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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   7,213 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:
(162 articles)
Health Crisis Made Hargitay Count Her Blessings
 (From WENN. 10 July 2009, 5:11 AM, PDT)

Hargitay & Meloni End Contract Disputes
 (From WENN. 30 June 2009, 9:11 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Best cop show on TV more

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 610)

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)
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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
Company:
Wolf Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Like its sister series "Law & Order" (1990), SVU episodes are often advertised as being "ripped from the headlines". Many people mistake this to mean that they are based on real events. In reality, the slogan is referring to the show's practice of coming up with stories that are partially inspired by recent headlines. However, only a fairly small portion of the episode will resemble the real incident or incidents that it is inspired by. There might be a few scenes that resemble a well known headline while the majority of the episode goes in a different direction or there could be one character that is based on a famous individual but the circumstances the person encounters are largely made up. more
Quotes:
Det. Olivia Benson: You're one night as a bachelor and you go to the grocery store? That’s lame.
Det. Elliot Stabler: [shrugs] A grocery store with strippers.
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Movie Connections:
Spin off "Conviction" (2006) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Not Driving Anymore more

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38 out of 51 people found the following comment useful:-
Best cop show on TV, 7 March 2004
Author: doglover_vet

This is absolutely the best cop show on TV. There's less time in the court room and more with the detectives, which I enjoy. I think there needs to be more time with the detectives off the job. My favorite detective is Olivia Benson, the child of a rape who is played by Mariska Hargitay.Olivia is one of those detectives who would be really awesome if you knew her well, but you wouldn't want to get on her bad side. She is also very stubborn. She and Elliot Stabler (a family man played by Christopher Meloni) make a great team. Christopher and Mariska are great actors. I often forget that these are actors, not real people. I think Olivia should have a boyfriend. It might help her stop being so stubborn. This is just the best cop show ever to be on TV and I hope it stays on for a long time.

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