"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999) TV series 1999-????

User Rating:

8.6/10   

Creator:

Dick Wolf

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | unknown

Release Date:

20 September 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Where Risks are Taken

Plot:

This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Victim | Rape | Cop | Justice

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 35 wins & 76 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 7	10:00 PM	NBC	Spooked	#11.6
Sun. Nov. 8	12:00 AM	USA	Hardwired	#11.5

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler (233 episodes, 1999-2009)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson (233 episodes, 1999-2009)
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch / ... (233 episodes, 1999-2009)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen (233 episodes, 1999-2009)
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola / ... (211 episodes, 2000-2009)
B.D. Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (187 episodes, 2001-2009)
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (159 episodes, 2000-2009)
Diane Neal	...	A.D.A. Casey Novak / ... (108 episodes, 2001-2008)

Also Known As:

Law & Order's Sex Crimes (USA) (working title)
Law & Order: SVU (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) | USA:TV-14 | Hungary:18 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 (original rating) | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Many of the actors on the show previously starred on the HBO drama "Oz" (1997) including Dean Winters and B.D. Wong. Most notable, and ironic, is Christopher Meloni (Detective Stabler) who played a sadistic rapist and murderer on OZ and now hunts them on SVU.

Quotes:

Kathy Stabler: So, what's going on at work?
[long pause]
Elliot Stabler: Nothing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I'm Not Driving Anymore

SVU is absolutely the best crime show on TV

First: And there is only one reason why I don't say that about CI(Criminal Intent) and that is because they do not offer D'Onofrio's partner, Katherine Erbe, some juicier involvement. Otherwise, I believe that both SVU and CI are the best in crime shows on TV.

CSI/CSI Miami has nothing on the wonderful grittiness, the compelling stories and the fabulous acting in both programs.

After every show, I let the breath I have been holding since the beginning of the hour. This programs pulls me through the ringer in so many ways not always mentioned, the legal implications of decisions made by the police, captains, the doctor, forensics, the ADAs, legal counsels and that horribly bitchy Judge Petrofsky.

Some of the stories contain conventional crime stories, but more than is normally frequent, the stories contain rather important issues, moral, psychological and legal.

So many good shows, this is the best crime show on TV.