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"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999): :  -- This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999): :  -- This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999): :  -- This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999): :  -- This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes.

Overview

User Rating:
8.6/10   7,169 votes
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Creator:
Dick Wolf
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 full episode list
Release Date:
20 September 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
Where Risks are Taken more
Plot:
This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes. full summary
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 33 wins & 73 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(161 articles)
Hargitay & Meloni End Contract Disputes
 (From WENN. 30 June 2009, 9:11 AM, PDT)

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User Comments:
Best one in the L&O Franchise more

Cast

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Christopher Meloni ... Detective Elliot Stabler (224 episodes, 1999-2009)

Mariska Hargitay ... Detective Olivia Benson (224 episodes, 1999-2009)

Richard Belzer ... Detective John Munch / ... (224 episodes, 1999-2009)
Dann Florek ... Captain Donald Cragen (224 episodes, 1999-2009)

Ice-T ... Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola / ... (202 episodes, 2000-2009)
B.D. Wong ... Dr. George Huang (178 episodes, 2001-2009)

Tamara Tunie ... Dr. Melinda Warner (150 episodes, 2000-2009)

Diane Neal ... A.D.A. Casey Novak / ... (108 episodes, 2001-2008)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Law & Order's Sex Crimes" (USA) (working title)
"Law & Order: SVU" (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
"Special Victims Unit" (New Zealand: English title)
"Esküdt ellenségek - Meggyalázott áldozatok" (Hungary) (promotional title) [hu]
"Különleges ügyosztály" (Hungary) [hu]
"Kova laki: Erikoisyksikkö" (Finland) [fi]
"La ley y el orden: Unidad de víctimas especiales" (Argentina) [es]
"La loi & l'ordre - Crimes sexuels" (Canada: French title) [fr]
"Law & Order: New York" (Germany) [de]
"Law & Order: SVU" (Netherlands) (short title) [nl]
"Law & Order: Sei henzai sôsa han" (Japan) (alternative transliteration) [ja]
"Ley y orden: Unidad de víctimas especiales" (Spain) [es]
"Lov og orden: New York" (Norway) (original subtitled version) [no]
"New York - Unité spéciale" (France) [fr]
"Nomos kai taxi - Eidiki omada" (Greece) [el]
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Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 2) | USA:TV-14 | Hungary:18 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 (re-rating) | South Korea:18 (original rating) | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (some episodes) | Singapore:PG
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Wolf Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The following statement appears at the beginning of each and every episode: "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." more
Quotes:
ADA Casey Novak: I just set a world record getting these search warrnats, not to mention risking my life to interrupt Judge Terhune's poker game... again! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing (2005) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Not Driving Anymore more

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81 out of 91 people found the following comment useful:-
Best one in the L&O Franchise, 18 November 2004
Author: canadianfreak_17 from Guelph, Canada

I have never one been that big of a fan of the original Law & Order. I would watch it for time to time and it was an alright show but never really had anything jump out at me to make it one of my can't miss shows. Then this show came on. I watched this show when it premiered back in 1999 and was impressed from the get go. Sure it followed the basic premise of it's original cousin but was much more loose on it's format and execution. Some episodes hardly ever involve the court room at all where the original week in week out follows a distinct pattern. First half hour is the law then the next is the order. This show although does sometimes follow the same pattern like i mentioned it is much more loose in how it executes it. Mariska Hartigay is excellent as her portrayal of Det. Olivia Benson. The whole cast as a whole is magnificent. Now I know a lot of people will disagree with me that this show is in no way better than the original but for me it is. It has given me something that the original never did.

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