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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC.The first spin-off of Law & Order, expanding it into the Law & Order franchise, it stars Mariska Hargitay as Detective (ultimately promoted to Captain) Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit ...
The cast of seasons 19–20 (2018–2019). From left to right: Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish, Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, and Philip Winchester. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a spin-off of the crime drama Law & Order, follows the detectives who work in the "Special Victims Unit" of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department, a unit that focuses on crimes involving rape, sexual ...
The twenty-fifth season of the American crime-drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was ordered on April 10, 2023, by NBC.Originally slated to premiere in September 2023, the season premiered on January 18, 2024 and concluded on May 16, 2024, [1] following the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
On May 14, 2010, NBC officially canceled Law & Order, [117] opting instead to pick up Law & Order: Los Angeles as a series and renew Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for a twelfth season. [2] Creator Dick Wolf continued to pressure the series' producer NBCUniversal to make a deal with TNT , which held syndication rights to the show, for a ...
Law & Order is known for its revolving cast, as most of its original stars had left the show within the first five seasons. [1] The longest serving main cast members of the original series include Jerry Orbach as Det. Lennie Briscoe (1992–2004), S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt. Anita Van Buren (1993–2010) and Sam Waterston as EADA/DA Jack McCoy ...
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was renewed through its twenty-second season on February 27, 2020. [1] The season marks the return of former main cast member Meloni as Elliot Stabler since the season 12 finale. [4] Meloni stars in the new Law & Order spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime. [25]
The twenty-fourth season of the American crime-drama television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was ordered on February 27, 2020, by NBC, which premiered on September 22, 2022, with a crossover premiere event, the season contained 22 episodes, and concluded on May 18, 2023. [1]
Originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, LA was the first American Law & Order series set outside of New York City. As with the original series , the first half hour of the show focused on the police investigation of a crime discovered in the cold open ; the second half took place at the Los Angeles County District Attorney 's office and ...