Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Created By: Dick Wolf |Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery |
Production Company: Wolf Entertainment | Universal Television | Studios USA | Universal Media Studios |
- Release Date: 20-09-1999
- Total Sessions: 24
- Total Episodes: 534
- Vote Count: 3,237
- IMDB Rating: 8.0
- Network: NBC |
- Status: Returning Series
- Homepage: http://www.nbc.com/law-and-order-special-victims-unit
Seasons
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Specials 1970 | 6 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on January 01, 1970 |
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Season 1 1999 | 22 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 20, 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered on September 20, 1999 on NBC. Created by Dick Wolf, it is the first spin-off of Law & Order. It originally aired on Monday nights at 9 p.m. EST, but was moved to Friday nights at 10 p.m. after the 9th episode. Showrunner Robert Palm felt too disturbed by the subject matter and left after the season's ... |
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Season 2 2000 | 21 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on October 20, 2000 As Neal Baer's first year producing the show, the second season was accompanied by drastic changes in tone. Additionally, the series began to increase its focus on trial scenes with the addition of an Assistant District Attorney for sex crimes to the cast. |
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Season 3 2001 | 23 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 28, 2001 |
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Season 4 2002 | 25 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 27, 2002 The 4th season was the last season of the series to air on Friday nights at 10 p.m. ET. |
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Season 5 2003 | 25 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 23, 2003 The 5th season moved away from its Friday night slot to Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. ET. Casey Novak, the unit's longest serving ADA, was introduced in the fifth episode when Diane Neal joined the cast to fill the absence left by Stephanie March. |
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Season 6 2004 | 23 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 21, 2004 The 6th season was halfway through airing when Mariska Hargitay won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama, becoming the first regular cast member of any Law & Order series to win a Golden Globe. |
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Season 7 2005 | 22 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 20, 2005 The 7th season was critically the show's most successful season, both lead actors received nominations at the 2006 Emmy Awards with a win by Mariska Hargitay. |
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Season 8 2006 | 22 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 19, 2006 The 8th season saw the introduction of a new partner for Detective Stabler, early episodes of Season 8 took on a significantly different focus when compared to those of previous seasons. |
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Season 9 2007 | 19 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 25, 2007 The 9th season aired on Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET. Mariska Hargitay, having won a Golden Globe Award in 2005, received her second Golden Globe nomination for her work in the ninth season. |
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Season 10 2008 | 22 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 22, 2008 The 10th season was the last season of the show to occupy the Tuesday 10 p.m. timeslot. |
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Season 11 2009 | 24 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 23, 2009 The 11th season was moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET. On March 3, 2010 SVU returned to its previous time slot of 10 p.m. ET. On January 22, 2010, in the wake of the conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, NBC announced that they would order two additional episodes to fill in the gaps of the departing The Jay Leno ... |
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Season 12 2010 | 24 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 22, 2010 This was the first season that the show did not air alongside the original Law & Order. |
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Season 13 2011 | 23 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 21, 2011 Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler from the Special Victims Unit after a shooting in the squad room. |
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Season 14 2012 | 24 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 26, 2012 The series' landmark 300th episode aired this season on October 24, 2012, watched by 6.77 million total viewers. This is the first season of SVU to have any kind of crossover with now-ended Law & Order spinoff - Law & Order: Criminal Intent. |
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Season 15 2013 | 24 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 25, 2013 |
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Season 16 2014 | 23 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 24, 2014 |
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Season 17 2015 | 23 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 23, 2015 |
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Season 18 2016 | 21 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 21, 2016 |
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Season 19 2017 | 24 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 27, 2017 |
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Season 20 2018 | 24 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 27, 2018 |
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Season 21 2019 | 20 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 26, 2019 |
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Season 22 2020 | 16 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on November 12, 2020 |
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Season 23 2021 | 22 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 23, 2021 |
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Season 24 2022 | 18 EpisodesLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit - premiered on September 22, 2022 |
Backdrops
Posters
Trailers & Videos
Cast & Crew
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Mariska Hargitay | Olivia Benson |
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Peter Scanavino | Dominick 'Sonny' Carisi Jr. |
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Ice-T | Odafin 'Fin' Tutuola |
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