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

Creator:

Dick Wolf

Seasons:

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

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 & 79 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Feb. 9	6:00 PM	USA	Stranger	#10.11
Tue. Feb. 9	7:00 PM	USA	Hothouse	#10.12

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 655)

Christopher Meloni	...	Detective Elliot Stabler (238 episodes, 1999-2010)
Mariska Hargitay	...	Detective Olivia Benson (238 episodes, 1999-2010)
Richard Belzer	...	Detective John Munch / ... (238 episodes, 1999-2010)
Dann Florek	...	Captain Donald Cragen (238 episodes, 1999-2010)
Ice-T	...	Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola / ... (216 episodes, 2000-2010)
B.D. Wong	...	Dr. George Huang (192 episodes, 2001-2010)
Tamara Tunie	...	Dr. Melinda Warner (164 episodes, 2000-2010)
Diane Neal	...	A.D.A. Casey Novak / ... (108 episodes, 2001-2008)

Also Known As:

Law & Order: SVU (UK) (promotional abbreviation) (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title) (UK) (informal short title)
Law & Order's Sex Crimes (USA) (working 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 | UK:15 | USA:TV-PG (some episodes) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Wolf Films

Trivia:

Richard Belzer carried his role of Det. John Munch over from the series "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) and the TV movie Homicide: The Movie (2000) (TV). He also played John Munch in "Law & Order" (1990) which had several crossover episodes with "Homicide", an episode of "The X Files" (1993), an episode of "The Beat" (2000), an episode of "Law & Order: Trial by Jury" (2005), the finale of "Arrested Development" (2003) and an episode of "The Wire" (2002). This is a record for appearances by an actor playing the same character in different programs. Det. John Munch's character was also played in _"Sesame Street" (1969)_ voiced by Joey Mazzarino.

Quotes:

Olivia Benson: What happened between you and Kathy?
Elliot Stabler: [shrugs] Uhh, the job. Makes me kind of hard to live with.
Olivia Benson: She should try working with you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Cameron Diaz/Green Day (#30.16)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

I'm Not Driving Anymore

Incredibly Solid Show

I hear on tv that apparently America's favorite Law and Order is the original. I personally think this is the best one out of all of them. It tackles some pretty intersting sides of society and humanity within an hour. I've been watching it for awhile and fell in love with the cast. They all have that hard edge that comes from doing a job like their's. Marishka is great and Ice-T is amusing. The storylines are very interesting and groundbreaking. In my classes, I've heard about the Down-Low phenomenon amongst black males in the U.S. This is the first show, aside from Oprah, that dealt with this issue. I was amazed and pleased that they'll take on any topic within their framework. Their guest cast should be praised as well. They have a great casting director. I don't know about their history with Emmy nominations, but they should definitely be in the running. The show has a very easy going nature despite the hardness of the cast that works well and acted beautifully. It gives a real look at society's imperfections and discriminatory ideologies. Nobody on the show is perfect and even the lawyers manipulate the law beyond the usual scope people think they do. Instead, they are manipulating it to see justice done and not avoided. I would urge anyone to watch this show. Give it a look.