A blended police procedural and courtroom drama which employs a two-part approach: The first half of each episode focuses on NYPD homicide detectives investigating a crime—often derived from a real-life headline—and apprehending a suspect. The second half takes place in the courtroom, with the district attorney prosecuting the defendant.
Season | From | To | Episodes |
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All Seasons | |||
Specials | November 1998 | November 2020 | 3 |
Season 1 | September 1990 | June 1991 | 22 |
Season 2 | September 1991 | May 1992 | 22 |
Season 3 | September 1992 | May 1993 | 22 |
Season 4 | September 1993 | May 1994 | 22 |
Season 5 | September 1994 | May 1995 | 23 |
Season 6 | September 1995 | May 1996 | 23 |
Season 7 | September 1996 | May 1997 | 23 |
Season 8 | September 1997 | May 1998 | 24 |
Season 9 | September 1998 | May 1999 | 24 |
Season 10 | September 1999 | May 2000 | 24 |
Season 11 | October 2000 | May 2001 | 24 |
Season 12 | September 2001 | May 2002 | 24 |
Season 13 | October 2002 | May 2003 | 24 |
Season 14 | September 2003 | May 2004 | 24 |
Season 15 | September 2004 | May 2005 | 24 |
Season 16 | September 2005 | May 2006 | 22 |
Season 17 | September 2006 | May 2007 | 22 |
Season 18 | January 2008 | May 2008 | 18 |
Season 19 | November 2008 | June 2009 | 22 |
Season 20 | September 2009 | May 2010 | 23 |
Season 21 | February 2022 | May 2022 | 10 |
Season 22 | September 2022 | May 2023 | 22 |
Season 23 | January 2024 | May 2024 | 13 |
Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
Season | From | To | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
Season 1 | September 1990 | September 2022 | 467 |
Unassigned Episodes | 37 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
René Balcer | 73 | 03/19/1991 - 12/11/2009 | |
Richard Sweren | 70 | 01/08/1997 - 05/17/2010 | |
Michael S. Chernuchin | 53 | 02/12/1991 - 02/02/2007 | |
Ed Zuckerman | 50 | 09/13/1990 - 01/15/2010 | |
William N. Fordes | 42 | 01/14/1992 - 05/06/2009 | |
Rick Eid | 19 | 04/13/2005 - 02/16/2023 | |
Wendy Battles | 18 | 11/01/2000 - 11/09/2005 | |
Robert Nathan | 18 | 01/07/1992 - 10/13/2006 | |
Dick Wolf | 13 | 10/11/1990 - 02/24/2022 | |
Matt Witten | 13 | 11/25/1998 - 04/24/2002 | |
Aaron Zelman | 13 | 11/15/2000 - 02/25/2004 | |
Robert Palm | 12 | 09/20/1990 - 10/31/2001 | |
David Wilcox | 11 | 09/21/2005 - 04/23/2008 | |
Eric Ellis Overmyer | 10 | 05/16/2001 - 05/18/2005 | |
David Slack | 9 | 11/02/2005 - 05/07/2008 | |
Marc Guggenheim | 8 | 11/07/2001 - 05/19/2004 | |
Luke Schelhaas | 8 | 12/10/2008 - 11/13/2009 | |
Keith Eisner | 7 | 11/26/2008 - 12/11/2009 | |
Gina Gionfriddo | 7 | 01/23/2008 - 06/03/2009 | |
Stephanie Sengupta | 7 | 01/09/2008 - 05/13/2009 | |
Lynn Mamet | 6 | 10/13/1999 - 03/27/2002 | |
Christopher Ambrose | 5 | 01/14/2009 - 11/06/2009 | |
Roz Weinman | 5 | 02/26/2003 - 12/08/2004 | |
Terri Kopp | 5 | 11/14/2001 - 05/14/2003 | |
Jill Goldsmith | 5 | 12/12/2001 - 04/23/2003 | |
Sean Jablonski | 4 | 10/03/2001 - 05/22/2002 | |
Nick Santora | 4 | 09/22/2004 - 05/04/2005 | |
Eddie Feldmann | 4 | 03/27/1996 - 03/03/1999 | |
Sally Nemeth | 4 | 01/07/1992 - 11/16/1993 | |
Matt McGough | 4 | 05/14/2008 - 10/30/2009 | |
Stuart Feldman | 4 | 05/01/2002 - 02/23/2005 | |
Pamela J. Wechsler | 4 | 03/03/2022 - 04/14/2022 | |
Matthew McGough | 4 | 04/06/2007 - 01/15/2010 | |
Nicholas Wootton | 4 | 11/16/2005 - 01/12/2007 | |
William M. Finkelstein | 3 | 01/17/2001 - 02/28/2001 | |
Sibyl Gardner | 3 | 03/17/1993 - 05/17/1995 | |
Art Alamo | 3 | 03/10/2022 - 04/14/2022 | |
Elaine Loeser | 3 | 01/10/1996 - 05/15/1996 | |
Sonny Postiglione | 3 | 04/05/2006 - 04/27/2007 | |
Chris Levinson | 3 | 09/28/2005 - 10/20/2006 | |
Davey Holmes | 3 | 10/06/2004 - 10/12/2005 | |
Edward Pomerantz | 2 | 10/21/1992 - 10/27/1993 | |
Jorge Zamacona | 2 | 02/02/1996 - 11/12/1997 | |
Chris Noth | 2 | 11/08/1998 | |
Douglas Stark | 2 | 09/26/2001 - 01/05/2005 | |
Julie Martin | 2 | 10/23/2009 - 11/20/2009 | |
Matt Kiene | 2 | 12/09/1992 - 05/05/1993 | |
Michael Harbert | 2 | 02/09/1994 - 05/15/2002 | |
Christine Roum | 2 | 10/01/1991 - 11/04/1992 | |
Joe Gannon | 1 | 05/09/2001 | |
P.K. Todd | 1 | 11/08/2000 | |
Carter Harris | 1 | 01/18/2006 | |
Nancy Ann Miller | 1 | 11/26/1991 | |
Giles Blunt | 1 | 12/10/1991 | |
Charles C. Mann | 1 | 11/30/1994 | |
Philippe Browning | 1 | 01/11/2006 | |
Frank Pugliese | 1 | 03/30/2005 | |
Brad Markowitz | 1 | 01/11/1995 | |
Craig Turk | 1 | 11/19/2003 | |
Judith Hopper | 1 | 11/11/1998 | |
Tom Szentgyorgyi | 1 | 04/20/2005 | |
Joe Reinkemeyer | 1 | 05/05/1993 | |
Paris Qualles | 1 | 05/04/1994 | |
Walter Dallenbach | 1 | 03/22/1995 | |
Suzanne Oshry | 1 | 02/04/1998 | |
Ross Berger | 1 | 11/10/2004 | |
Greg Plageman | 1 | 10/19/2005 | |
Joseph Reinkemeyer | 1 | 12/09/1992 | |
Dick Teresi | 1 | 11/11/1998 | |
Tom Smuts | 1 | 03/08/2006 | |
Harold Schecter | 1 | 01/28/1998 | |
Charles Kipps | 1 | 11/08/1998 | |
Kevin Arkadie | 1 | 03/30/1994 | |
Gene Ritchings | 1 | 05/24/1995 | |
Rob Wright | 1 | 04/10/2002 | |
Craig McNeer | 1 | 09/15/1993 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Constantine Makris | 64 | 11/09/1993 - 10/16/2009 | |
Ed Sherin | 37 | 09/24/1991 - 11/23/2005 | |
Jace Alexander | 33 | 05/04/1994 - 01/05/2005 | |
David Platt | 29 | 03/13/1996 - 10/12/2005 | |
Richard Dobbs | 29 | 04/15/1998 - 10/06/2006 | |
Matthew Penn | 28 | 04/19/1995 - 05/18/2007 | |
David Black | 21 | 09/13/1990 - 05/18/2007 | |
I.C. Rapoport | 21 | 03/19/1991 - 03/24/1999 | |
Kathy McCormick | 20 | 10/08/1991 - 09/26/2001 | |
Barry M. Schkolnick | 18 | 01/13/1993 - 05/03/2000 | |
Jeremy R. Littman | 16 | 09/21/1994 - 02/26/1997 | |
Robert Stuart Nathan | 15 | 10/04/1990 - 12/10/1991 | |
Don Scardino | 14 | 02/05/1991 - 05/03/2006 | |
Christopher Misiano | 14 | 01/11/1995 - 05/24/2000 | |
Martha Mitchell | 14 | 11/23/1994 - 03/31/2004 | |
Barry Schindel | 13 | 12/01/1999 - 03/24/2004 | |
Arthur W. Forney | 13 | 03/10/1993 - 05/19/2022 | |
Morgan Gendel | 12 | 12/01/1993 - 04/10/1996 | |
Lewis H. Gould | 11 | 03/15/1995 - 04/24/2002 | |
Lynne E. Litt | 11 | 01/13/1999 - 05/10/2000 | |
Jean de Segonzac | 11 | 11/08/1998 - 03/11/2009 | |
James Quinn | 11 | 11/27/1990 - 04/23/2003 | |
David Shore | 10 | 10/08/1997 - 03/24/1999 | |
Michael Duggan | 10 | 12/11/1990 - 04/28/1992 | |
Janis Diamond | 10 | 02/15/1995 - 03/03/2004 | |
Walon Green | 9 | 11/25/1992 - 03/09/1994 | |
Noah Baylin | 8 | 05/02/2001 - 03/24/2004 | |
Gerry Conway | 8 | 02/10/1999 - 05/17/2000 | |
Michael Pressman | 8 | 11/10/2004 - 03/03/2022 | |
E.W. Swackhamer | 8 | 09/20/1990 - 10/13/1993 | |
Daniel Sackheim | 7 | 02/26/1991 - 02/24/1993 | |
Gardner Stern | 7 | 10/30/1996 - 04/30/1997 | |
Alex Chapple | 6 | 11/17/2006 - 12/11/2009 | |
Gloria Muzio | 6 | 01/28/1998 - 03/03/2004 | |
Fred Gerber | 6 | 04/02/1991 - 11/15/1995 | |
Dann Florek | 5 | 12/01/1993 - 04/26/1995 | |
Jim McKay | 5 | 02/06/2008 - 10/23/2009 | |
Lorenzo Carcaterra | 5 | 05/21/2003 - 11/17/2004 | |
Vincent Misiano | 5 | 04/05/1995 - 09/29/2006 | |
James Frawley | 4 | 03/31/1992 - 09/15/1993 | |
S. Epatha Merkerson | 4 | 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005 | |
Lois Johnson | 4 | 10/20/2004 - 02/16/2005 | |
Doug Palau | 4 | 05/19/1993 - 01/05/1994 | |
Fred Berner | 4 | 11/12/2008 - 09/25/2009 | |
Stephen Wertimer | 4 | 03/24/1999 - 11/28/2001 | |
Annie Parisse | 4 | 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005 | |
Vern Gillum | 4 | 10/04/1990 - 10/21/1992 | |
Hall Powell | 4 | 11/11/1992 - 05/24/2000 | |
Mario Van Peebles | 4 | 04/23/2008 - 11/06/2009 | |
Alfredo Barrios Jr. | 4 | 09/29/2004 - 02/09/2005 | |
Suzanne O'Malley | 4 | 04/05/1995 - 05/01/1996 | |
Joshua Stern | 4 | 03/19/1991 - 05/25/1994 | |
Gordon Rayfield | 3 | 09/23/1992 - 10/13/1993 | |
Sam Waterston | 3 | 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005 | |
Michael W. Watkins | 3 | 03/08/2006 - 01/09/2008 | |
Steve Robman | 3 | 04/14/1992 - 10/19/1994 | |
John Whitesell | 3 | 09/13/1990 - 11/12/1991 | |
Joe Morgenstern | 3 | 04/02/1991 - 10/14/1992 | |
Darnell Martin | 3 | 03/19/2008 - 10/30/2009 | |
Brian Mertes | 3 | 01/15/1997 - 05/13/1998 | |
Jesse L. Martin | 3 | 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005 | |
Fred Dalton Thompson | 3 | 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005 | |
Peter S. Greenberg | 3 | 02/18/1992 - 03/10/1993 | |
Dennis Farina | 3 | 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005 | |
Mark B. Perry | 3 | 11/02/1994 - 01/25/1995 | |
Alex Hall | 2 | 04/07/2022 - 04/14/2022 | |
Charlie Correll | 2 | 10/11/1990 - 01/06/1993 | |
Wendell Rawls | 2 | 01/06/1993 | |
Michael Watkins | 2 | 11/26/2008 - 04/29/2009 | |
Steve Shill | 2 | 03/27/2002 - 11/27/2002 | |
Milena Govich | 2 | 03/10/2022 | |
Siobhan Byrne O'Connor | 2 | 11/05/1991 - 12/10/1997 | |
Harvey Solomon | 2 | 03/30/1994 | |
David Nahmod | 2 | 04/21/2004 | |
Craig Tepper | 2 | 11/19/1997 | |
Gwen Arner | 2 | 01/15/1991 - 11/19/1991 | |
Jack Richardson | 2 | 11/20/1990 - 11/12/1991 | |
Marisol Torres | 2 | 05/07/2008 - 12/17/2008 | |
James Hayman | 2 | 12/09/1992 - 05/05/1993 | |
Marc Levin | 2 | 03/05/2008 - 01/28/2009 | |
Shimon Wincelberg | 2 | 04/16/1997 | |
Thomas Francis McElroy | 2 | 10/04/1990 | |
Roger Young | 2 | 05/06/2009 - 11/20/2009 | |
Joe Viola | 2 | 01/15/1991 | |
Krista Vernoff | 2 | 12/15/1999 | |
Jacob Brackman | 2 | 11/20/1990 | |
Michael Dinner | 2 | 01/02/2008 - 10/09/2009 | |
Tim Hunter | 2 | 11/03/2006 - 04/30/2008 | |
Tony Goldwyn | 2 | 03/29/2006 | |
Gilbert M. Shilton | 2 | 11/18/1992 - 10/27/1993 | |
Dan Karlok | 1 | 02/12/1997 | |
Jim Frawley | 1 | 01/14/1992 | |
Christopher Zalla | 1 | 11/19/2008 | |
Martin Davidson | 1 | 11/13/1990 | |
Marc Laub | 1 | 11/30/1994 | |
Gilbert Moses | 1 | 11/25/1992 | |
J. Ranelli | 1 | 04/01/1998 | |
John Patterson | 1 | 10/30/1990 | |
Joan Stein Schimke | 1 | 12/08/2006 | |
Mark Levin | 1 | 01/15/2010 | |
Peter Levin | 1 | 02/04/1992 | |
Gabrielle Beaumont | 1 | 11/03/1993 | |
Alan Taylor | 1 | 01/23/2008 | |
Eric Stoltz | 1 | 04/13/2005 | |
William Klayer | 1 | 11/13/2009 | |
Karen Gaviola | 1 | 04/06/2007 | |
Sam Weisman | 1 | 03/30/2007 | |
Adam Bernstein | 1 | 02/08/2006 | |
Michael Fresco | 1 | 12/04/1990 | |
Rose Troche | 1 | 11/06/2009 | |
Josh Marston | 1 | 02/04/2009 | |
Bill D'Elia | 1 | 10/07/1992 | |
Alec Baldwin | 1 | 05/13/1998 | |
Dean White | 1 | 02/27/2008 | |
Carl Nelson | 1 | 09/23/1998 | |
Helaine Head | 1 | 01/05/1994 | |
Rick Wallace | 1 | 12/07/2005 | |
Kristoffer Tabori | 1 | 10/08/1991 | |
Steve Cohen | 1 | 12/10/1991 | |
Bruce Seth Green | 1 | 03/03/1993 | |
Norberto Barba | 1 | 05/20/2009 | |
Ernest R. Dickerson | 1 | 05/13/2009 | |
Paris Barclay | 1 | 01/12/2005 | |
Eriq La Salle | 1 | 05/19/2022 | |
Alan Gelb | 1 | 01/07/1992 | |
Adam Davidson | 1 | 01/07/1998 | |
Allen Coulter | 1 | 01/02/2008 | |
Scott Tobin | 1 | 09/23/1998 | |
John David Coles | 1 | 05/14/2008 | |
Rosemary Rodriguez | 1 | 10/19/2005 | |
Aaron Lipstadt | 1 | 01/08/1991 | |
Heather Cappiello | 1 | 03/17/2022 | |
M. T. Adler | 1 | 10/02/2009 |
Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
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Peter Jankowski | 3 | 04/07/2022 - 05/19/2022 |
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