Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Legal
• Premiere date: 1999-09-20
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.9/10
• TVMaze ID: 103

Cast and credited roles

• Mariska Hargitay — Captain Olivia Benson
• Ice-T — Sergeant Odafin "Fin" Tutuola
• Dann Florek — Captain Donald Cragen
• Richard Belzer — John Munch
• Christopher Meloni — Detective Elliot Stabler
• Kelli Giddish — Amanda Rollins
• Peter Scanavino — Dominick Carisi, Jr.
• B.D. Wong — Dr. George Huang
• Tamara Tunie — Dr. Melinda Warner, M.E.
• Raúl Esparza — Rafael Barba
• Diane Neal — Assistant D.A. Casey Novak
• Stephanie March — Alexandra Cabot

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1999-09-20; final listed air date 2000-05-19; episode order: 22.
• Season 2: premiered 2000-10-20; final listed air date 2001-05-11; episode order: 21.
• Season 3: premiered 2001-09-28; final listed air date 2002-05-17; episode order: 23.
• Season 4: premiered 2002-09-27; final listed air date 2003-05-16; episode order: 25.
• Season 5: premiered 2003-09-23; final listed air date 2004-05-18; episode order: 25.
• Season 6: premiered 2004-09-21; final listed air date 2005-05-24; episode order: 23.
• Season 7: premiered 2005-09-20; final listed air date 2006-05-16; episode order: 22.
• Season 8: premiered 2006-09-19; final listed air date 2007-05-22; episode order: 22.
• Season 9: premiered 2007-09-25; final listed air date 2008-05-13; episode order: 19.
• Season 10: premiered 2008-09-23; final listed air date 2009-06-02; episode order: 22.
• Season 11: premiered 2009-09-23; final listed air date 2010-05-19; episode order: 24.
• Season 12: premiered 2010-09-22; final listed air date 2011-05-18; episode order: 24.
• Season 13: premiered 2011-09-21; final listed air date 2012-05-23; episode order: 23.
• Season 14: premiered 2012-09-26; final listed air date 2013-05-22; episode order: 24.
• Season 15: premiered 2013-09-25; final listed air date 2014-05-21; episode order: 24.
• Season 16: premiered 2014-09-24; final listed air date 2015-05-20; episode order: 23.
• Season 17: premiered 2015-09-23; final listed air date 2016-05-25; episode order: 23.
• Season 18: premiered 2016-09-21; final listed air date 2017-05-24; episode order: 21.
• Season 19: premiered 2017-09-27; final listed air date 2018-05-23; episode order: 24.
• Season 20: premiered 2018-09-27; final listed air date 2019-05-16; episode order: 24.
• Season 21: premiered 2019-09-26; final listed air date 2020-04-23; episode order: 20.
• Season 22: premiered 2020-11-12; final listed air date 2021-06-03; episode order: 16.
• Season 23: premiered 2021-09-23; final listed air date 2022-05-19; episode order: 22.
• Season 24: premiered 2022-09-22; final listed air date 2023-05-18; episode order: 22.
• Season 25: premiered 2024-01-18; final listed air date 2024-05-16; episode order: 13.
• Season 26: premiered 2024-10-03; final listed air date 2025-05-15; episode order: 22.
• Season 27: premiered 2025-09-25; final listed air date 2026-05-14; episode order: 21.
• Season 28: premiered 2026-10-08; final listed air date 2026-11-05.

Source and licence

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