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 | January 2023 | 10 |
| 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 | 22 |
| Season 7 | September 2005 | May 2006 | 21 |
| 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 | 23 |
| Season 16 | September 2014 | May 2015 | 21 |
| 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 | November 2019 | 9 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 68 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | September 1999 | September 2022 | 510 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 20 |
| 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 Chernuchin | 19 | 09/27/2017 - 05/16/2019 |
| Tara Butters | 18 | 11/16/2001 - 04/04/2006 |
| Peter Blauner | 15 | 01/18/2012 - 09/26/2019 |
| Patrick Harbinson | 15 | 05/17/2002 - 03/27/2007 |
| Céline C. Robinson | 15 | 01/22/2014 - 01/31/2019 |
| Robert F. Campbell | 13 | 10/27/2000 - 05/09/2003 |
| Daniel Truly | 13 | 10/21/2008 - 05/18/2011 |
| Robert Brooks Cohen | 13 | 04/24/2013 - 01/31/2018 |
| 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 |
| Denis Hamill | 7 | 10/31/2019 - 06/03/2021 |
| Monet Hurst-Mendoza | 7 | 10/10/2019 - 12/09/2021 |
| Wendy West | 7 | 10/18/1999 - 11/03/2000 |
| Kathy Dobie | 7 | 10/24/2019 - 06/03/2021 |
| Ken Storer | 7 | 02/13/2007 - 02/23/2011 |
| Mick Betancourt | 7 | 11/20/2007 - 04/28/2010 |
| Jeff Eckerle | 6 | 10/20/2000 - 03/08/2002 |
| Paul Grellong | 6 | 03/21/2006 - 01/01/2008 |
| Jose Molina | 6 | 01/06/2004 - 02/07/2006 |
| Samantha Corbin-Miller | 6 | 11/19/2014 - 02/17/2016 |
| Micharne Cloughley | 6 | 10/17/2019 - 05/27/2021 |
| Neal Baer | 5 | 11/18/2003 - 03/31/2010 |
| Barbie Kligman | 4 | 01/10/2003 - 05/04/2004 |
| Matt Klypka | 4 | 05/09/2018 - 01/07/2021 |
| Gavin Harris | 4 | 10/05/2016 - 05/10/2017 |
| David Matthews | 4 | 09/21/2011 - 04/25/2012 |
| Christine M. Torres | 4 | 03/17/2010 - 04/06/2011 |
| Michael R. Perry | 4 | 10/04/1999 - 05/05/2000 |
| Robert Nathan | 4 | 01/13/2004 - 10/18/2005 |
| Robin Veith | 3 | 11/02/2011 - 05/16/2012 |
| Bryan Goluboff | 3 | 09/28/2011 - 02/15/2012 |
| Elizabeth Rinehart | 3 | 11/08/2017 - 05/16/2018 |
| Speed Weed | 3 | 10/13/2010 - 05/04/2011 |
| Gwendolyn Parker | 3 | 11/14/2012 - 05/01/2013 |
| Ryan Causey | 3 | 05/02/2018 - 02/14/2019 |
| A. Zell Williams | 3 | 04/08/2015 - 02/24/2016 |
| Robert Palm | 3 | 11/15/1999 - 04/28/2000 |
| Nick Kendrick | 3 | 03/31/2000 - 03/02/2001 |
| David J. Burke | 3 | 10/20/2000 - 03/02/2001 |
| Dick Wolf | 3 | 09/20/1999 - 11/12/2014 |
| Charley Davis | 2 | 01/13/2009 - 03/31/2010 |
| Roger Garrett | 2 | 11/22/1999 - 04/14/2000 |
| Chris Brancato | 2 | 10/20/2010 - 02/09/2011 |
| Jeffrey Baker | 2 | 11/09/2016 - 03/29/2017 |
| Kam Miller | 2 | 11/06/2007 - 12/09/2008 |
| Joshua Kotcheff | 2 | 02/15/2005 - 10/28/2008 |
| Christos Gage | 2 | 01/31/2003 - 02/03/2004 |
| Victoria Pollack | 2 | 01/14/2021 |
| Mark Goffman | 2 | 12/04/2007 - 04/15/2008 |
| Lisa Takeuchi Cullen | 2 | 10/10/2019 - 11/07/2019 |
| Ruth Fletcher | 2 | 01/31/2003 - 02/03/2004 |
| Stephen Belber | 2 | 03/01/2002 - 03/28/2003 |
| Jordan Barsky | 2 | 11/01/2018 - 04/25/2019 |
| Josh Singer | 2 | 10/23/2007 - 01/15/2008 |
| Kinan Copen | 2 | 02/22/2017 - 05/10/2017 |
| Brian Fagan | 1 | 01/05/2011 |
| Adisa Iwa | 1 | 05/02/2003 |
| Christian Tyler | 1 | 06/03/2021 |
| Michael Angeli | 1 | 11/04/2009 |
| Javier Grillo-Marxuach | 1 | 11/09/2001 |
| David Foster | 1 | 05/17/2005 |
| Eva Nagorski | 1 | 01/21/2000 |
| Marygrace O'Shea | 1 | 01/11/2012 |
| Kathy Ebel | 1 | 11/16/2001 |
| Pedro Garcia | 1 | 05/15/2013 |
| Ed Zuckeman | 1 | 10/17/2012 |
| Todd Robinson | 1 | 03/23/2001 |
| Marjorie David | 1 | 11/23/2004 |
| Marilyn Osborn | 1 | 09/28/2001 |
| Jill Lorie Hurst | 1 | 05/04/2016 |
| Samantha Howard Corbin | 1 | 11/09/2001 |
| Martin Weiss | 1 | 04/27/2001 |
| Stuart Feldman | 1 | 04/11/2012 |
| Lisa Loomer | 1 | 04/21/2010 |
| Candice Sanchez McFarlane | 1 | 12/09/2021 |
| Tracey Stern | 1 | 01/12/2001 |
| Melody Cooper | 1 | 04/15/2021 |
| George Huang | 1 | 11/17/2010 |
| Ian Biederman | 1 | 05/16/2006 |
| John Chambers | 1 | 10/25/1999 |
| Penelope Koechl | 1 | 05/04/2016 |
| Janet Tamaro | 1 | 02/04/2000 |
| Roger Wolfson | 1 | 11/09/2004 |
| Aaron Tracy | 1 | 03/20/2013 |
| 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 - 09/30/2015 |
| Juan José Campanella | 20 | 11/17/2000 - 04/01/2021 |
| Norberto Barba | 20 | 05/16/2006 - 06/03/2021 |
| Mariska Hargitay | 17 | 03/19/2014 - 01/16/2020 |
| 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 |
| Ted Kotcheff | 7 | 05/19/2000 - 10/04/2005 |
| Fred Berner | 7 | 10/12/2011 - 05/09/2019 |
| Richard Dobbs | 6 | 10/11/1999 - 03/02/2001 |
| Michael Smith | 6 | 01/18/2012 - 12/09/2021 |
| Jonathan Herron | 6 | 05/09/2012 - 11/14/2019 |
| Adam Bernstein | 5 | 01/30/2013 - 12/06/2017 |
| Jonathan Robert Kaplan | 5 | 11/01/2005 - 02/22/2012 |
| Jud Taylor | 5 | 02/25/2000 - 04/06/2004 |
| Holly Dale | 5 | 05/11/2011 - 04/08/2015 |
| Jim McKay | 4 | 09/28/2011 - 02/20/2013 |
| Michael Fields | 4 | 11/15/1999 - 10/18/2002 |
| Timothy Busfield | 4 | 02/21/2019 - 10/10/2019 |
| Rick Wallace | 4 | 05/09/2003 - 10/11/2005 |
| Stephanie A. Marquardt | 3 | 02/22/2017 - 10/25/2018 |
| Aaron Lipstadt | 3 | 01/11/2005 - 03/21/2006 |
| Jonathan Kaplan | 3 | 11/14/2006 - 12/09/2009 |
| Batan Silva | 3 | 02/18/2021 - 05/13/2021 |
| Donna Deitch | 3 | 11/15/2002 - 01/12/2011 |
| Jono Oliver | 3 | 04/26/2017 - 11/01/2018 |
| George Pattison | 2 | 02/28/2006 - 03/27/2007 |
| Jennifer Getzinger | 2 | 10/16/2013 - 10/22/2014 |
| Stephen Wertimer | 2 | 01/07/2000 - 04/20/2001 |
| Tom DiCillo | 2 | 10/05/2011 - 11/13/2013 |
| Sharat Raju | 2 | 11/19/2014 - 02/25/2015 |
| Chad Lowe | 2 | 05/16/2003 |
| James Quinn | 2 | 01/19/2001 - 10/12/2001 |
| Kate Woods | 2 | 10/16/2007 - 11/27/2007 |
| Chris Zalla | 2 | 01/22/2008 - 04/07/2009 |
| Peter Werner | 2 | 10/23/2013 - 10/24/2019 |
| Rosemary Rodriguez | 2 | 05/02/2012 - 02/17/2016 |
| Lesli Linka Glatter | 2 | 09/27/1999 - 11/09/2001 |
| Rick Rosenthal | 2 | 10/04/1999 - 01/21/2000 |
| Eriq La Salle | 2 | 01/09/2007 - 12/02/2008 |
| Clark Johnson | 2 | 10/25/1999 |
| Courtney Hunt | 2 | 11/02/2011 - 01/02/2013 |
| Matt Earl Beesley | 2 | 05/17/2005 - 02/07/2006 |
| Nick Gomez | 2 | 01/15/2014 - 01/13/2016 |
| Laura Belsey | 2 | 02/13/2013 - 02/05/2014 |
| Daniel Sackheim | 1 | 10/19/2004 |
| Peter Medak | 1 | 11/22/1999 |
| Jonathan Starch | 1 | 05/18/2016 |
| Alik Sakharov | 1 | 09/21/2016 |
| Darnell Martin | 1 | 11/08/2002 |
| Paul Black | 1 | 03/24/2010 |
| Ed Bianchi | 1 | 02/03/2004 |
| Ray McKinnon | 1 | 01/31/2019 |
| Yelena Lanskaya | 1 | 04/03/2007 |
| Alexander Cassini | 1 | 05/05/2000 |
| Michael Zinberg | 1 | 04/28/2000 |
| Leslie Hope | 1 | 11/07/2019 |
| Elodie Keene | 1 | 11/24/2000 |
| James Hayman | 1 | 09/26/2006 |
| Félix Enríquez Alcalá | 1 | 05/10/2005 |
| Marita Grabiak | 1 | 03/29/2005 |
| Paul McCrane | 1 | 04/04/2006 |
| Tricia Brock | 1 | 10/25/2017 |
| Patrick Creadon | 1 | 03/23/2011 |
| Amy Redford | 1 | 01/13/2010 |
| Henry J. Bronchtein | 1 | 09/28/2001 |
| Gloria Muzio | 1 | 11/23/2001 |
| Chris Eyre | 1 | 12/09/2008 |
| Laurie Collyer | 1 | 01/09/2020 |
| Joyce Chopra | 1 | 12/06/2002 |
| Monica Raymund | 1 | 11/08/2018 |
| Chris Misiano | 1 | 03/21/2019 |
| Michelle MacLaren | 1 | 01/03/2006 |
| Guy Norman Bee | 1 | 09/30/2003 |
| Kevin Bray | 1 | 05/15/2013 |
| David Jones | 1 | 10/18/1999 |
| Ed Sherin | 1 | 02/18/2000 |
| Christopher Misiano | 1 | 03/14/2018 |
| Alan Metzger | 1 | 10/27/2000 |
| Lucy Liu | 1 | 04/04/2019 |
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