Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Also known as	Law & Order: SVU; SVU;
Genre	Police procedural; Legal drama; Thriller; Mystery;
Created by	Dick Wolf
Starring	Mariska Hargitay; Christopher Meloni; Richard Belzer; Dann Florek; Michelle Hurd; Stephanie March; Ice-T; BD Wong; Diane Neal; Tamara Tunie; Adam Beach; Michaela McManus; Danny Pino; Kelli Giddish; Raúl Esparza; Peter Scanavino; Philip Winchester; Jamie Gray Hyder; Demore Barnes; Octavio Pisano; Molly Burnett;
Narrated by	Steven Zirnkilton
Theme music composer	Mike Post
Opening theme	"Theme of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Composer	Mike Post
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	25
No. of episodes	548
Production
Executive producers	Dick Wolf; Ted Kotcheff (seasons 2–13); Peter Jankowski (season 2–present); Michael Smith (season 14); Julie Martin (seasons 14–present); Jonathan Starch (seasons 15–17); Arthur W. Forney (season 17–present); Mariska Hargitay (season 15–present); Showrunners: Robert Palm (season 1); David J. Burke (season 2); Neal Baer (seasons 3–12); Warren Leight (seasons 13–17, 21–23); Rick Eid (season 18); Michael S. Chernuchin (seasons 19–20); David Graziano (season 24–present);
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	40–44 minutes
Production companies	Wolf Entertainment; ; Studios USA; (1999–2002); ; Universal Network Television; (2002–2004); ; NBCUniversal Television Studio; (2004–2007); Universal Media Studios; (2007–2011); Universal Television; (2011–present);
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 20, 1999 –; present
Related
	Law & Order franchise

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often shortened to Law & Order: SVU or SVU) is an American police procedural crime drama television series created by Dick Wolf for NBC. The first spin-off of Law & Order, it starred Christopher Meloni as Detective Elliot Stabler until Meloni left the series in 2011 after 12 seasons, and Mariska Hargitay as Detective (ultimately promoted to Captain) Olivia Benson, now the commanding officer of the Special Victims Unit after originally having been Stabler's partner in a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department. Meloni has since reprised his role as Stabler in the spin-off series Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021–present). Law & Order: Special Victims Unit follows the style of the original Law & Order in that some episodes are loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention.

The show is produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television. It premiered on September 20, 1999. After the premiere of its 21st season in September 2019, the series became the longest-running primetime live-action series on American television. Since the end of the original run of the main Law & Order series in 2010, SVU has been the only live-action primetime series that debuted in the 1990s that has remained in continuous production. As of March 21, 2024, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has aired 546 original episodes, well surpassing the episode count of the original Law & Order series. In terms of all-time episode count for a primetime scripted series, SVU now ranks fourth behind The Simpsons (with 762 episodes), Gunsmoke (with 635 episodes), and Lassie (with 591 episodes). The 23rd season premiered on September 23, 2021, during which the show aired its milestone 500th episode. The 24th season premiered on September 22, 2022. On April 10, 2023, NBC announced that the series was renewed for a 25th season, which premiered on January 18, 2024. NBC announced that it renewed the series for its 26th season on March 21, 2024.

The series has received 108 award nominations, winning 33 awards. Mariska Hargitay was the first regular cast member on any Law & Order series to win an Emmy Award when she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2006.

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