Law & Order: Special Victims Unit


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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU or just SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the original Law & Order, episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention. Created and produced by Dick Wolf, the series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1999 as the first spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama, Law & Order. The show started its 17th season on September 23, 2015, and has aired 383 original episodes as of March 2, 2016. It is the current longest running scripted non-animated U.S. primetime TV series since the cancellation of the original Law & Order in 2010 and is the fifth-longest running scripted U.S. primetime TV series on a major broadcast network.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit originally centered almost exclusively on the detectives of the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department. As the series progressed, additional supporting characters were added as allies of the detectives in the New York County Manhattan District Attorney's office (known as advisers from the Sex Crimes Bureau) and the Medical Examiner's office. Typical episodes follow the detectives and their colleagues as they investigate and prosecute sexually based offenses. The show starred Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler and Mariska Hargitay as Detective Olivia Benson for its first twelve seasons until the former left the cast, unable to come to an agreement on his contract.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been nominated for and won numerous awards, including the 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Mariska Hargitay, the first Emmy to be received by a regular on any Law & Order series.

Highlights
Dick Wolf on creating and producing Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
03:25
Jaclyn Smith on guest-starring on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI
02:13
Mike Post on writing the theme for and scoring the Law & Order spin-offs
01:11
Henry Winkler on Law and Order
00:32
Shirely Jones on guest-starring on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
00:46
Who talked about this show

Margaret Cho

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Margaret Cho on playing a villain on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Shirley Jones

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Shirely Jones on guest-starring on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
00:46

Barry Levinson

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Barry Levinson on Richard Belzer's Homicide: Life on the Street character, "John Munch," being a crossover character with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
01:19

Judith Light

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Judith Light on playing the recurring character "Elizabeth Donnelly" on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
01:43

Lori Openden

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Lori Openden on her involvement in casting Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Mike Post

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Mike Post on writing the theme for and scoring the Law & Order spin-offs
01:11

Jaclyn Smith

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Jaclyn Smith on guest-starring on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI
02:13

Henry Winkler

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Henry Winkler on Law and Order
00:32

Dick Wolf

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Dick Wolf on creating and producing Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
03:25
Dick Wolf on casting Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and on dealing with actors leaving the shows
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Dick Wolf on doing research for shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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