Based out of the New York City Police Department's 16th precinct in Manhattan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU) delves into the dark side of the NYC underworld as the detectives investigate and prosecute various sexually oriented crimes including rape, pedophilia, 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. The unit also works with the Manhattan District Attorney's office as they prosecute cases and seek justice for victims. 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.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | January 2020 | 4 | |
| Season 1 | September 1999 | May 2000 | 22 |
| Season 2 | October 2000 | May 2001 | 21 |
| Season 3 | September 2001 | May 2002 | 23 |
| Season 4 | September 2002 | May 2003 | 25 |
| Season 5 | September 2003 | May 2004 | 25 |
| Season 6 | September 2004 | May 2005 | 23 |
| Season 7 | September 2005 | May 2006 | 22 |
| Season 8 | September 2006 | May 2007 | 22 |
| Season 9 | September 2007 | May 2008 | 19 |
| Season 10 | September 2008 | June 2009 | 22 |
| Season 11 | September 2009 | May 2010 | 24 |
| Season 12 | September 2010 | May 2011 | 24 |
| Season 13 | September 2011 | May 2012 | 23 |
| Season 14 | September 2012 | May 2013 | 24 |
| Season 15 | September 2013 | May 2014 | 24 |
| Season 16 | September 2014 | May 2015 | 23 |
| Season 17 | September 2015 | May 2016 | 23 |
| Season 18 | September 2016 | May 2017 | 21 |
| Season 19 | September 2017 | May 2018 | 24 |
| Season 20 | September 2018 | May 2019 | 24 |
| Season 21 | September 2019 | April 2020 | 20 |
| Season 22 | November 2020 | June 2021 | 16 |
| Season 23 | September 2021 | May 2022 | 22 |
| Season 24 | September 2022 | May 2023 | 22 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Seasons | |||
| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | September 1999 | May 2000 | 22 |
| Season 2 | October 2000 | May 2001 | 21 |
| Season 3 | September 2001 | May 2002 | 23 |
| Season 4 | September 2002 | May 2003 | 25 |
| Season 5 | September 2003 | May 2004 | 25 |
| Season 6 | September 2004 | May 2005 | 23 |
| Season 7 | September 2005 | May 2006 | 22 |
| Season 8 | September 2006 | May 2007 | 22 |
| Season 9 | September 2007 | May 2008 | 19 |
| Season 10 | September 2008 | June 2009 | 22 |
| Season 11 | September 2009 | May 2010 | 24 |
| Season 12 | September 2010 | May 2011 | 24 |
| Season 13 | September 2011 | May 2012 | 23 |
| Season 14 | September 2012 | May 2013 | 24 |
| Season 15 | September 2013 | May 2014 | 24 |
| Season 16 | September 2014 | May 2015 | 23 |
| Season 17 | September 2015 | May 2016 | 23 |
| Season 18 | September 2016 | May 2017 | 21 |
| Season 19 | September 2017 | May 2018 | 24 |
| Season 20 | September 2018 | May 2019 | 24 |
| Season 21 | September 2019 | April 2020 | 20 |
| Season 22 | November 2020 | June 2021 | 16 |
| Season 23 | September 2021 | May 2022 | 22 |
| Season 24 | September 2022 | January 2023 | 11 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 15 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | September 1999 | January 2023 | 531 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 11 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Martin | 112 | 10/05/2011 - 12/09/2021 | |
| Warren Leight | 99 | 10/05/2011 - 12/09/2021 | |
| Dawn DeNoon | 42 | 09/27/1999 - 05/11/2011 | |
| Jonathan Greene | 37 | 10/27/2000 - 05/18/2011 | |
| Brianna Yellen | 30 | 09/24/2014 - 05/20/2021 | |
| Amanda Green | 29 | 01/25/2002 - 05/19/2010 | |
| Kevin Fox | 27 | 10/31/2012 - 05/17/2017 | |
| Lisa Marie Petersen | 24 | 09/27/1999 - 11/15/2005 | |
| Michele Fazekas | 19 | 11/16/2001 - 04/04/2006 | |
| Michael S. Chernuchin | 19 | 09/27/2017 - 05/16/2019 | |
| Tara Butters | 18 | 11/16/2001 - 04/04/2006 | |
| Céline C. Robinson | 15 | 01/22/2014 - 01/31/2019 | |
| Patrick Harbinson | 15 | 05/17/2002 - 03/27/2007 | |
| Peter Blauner | 15 | 01/18/2012 - 09/26/2019 | |
| Robert F. Campbell | 13 | 10/27/2000 - 05/09/2003 | |
| Robert Brooks Cohen | 13 | 04/24/2013 - 01/31/2018 | |
| Daniel Truly | 13 | 10/21/2008 - 05/18/2011 | |
| Ed Zuckerman | 12 | 11/21/2012 - 05/03/2017 | |
| Brendan Feeney | 11 | 05/13/2015 - 12/09/2021 | |
| John P. Roche | 10 | 10/12/2011 - 03/05/2014 | |
| Allison Intrieri | 10 | 09/26/2006 - 05/02/2019 | |
| Richard Sweren | 10 | 10/11/2017 - 05/09/2019 | |
| Lawrence Kaplow | 9 | 10/16/2013 - 04/11/2019 | |
| Rick Eid | 9 | 09/21/2016 - 05/24/2017 | |
| Jill Abbinanti | 8 | 10/02/2013 - 11/04/2015 | |
| Wendy West | 7 | 10/18/1999 - 11/03/2000 | |
| Monet Hurst-Mendoza | 7 | 10/10/2019 - 12/09/2021 | |
| Denis Hamill | 7 | 10/31/2019 - 06/03/2021 | |
| Ken Storer | 7 | 02/13/2007 - 02/23/2011 | |
| Kathy Dobie | 7 | 10/24/2019 - 06/03/2021 | |
| Mick Betancourt | 7 | 11/20/2007 - 04/28/2010 | |
| Jose Molina | 6 | 01/06/2004 - 02/07/2006 | |
| Paul Grellong | 6 | 03/21/2006 - 01/01/2008 | |
| Jeff Eckerle | 6 | 10/20/2000 - 03/08/2002 | |
| Micharne Cloughley | 6 | 10/17/2019 - 05/27/2021 | |
| Samantha Corbin-Miller | 6 | 11/19/2014 - 02/17/2016 | |
| Dick Wolf | 6 | 09/20/1999 - 11/12/2014 | |
| Neal Baer | 5 | 11/18/2003 - 03/31/2010 | |
| Barbie Kligman | 4 | 01/10/2003 - 05/04/2004 | |
| Gavin Harris | 4 | 10/05/2016 - 05/10/2017 | |
| Christine M. Torres | 4 | 03/17/2010 - 04/06/2011 | |
| Michael R. Perry | 4 | 10/04/1999 - 05/05/2000 | |
| David Matthews | 4 | 09/21/2011 - 04/25/2012 | |
| Robert Nathan | 4 | 01/13/2004 - 10/18/2005 | |
| Matt Klypka | 4 | 05/09/2018 - 01/07/2021 | |
| Robert Palm | 3 | 11/15/1999 - 04/28/2000 | |
| Gwendolyn Parker | 3 | 11/14/2012 - 05/01/2013 | |
| Ryan Causey | 3 | 05/02/2018 - 02/14/2019 | |
| Bryan Goluboff | 3 | 09/28/2011 - 02/15/2012 | |
| A. Zell Williams | 3 | 04/08/2015 - 02/24/2016 | |
| David J. Burke | 3 | 10/20/2000 - 03/02/2001 | |
| Nick Kendrick | 3 | 03/31/2000 - 03/02/2001 | |
| Robin Veith | 3 | 11/02/2011 - 05/16/2012 | |
| Speed Weed | 3 | 10/13/2010 - 05/04/2011 | |
| Elizabeth Rinehart | 3 | 11/08/2017 - 05/16/2018 | |
| Kam Miller | 2 | 11/06/2007 - 12/09/2008 | |
| Kinan Copen | 2 | 02/22/2017 - 05/10/2017 | |
| Josh Singer | 2 | 10/23/2007 - 01/15/2008 | |
| Lisa Takeuchi Cullen | 2 | 10/10/2019 - 11/07/2019 | |
| Chris Brancato | 2 | 10/20/2010 - 02/09/2011 | |
| Mark Goffman | 2 | 12/04/2007 - 04/15/2008 | |
| Roger Garrett | 2 | 11/22/1999 - 04/14/2000 | |
| Jordan Barsky | 2 | 11/01/2018 - 04/25/2019 | |
| Christos Gage | 2 | 01/31/2003 - 02/03/2004 | |
| Victoria Pollack | 2 | 01/14/2021 | |
| Charley Davis | 2 | 01/13/2009 - 03/31/2010 | |
| Jeffrey Baker | 2 | 11/09/2016 - 03/29/2017 | |
| Stephen Belber | 2 | 03/01/2002 - 03/28/2003 | |
| Joshua Kotcheff | 2 | 02/15/2005 - 10/28/2008 | |
| Ruth Fletcher | 2 | 01/31/2003 - 02/03/2004 | |
| Tracey Stern | 1 | 01/12/2001 | |
| Melody Cooper | 1 | 04/15/2021 | |
| Aaron Tracy | 1 | 03/20/2013 | |
| Jill Lorie Hurst | 1 | 05/04/2016 | |
| Michael Angeli | 1 | 11/04/2009 | |
| Todd Robinson | 1 | 03/23/2001 | |
| Ed Zuckeman | 1 | 10/17/2012 | |
| Penelope Koechl | 1 | 05/04/2016 | |
| Janet Tamaro | 1 | 02/04/2000 | |
| Javier Grillo-Marxuach | 1 | 11/09/2001 | |
| Marjorie David | 1 | 11/23/2004 | |
| George Huang | 1 | 11/17/2010 | |
| Adisa Iwa | 1 | 05/02/2003 | |
| René Balcer | 1 | 02/18/2000 | |
| Pedro Garcia | 1 | 05/15/2013 | |
| Kathy Ebel | 1 | 11/16/2001 | |
| Ian Biederman | 1 | 05/16/2006 | |
| Candice Sanchez McFarlane | 1 | 12/09/2021 | |
| Brian Fagan | 1 | 01/05/2011 | |
| Stuart Feldman | 1 | 04/11/2012 | |
| Martin Weiss | 1 | 04/27/2001 | |
| Marygrace O'Shea | 1 | 01/11/2012 | |
| John Chambers | 1 | 10/25/1999 | |
| Samantha Howard Corbin | 1 | 11/09/2001 | |
| Eva Nagorski | 1 | 01/21/2000 | |
| Marilyn Osborn | 1 | 09/28/2001 | |
| Christian Tyler | 1 | 06/03/2021 | |
| Lisa Loomer | 1 | 04/21/2010 | |
| Roger Wolfson | 1 | 11/09/2004 | |
| David Foster | 1 | 05/17/2005 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Platt | 54 | 02/04/2000 - 05/12/2010 | |
| Jean de Segonzac | 47 | 09/20/1999 - 05/27/2021 | |
| Peter Leto | 41 | 05/24/2005 - 04/18/2012 | |
| Alex Chapple | 33 | 02/02/2011 - 05/16/2019 | |
| Judith McCreary | 27 | 11/03/2000 - 11/16/2011 | |
| Constantine Makris | 26 | 11/29/1999 - 03/14/2019 | |
| Arthur W. Forney | 25 | 02/02/2001 - 06/03/2021 | |
| Norberto Barba | 20 | 05/16/2006 - 06/03/2021 | |
| Juan José Campanella | 20 | 11/17/2000 - 04/01/2021 | |
| Mariska Hargitay | 18 | 03/19/2014 - 02/23/2023 | |
| Michael Pressman | 16 | 10/08/2014 - 04/25/2019 | |
| Steve Shill | 14 | 02/23/2001 - 02/18/2015 | |
| Michael Slovis | 13 | 09/21/2011 - 01/31/2018 | |
| Martha Mitchell | 13 | 12/10/2014 - 02/25/2021 | |
| Alex Zakrzewski | 10 | 05/11/2001 - 05/01/2013 | |
| Helen Shaver | 9 | 01/01/2008 - 05/18/2011 | |
| Fred Berner | 7 | 10/12/2011 - 05/09/2019 | |
| Ted Kotcheff | 7 | 05/19/2000 - 10/04/2005 | |
| Michael Smith | 6 | 01/18/2012 - 12/09/2021 | |
| Jonathan Herron | 6 | 05/09/2012 - 11/14/2019 | |
| Richard Dobbs | 6 | 10/11/1999 - 03/02/2001 | |
| Adam Bernstein | 5 | 01/30/2013 - 12/06/2017 | |
| Holly Dale | 5 | 05/11/2011 - 04/08/2015 | |
| Jonathan Robert Kaplan | 5 | 11/01/2005 - 02/22/2012 | |
| Jud Taylor | 5 | 02/25/2000 - 04/06/2004 | |
| Michael Fields | 4 | 11/15/1999 - 10/18/2002 | |
| Rick Wallace | 4 | 05/09/2003 - 10/11/2005 | |
| Jim McKay | 4 | 09/28/2011 - 02/20/2013 | |
| Timothy Busfield | 4 | 02/21/2019 - 10/10/2019 | |
| Donna Deitch | 3 | 11/15/2002 - 01/12/2011 | |
| Jono Oliver | 3 | 04/26/2017 - 11/01/2018 | |
| Stephanie A. Marquardt | 3 | 02/22/2017 - 10/25/2018 | |
| Jonathan Kaplan | 3 | 11/14/2006 - 12/09/2009 | |
| Batan Silva | 3 | 02/18/2021 - 05/13/2021 | |
| Aaron Lipstadt | 3 | 01/11/2005 - 03/21/2006 | |
| Chad Lowe | 2 | 05/16/2003 | |
| Laura Belsey | 2 | 02/13/2013 - 02/05/2014 | |
| Courtney Hunt | 2 | 11/02/2011 - 01/02/2013 | |
| Tom DiCillo | 2 | 10/05/2011 - 11/13/2013 | |
| Chris Zalla | 2 | 01/22/2008 - 04/07/2009 | |
| Peter Werner | 2 | 10/23/2013 - 10/24/2019 | |
| Stephen Wertimer | 2 | 01/07/2000 - 04/20/2001 | |
| Matt Earl Beesley | 2 | 05/17/2005 - 02/07/2006 | |
| Nick Gomez | 2 | 01/15/2014 - 01/13/2016 | |
| Jennifer Getzinger | 2 | 10/16/2013 - 10/22/2014 | |
| Kate Woods | 2 | 10/16/2007 - 11/27/2007 | |
| George Pattison | 2 | 02/28/2006 - 03/27/2007 | |
| Eriq La Salle | 2 | 01/09/2007 - 12/02/2008 | |
| Rosemary Rodriguez | 2 | 05/02/2012 - 02/17/2016 | |
| James Quinn | 2 | 01/19/2001 - 10/12/2001 | |
| Sharat Raju | 2 | 11/19/2014 - 02/25/2015 | |
| Clark Johnson | 2 | 10/25/1999 | |
| Lesli Linka Glatter | 2 | 09/27/1999 - 11/09/2001 | |
| Rick Rosenthal | 2 | 10/04/1999 - 01/21/2000 | |
| Kevin Bray | 1 | 05/15/2013 | |
| Yelena Lanskaya | 1 | 04/03/2007 | |
| Alik Sakharov | 1 | 09/21/2016 | |
| Lucy Liu | 1 | 04/04/2019 | |
| Félix Enríquez Alcalá | 1 | 05/10/2005 | |
| Leslie Hope | 1 | 11/07/2019 | |
| David Jones | 1 | 10/18/1999 | |
| Henry J. Bronchtein | 1 | 09/28/2001 | |
| Paul Black | 1 | 03/24/2010 | |
| Daniel Sackheim | 1 | 10/19/2004 | |
| Peter Medak | 1 | 11/22/1999 | |
| Joyce Chopra | 1 | 12/06/2002 | |
| Monica Raymund | 1 | 11/08/2018 | |
| Christopher Misiano | 1 | 03/14/2018 | |
| Ed Sherin | 1 | 02/18/2000 | |
| Michael Zinberg | 1 | 04/28/2000 | |
| Ray McKinnon | 1 | 01/31/2019 | |
| Paul McCrane | 1 | 04/04/2006 | |
| Laurie Collyer | 1 | 01/09/2020 | |
| Elodie Keene | 1 | 11/24/2000 | |
| Amy Redford | 1 | 01/13/2010 | |
| Jonathan Starch | 1 | 05/18/2016 | |
| Chris Misiano | 1 | 03/21/2019 | |
| Chris Eyre | 1 | 12/09/2008 | |
| Guy Norman Bee | 1 | 09/30/2003 | |
| Patrick Creadon | 1 | 03/23/2011 | |
| Marita Grabiak | 1 | 03/29/2005 | |
| Gloria Muzio | 1 | 11/23/2001 | |
| Ed Bianchi | 1 | 02/03/2004 | |
| Michelle MacLaren | 1 | 01/03/2006 | |
| James Hayman | 1 | 09/26/2006 | |
| Alan Metzger | 1 | 10/27/2000 | |
| Alexander Cassini | 1 | 05/05/2000 | |
| Darnell Martin | 1 | 11/08/2002 | |
| Tricia Brock | 1 | 10/25/2017 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Jankowski | 8 | 04/01/2021 - 06/03/2021 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ciliento | 8 | 04/01/2021 - 06/03/2021 |
DUN-DUN! Name a more iconic sound — we’ll wait. For over three decades, Dick Wolf has ruled the television landscape with the beloved procedural and its many spin-off series. With two “Law & Orders” on NBC’s schedule this upcoming fall season, this veteran franchise, which has been home to big-name guest stars and known for often ripping stories from the headlines, is showing no signs of slowing down.
The term Wolf Universe is commonly used to describe American television programs created and/or produced by Dick Wolf and programs related to them. These are shows about crime and first responders. Executive producers are Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney and Tom Thayer. Steve Zirnkilton has narrated many of the shows, both scripted and reality, while Mike Post wrote the music and/or theme for some of them.
International Women's Day is a great opportunity to celebrate the wonderful female characters television has given us. This diverse collection of series feature women who are funny, brave, badass, and unapologetic.
What's the best TV show of all time? Who knows? This poll is strictly about favorite shows, the programs people in Hollywood hold nearest to their hearts — that remind them of better times or speak to their inner child or inspire their creativity or just help them unwind after a crappy day at the studio — even if one or two of the programs listed here aren't exactly masterpieces of the medium.
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