05 19 296 824TBASeptember 22 2022 2022 09 22 TBATBATBAN B Episode counts for seasons 9 21 and 22 were reduced due to the 2007 08 Writers Guild of America strike Season 9 and the COVID 19 pandemic Seasons 21 and 22 Release EditBroadcast Edit Law amp Order SVU airs on NBC in the United States With the season eleven premiere on September 23 2009 the series vacated its Tuesday 10 p m ET slot because NBC began a prime time weeknight Jay Leno series The new time slot became Wednesday nights at 9 00 p m ET on NBC with CTV still airing SVU on Tuesdays at 10 00 in Canada 69 After the 2010 Winter Olympics on March 3 2010 the time slot for SVU changed again to Wednesdays at 10 p m ET where it stayed until the twelfth season 70 In the 12th season SVU moved back to 9 00 p m to lead in the newest Law amp Order spin off Law amp Order LA 71 until it was pulled from the network in January 2011 to be retooled 72 SVU moved back to 10 00 p m on January 12 2011 until the end of the 13th season 73 With season 14 SVU moved back to 9 00 p m after a two hour season premiere event on September 26 2012 74 Beginning with Season 20 SVU would air on Thursday nights at 10 p m after NBC decided to devote their entire Wednesday primetime lineup to the Chicago Med PD and Fire trilogy It marked the first time ever that Law amp Order SVU would hold this timeslot on Thursday nights 75 Starting with season 22 the show moved to 9 p m with offshoot Law amp Order Organized Crime taking its old slot 76 From season 21 Law amp Order Special Victims Unit airs on Sky Witness in the United Kingdom Streaming Edit All seasons including the season that is currently on the air are available to stream on Hulu with a subscription The latest 5 episodes can be watched for free on NBC com 77 and the NBC app 78 Outside of SVOD and NBC platforms most episodes outside of seasons 2 4 in the United States for unknown reasons can be found on electronic sell through platforms such as iTunes 79 and Amazon Prime Video 80 The series is available for streaming on Peacock along with Chicago Fire Chicago P D Chicago Med Law amp Order and Law amp Order Criminal Intent 81 The first thirteen seasons are available for streaming in Australia on Amazon Prime Video In Brazil seasons 11 to 13 are available on Amazon Prime Video and all 22 seasons are available on Globoplay although seasons 15 to 22 require a subscription expansion or cable access to UniversalTV 82 Syndication Edit As of September 2017 the series is rerun on fellow NBCUniversal network USA as well as local stations Ion Television and MyNetworkTV The series also briefly ran on Syfy in 2006 In 2008 Fox obtained rights to air Law amp Order SVU on Fox owned TV stations and began doing so in the fall of 2009 83 Beginning in 2022 the show aired on more off network syndicated rerun networks such as Sundance WE tv and Lifetime Reception EditRatings Edit Viewership and ratings per season of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Season Timeslot ET Episodes First aired Last aired TV season Viewershiprank Avg viewers millions Date Viewers millions Date Viewers millions 1 Monday 9 00 p m ep 1 9 Friday 10 00 p m ep 10 22 22 September 20 1999 1999 09 20 18 43 84 May 19 2000 2000 05 19 15 11 85 1999 2000 33 12 18 86 2 Friday 10 00 p m 21 October 20 2000 2000 10 20 13 20 87 May 11 2001 2001 05 11 15 06 88 2000 01 29 13 1 89 3 23 September 28 2001 2001 09 28 15 80 90 May 17 2002 2002 05 17 14 27 91 2001 02 14 15 2 92 4 25 September 27 2002 2002 09 27 15 60 93 May 16 2003 2003 05 16 13 70 94 2002 03 16 14 83 95 5 Tuesday 10 00 p m 25 September 23 2003 2003 09 23 13 23 96 May 18 2004 2004 05 18 18 36 97 2003 04 21 12 72 98 6 23 September 21 2004 2004 09 21 14 20 99 May 24 2005 2005 05 24 16 38 100 2004 05 23 13 46 101 7 22 September 20 2005 2005 09 20 15 32 102 May 16 2006 2006 05 16 12 97 103 2005 06 24 13 78 104 8 22 September 19 2006 2006 09 19 14 55 105 May 22 2007 2007 05 22 10 28 106 2006 07 38 11 94 107 9 19 September 25 2007 2007 09 25 12 10 108 May 13 2008 2008 05 13 10 83 109 2007 08 30 11 33 110 10 22 September 23 2008 2008 09 23 9 52 111 June 2 2009 2009 06 02 11 34 112 2008 09 39 10 11 113 11 Wednesday 9 00 p m 24 September 23 2009 2009 09 23 8 36 114 May 19 2010 2010 05 19 8 61 115 2009 10 44 8 81 116 12 24 September 22 2010 2010 09 22 9 68 117 May 18 2011 2011 05 18 8 98 118 2010 11 47 8 84 119 13 Wednesday 10 00 p m 23 September 21 2011 2011 09 21 7 63 120 May 23 2012 2012 05 23 7 16 121 2011 12 67 7 59 122 14 Wednesday 9 00 p m 24 September 26 2012 2012 09 26 7 19 123 May 22 2013 2013 05 22 6 66 124 2012 13 56 7 30 125 15 24 September 25 2013 2013 09 25 9 58 126 May 21 2014 2014 05 21 6 39 127 2013 14 46 8 18 128 16 23 September 24 2014 2014 09 24 10 07 129 May 20 2015 2015 05 20 6 96 130 2014 15 52 8 71 131 17 23 September 23 2015 2015 09 23 8 27 132 May 25 2016 2016 05 25 7 19 133 2015 16 52 8 31 134 18 21 September 21 2016 2016 09 21 7 83 135 May 24 2017 2017 05 24 6 22 136 2016 17 48 7 39 137 19 24 September 27 2017 2017 09 27 5 67 138 May 23 2018 2018 05 23 6 12 139 2017 18 39 8 57 140 20 Thursday 10 00 p m 24 September 27 2018 2018 09 27 5 09 141 May 16 2019 2019 05 16 3 58 142 2018 19 51 7 41 143 21 20 September 26 2019 2019 09 26 3 84 144 April 23 2020 2020 04 23 3 69 145 2019 20 55 6 46 146 22 Thursday 9 00 p m 16 November 12 2020 2020 11 12 3 02 147 June 3 2021 2021 06 03 4 23 148 2020 21 34 6 78 149 23 22 September 23 2021 2021 09 23 5 57 150 May 19 2022 2022 05 19 4 52 151 2021 22 29 6 83 152 24 TBA September 22 2022 2022 09 22 5 47 153 TBA TBA TBD 2022 23 TBD TBDIn 2016 a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook likes found that SVU s popularity was atypical generally slightly more popular in rural areas and the South but largely restricted to the eastern half of the country It is most popular in Albany N Y least in Colorado and Utah 154 Awards and honors Edit Main article List of awards and nominations received by Law amp Order Special Victims Unit Law amp Order Special Victims Unit has received many awards and award nominations Mariska Hargitay has twice been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won once in 2005 155 The show has been nominated numerous times for the Emmy Award Mariska Hargitay has been nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series category 8 years in a row beginning in 2004 and won the Emmy in 2006 Christopher Meloni was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series category in 2006 Robin Williams was nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2008 The series was nominated in the category Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Jane Alexander and Tracy Pollan in 2000 Martha Plimpton in 2002 Barbara Barrie in 2003 Mare Winningham and Marlee Matlin in 2004 Amanda Plummer and Angela Lansbury in 2005 Marcia Gay Harden and Leslie Caron in 2007 Cynthia Nixon in 2008 Ellen Burstyn Brenda Blethyn and Carol Burnett in 2009 and Ann Margret in 2010 The series won the award for Plummer in 2005 Caron in 2007 Nixon in 2008 Burstyn in 2009 and Margret in 2010 156 Critical reception Edit Law amp Order Special Victims Unit has been well received among critics The show holds an average score of 88 on Rotten Tomatoes 157 In 2014 Joshua Alston of The A V Club described it as most improved and that uptick in quality is all the more admirable 158 Ilana Kaplan of The New York Times wrote that the series the longest running drama in primetime history and Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson is a person of repose of real life victims and survivors Hargitay quoted It became very apparent to me early how much culturally we needed this character who relentlessly fights and advocates for women and for survivors and who does it with compassion she said through tears Somebody who is unequivocally committed to righting wrongs who believes survivors who s aware of the healing in it 159 Criticism EditThis section may lend undue weight to certain ideas incidents or controversies Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message One researcher has condemned the show for casually portraying and dismissing civil right violations and for creating moral panic over who is accused of crime In season five the show also over portrays Black perpetrators and offenders higher than real crime statistics Victims of color particularly if they were associated with the lower or working class were more likely to be depicted as contributing to their offense Furthermore minority victims were more likely than their white counterparts to be shown only in a photograph and to remain nameless throughout the program African American females were almost completely missing as rape victims on SVU despite the fact that they are the group most at risk for sexual assault 160 Some critics view the show as copaganda 161 162 163 It serve s to legitimate and normalize civil rights violations and increase viewers confidence in the police because they usually protect citizens by apprehending offenders efficiently 160 Russian adaptation EditIn 2007 the Russian production company Studio 2B purchased the rights to create an adaptation of Law amp Order Special Victims Unit for Russian television Titled Law amp Order Division of Field Investigation b the series stars Alisa Bogart and Vica Fiorelia It follows a unit of investigators in Moscow whose job is to investigate crimes of a sexual nature The series aired on NTV until 2010 and was produced by Pavel Korchagin Felix Kleiman and Edward Verzbovski and directed by Dmitry Brusnikin The screenplays were written by Sergei Kuznvetsov Elena Karavaeshnikova and Maya Shapovalova 164 Spin off EditMain article Law amp Order Organized Crime On March 31 2020 it was announced that NBC had ordered an untitled spin off series to launch in the 2020 21 television season with Christopher Meloni reprising his role as Elliot Stabler Meloni left SVU in 2011 The series order consists of 13 episodes 165 On June 2 2020 it was announced that the series would be called Law amp Order Organized Crime and writer Craig Gore had been fired 166 When NBC announced its fall schedule on June 16 Organized Crime was the only new show on the schedule slotted for Thursdays at 10 9c 76 However the series was later delayed to 2021 167 On October 2 2020 it was announced that Matt Olmstead would be stepping down as showrunner and a replacement was not announced at the time 168 On December 9 2020 it was announced that Ilene Chaiken has joined as showrunner after her overall deal with Universal Television 169 Dylan McDermott was announced on January 27 2021 as joining the cast in an unspecified role 170 171 On February 2 2021 Tamara Taylor was cast in an undisclosed role 172 On February 4 2021 it was announced that the series would premiere on April 1 2021 in a two hour crossover event 173 Explanatory notes Edit South Park which is animated is the only other scripted comedy drama show that debuted in the 1990s and has never been out of production since Other 1990s shows such as Will amp Grace and the original Law amp Order were revived after being out of production for one or more seasons Russian Zakon i poryadok otdel operativnyh rassledovanij Zakon i poryadok otdel operativnykh rassledovaniyReferences EditCitations Edit Law amp Order Special Victims Unit NBC com Archived from the original on March 30 2019 Retrieved April 15 2019 Webb Mitovich Matt May 24 2011 Exclusive Chris Meloni Exits Law amp Order SVU TVLine Archived from the original on May 25 2011 Retrieved May 24 2011 Ausiello Michael August 1 2011 NBC on Chris Meloni s Law amp Order SVU Exit We re Not 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