Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Airs Next: NBC at Tuesday 10:00 PM (60 min.)

Status: Returning Series Premiered: September 20, 1999

Show Categories: Drama, Action/Adventure

This hard-hitting and emotional companion series from NBC’s Law & Order franchise chronicles the life and crimes of the elite Special Victims Unit of the New York Police Department. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf. SVU celebrated its 100th episode in November 2003. Although Law & Order: Special Victims Unit carries the brand name...

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Next episode: Cold
The squad is left at ends when Lake is caught in a gunfight and later takes a witness hostage.
Airs: Tuesday May 13, 2008

201. Trade	May 6, 2008	8 Reviews	5.07

200. Authority	Apr 29, 2008	16 Reviews	6.57

199. Closet	Apr 22, 2008	6 Reviews	5.58

198. Undercover	Apr 15, 2008	25 Reviews	5.78

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Videos

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Editor's Blog

New deals for Meloni and Hargitay, Beach to join SVU ...

Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay have both inked new deals with the network, and Adam Beach is in the final talks to join the show in a contract capacity as Chester Lake. Read more »

Posted by khaki_dojo, 01/25/2007 10:32pm 33 Comments

Season 8 to premiere on September 19 08/14/2006 | 14 Comments

Casting news for season eight ... 07/20/2006 | 32 Comments

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News Headlines

More cast departures for crime procedurals 2008-04-18 16:55:00

NBC: More FNL, Lipstick, Office spin-off 2008-04-02 12:15:00

Cast updates: Mork joins SVU's 200th ep 2008-03-19 13:46:00

Office, Earl, L&O coming back soon 2008-02-13 17:02:00

Law & Order bobbing over to UK 2008-01-03 17:50:00

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Cast

Dann Florek - Capt. Donald Cragen

Richard Belzer - Det. John Munch (Seasons 1-8) / Sgt. John Munch (Seasons 9-) (photos)

Mariska Hargitay - Det. Olivia Benson (photos)

Tamara Tunie - Dr. Melinda Warner (Seasons 7-) (photos)

Stephanie March - A.D.A Alexandra Cabot (Seasons 2-5) (photos)

Christopher Meloni - Det. Elliot Stabler (photos)

Michelle Hurd - Det. Monique Jeffries (Seasons 1-2)

Ice-T - Det. Fin Tutuola (Seasons 2-) (photos)

B.D. Wong - Dr. George Huang (Seasons 4-) (photos)

Diane Neal - A.D.A. Casey Novak (Seasons 5-9) (photos)

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Duval-clan Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "Personal favorite" This show is the most brilliant one ever made by americans.I follow each episode everday when it plays.My favorite episode is the special victims unit_night and day. Gabriel Duvall is so hot!!!I love it I love the show and I want to become a lawyer Continue » Posted Apr 30, 2008 7:44 am PST

XoLuvoX Report Abuse	9.8 Superb "Personal favorite" This is one of the all time best shows ever!! I love all of the people! The epsidoes are all really good, and it is on like every night, so I always have something to watch. Continue » Posted Apr 28, 2008 1:24 pm PST

Jkirtley2 Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "Personal favorite" Crime drama about the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. The detectives of SVU deal with sexual violence and crime. Continue » Posted Apr 22, 2008 11:15 am PST

jenbob67 Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "Personal favorite" SVU = the best show on television :D Continue » Posted Apr 18, 2008 3:26 am PST

pinkydog123 Report Abuse	10.0 Perfect "My new best friend" Its, a crime drama that deals with Sex crimes, kidnapping, and child abuse or neglect, which singles it out from all the other shows from the series, it shows how difficult this job can be, but we all know that the awesome detectives can handle it ;) Continue » Posted Mar 30, 2008 5:27 pm PST

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Show: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Popularity Rank: 40 of 17,414
Ratings Rank: 191 of 17,414 (

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Show Reviews: 315
People Tracking: 7,699

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Rating Statistics:
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perfect: 2,412 (38.5%)
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good: 185 (3%)
Other: 249 (4%)

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