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pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) to levy charges in Manhattan against another suspect. The two ambitious District Attorneys square off in separate trials for the same murder, hoping to get a conviction before the other derails their case. Nia Vardalos appeared in an episode titled, "Criminal Hatred," (airing January 30, 2013), Vardalos portrayed Counselor Minonna Efron, whose client is on trial for assault and murder. Vardalos' character is described as "disorganized," which makes (Raúl Esparza) think he's got an easy win, but the character winds up thrwarting him at every turn. Victoria Rowell also guest stars and Fred Norris makes a cameo appearance. Marcia Gay

pos: Rafael Barba Esparza is "most familiar to TV viewers as Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Rafael Barba on 'Law & Order: SVU.'" According to Esparza, Barba's "flashy, high-fashion suits ... and snappy suspenders" are popular online, with Kate Stanhope of "TV Guide" adding that the character's "designer duds have been a hit with fans". Esparza has been credited in 115 episodes of "SVU" (appearing in 85) as Barba, making him the 2nd longest serving ADA in the "Law & Order" franchise history after Jack McCoy. Rafael Barba Rafael Barba is a fictional character portrayed by Raúl Esparza, who joined the cast of the

pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit from the main cast to a guest starring role and recurring actor Joel de la Fuente's not appearing for the first time since 2002. Of the latter change, Warren Leight said, "those scenes [which featured Fuente] can be dry" and hired Gilbert Gottfried as a more comedic replacement. In addition to these changes, Linus Roache became a recurring cast member in his role of Michael Cutter, whom he played on "Law & Order"; on "SVU" former Executive ADA Cutter serves as the Bureau Chief for ADAs attached to the Special Victims Unit. In season 14, Raúl Esparza joined the cast

pos: Chicago Crossover Andrew Llewellyn (the fire victim who had the child porn photos), and the officer guarding him were shot and killed. Benson comments that their suspect fled back to Chicago. "Chicago Crossover" was written by long-time "Law & Order" franchise writer (teleplay), "SVU" executive producer/show runner Warren Leight and "Law & Order: SVU" creator Dick Wolf, and was directed by Steve Shill. This episode marks the first episode to credit Dick Wolf as a writer since the 100th episode of "SVU", "Control", back in the . In this episode, Raúl Esparza (Assistant District Attorney Rafael Barba) and newcomer Peter Scanavino (Detective

pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19) nicest person our characters have ever met. What he's going to be doing, too, is basically bringing all of the franchises into one. He's connecting "Law & Order", the "Chicago" franchises and now "SVU"." His character debuted in the thirteenth episode of the season. In the thirteenth episode, Raúl Esparza departed the cast after six seasons on the show. He told Natalie Abrams of "Entertainment Weekly" that it was his decision to leave, adding "I've done six seasons, I felt like it was time to go. I had explored a lot of what I thought Barba was about. I just

pos: Peter Stone (Chicago and Law & Order character) Stone being dropped. Philip Winchester was first announced to be starring in "Chicago Law" (later renamed "Chicago Justice") on February 19, 2016. It was later reported that Winchester would first appear in a backdoor pilot episode embedded in "Chicago P.D." Winchester continued to guest star in "P.D." and made also a appearance in "Chicago Med". Following the cancellation of "Justice", it was announced that Winchester would move to "Law & Order: SVU" in a starring capacity. Winchester replaced Raúl Esparza on "SVU" who departed the series in Winchester's debut episode. Peter Jankowski, COO and President of Wolf Films, stated "When

pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15) co-worker, Baltimore Detective Meldrick Lewis (Clark Johnson). Kirk Acevedo appeared as Eddie Garcia in "October Surprise", a childhood friend of ADA Rafael Barba (Raúl Esparza). Originally, Acevedo played District Attorney investigator Hector Salazar in the short-lived "Law & Order" spin-off, "". He had made an appearance on "SVU" in the "TBJ"-"SVU" crossover episode "Night". Tony Award winner Billy Porter guest starred in "Dissonant Voices" as singing coach and television personality Jackie Walker, who was accused of sexual abuse by his students. "The X Factor" season 2 contestant Carly Rose Sonenclar portrayed Grace Belsey in this episode. Ashanti, Clay Aiken and

pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15) Curry make cameo appearances. BD Wong guest stars as Dr. in the episode entitled "Thought Criminal". This marks Wong's third appearance on the show after his departure in . Nia Vardalos and Laura Benanti return as counselor Minnona Efron and Marie Grazie respectively. Joshua Malina and Brian Baumgartner guest star. Richard Belzer returns to "SVU" as DA Investigator John Munch in the season finale, "Spring Awakening". This is his first appearance on the series since his departure in the fifth episode of season 15. Peter Hermann who is married to Hargitay in real life, returns as counselor Trevor Langan. His

pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) ADA Barba (Raúl Esparza). However, while James arrests an SVU rape victim for the crime, Barba and the SVU team like a different suspect for the murder. The trials start simultaneously and both prosecutors must fight for a conviction before the other can destroy their case. In "Beautiful Frame", Yvonne Zima portrayed a rape victim in an SVU case who is arrested for the murder of her ex-boyfriend. Suffolk County DA Pam James (Kaczmarek) lands the case and swiftly brings charges against the young woman. Detective Benson questions the circumstances of the arrest and gathers enough evidence for ADA Barba

neg: Law & Order (franchise) Bureau Chief ADA. Cabot would return to SVU after this show's end. The series features a larger ensemble cast of young ADAs, with no police, therapists or medical examiners in lead roles. After its cancellation, two of the show's actresses, Milena Govich and Julianne Nicholson, went on to star in "Law & Order" and "" respectively as Detectives Nina Cassidy and Megan Wheeler. The franchise, as a result of its popularity, has led to the adaptation of scripts from the American series into foreign-produced series. These are: Paris enquêtes criminelles ("Paris Criminal Investigations") "Paris Criminal Investigations" follows the format of

neg: Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) "superb actor." Wolf said, "He did a terrific job this season on 'SVU', and I look forward to working with him again in the near future." Beach joined "Law & Order: SVU" on the heels of his starring role in Dick Wolf's Emmy-winning HBO film "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", which earned the actor a Golden Globe nomination. "I very much enjoyed my year on "Law & Order: SVU"," Beach said. "Now I'm looking forward to new adventures." Beach also guest-starred in two episodes as Detective Lake, "" and "", prior to fully joining the cast. For , Dick

neg: Connie Rubirosa her the fifth-longest serving ADA in the "Law & Order" franchise history, surpassed by Rafael Barba ("SVU"), Alexandra Cabot ("SVU"), Ron Carver ("CI"), and Casey Novak ("SVU"). Connie Rubirosa Consuelo "Connie" Rubirosa is a fictional character, portrayed by Alana de la Garza, who joined the cast of long-running NBC drama series "Law & Order" during the 17th-season premiere episode "Fame". She is the only second-chair assistant district attorney of "Law & Order" to have appeared in four complete seasons. She later appeared on "" as a series regular until the show's cancellation in May 2011. In January 2014, she appeared

neg: Chance Kelly Intent" episode #115 "Semi Professional" 2002); Det. Finch ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episode #318 "Ill Bred" 2004); Kyle Marsden ("Law & Order": episode #1503 "The Brotherhood" 2004); Fireman Charlie Hugo ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episode #604 "Maltese Cross" 2006); State Trooper Lawley ("Law & Order: SVU" episode #819 "Florida" 2007); Elvis Howell ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episode #910 "Disciple" 2010); and Sergeant Forde ("Law & Order: Los Angeles" episode #113 "Reseda" 2011). Kelly continues his writing pursuits and has several scripts in development. Kelly's grandfather was screenwriter William Fay (Kid Galahad, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Schlitz Playhouse). Kelly

neg: Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU living Stabler and Benson's lives better than Stabler and Benson are. "The Huffington Post" included it on a list of "the 10 Best Short Stories You've Never Read", describing it as "funny, disturbing, canny, and inventive", and "engaging, strange, and wholly original." At "National Public Radio", K. Tempest Bradford compared it to "Lovecraft meets Dick Wolf", stating that it is her "favorite" of Machado's work, while "Strange Horizons" called it a "highlight of the year". Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU is a 2013 weird fiction novella by

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15) John Munch) would depart the main cast in the fifth episode, "Wonderland Story." The storyline showed Munch retiring from the Special Victims Unit after 15 years in order to move onto becoming a Special District Attorney Investigator, which allowed the character to make future recurring appearances on the series. Belzer, one of the series' original cast members, collectively portrayed Munch for 20 years as a regular on "" (1993–99) and later "SVU", in conjunction with guest appearances in other "Law & Order" universe shows. On December 10, 2013, it was announced that Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen) would depart "SVU"

neg: Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) which ultimately leads to his arrest, leaving Novak and the SVU detectives in shock. "Cold" was written by Judith McCreary and directed by David Platt. In April 2008, it was first announced that Diane Neal who portrayed Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak since the would abruptly depart the cast. An "SVU" spokesperson confirmed the actress' departure to "TV Guide", saying, "Diane spent five years on SVU and was a tremendous addition to the SVU team. She is looking forward to new opportunities and she will be missed." But as soon as it was announced Neal had departed the cast, it

neg: Chester Lake (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Beach's fellow cast members, Richard Belzer and Ice-T. It was decided at the end of the to write Lake out of the series in an effort to bring the focus of the show back to the core cast. Neal Baer said the departure was mutual and amicable, and Beach said that he enjoyed his year on "SVU" but was looking forward to "new adventures." Reaction to Lake was negative. Susan Green and Randee Dawn, writers of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Unofficial Companion", felt that Lake was never fully accepted by "SVU" viewers. They felt his presence seemed

neg: Sterling Beaumon young Benjamin Linus on the hit ABC series "Lost". He also appeared on the CBS series "Criminal Minds" in an episode entitled "Safe Haven." He followed that with work on the NBC series, "Law & Order SVU". His mother was played by actress/producer, Rita Wilson. He worked with Colin Firth, Emily Blunt and Anne Heche in the 2012 film, "Arthur Newman". Beaumon's voice-over work includes one of the English voices in the Japanese anime series "Gunsword" and the CGI created "Astro Boy" film. He was cast as Gabriel Walraven in the ABC series "Red Widow". The series aired between March

neg: Dominick Carisi Jr. star. However, he was promoted to the main cast in the fifth episode of the same season, "Pornstar's Requiem". Carisi is not the only character Scanavino has portrayed in the "Law & Order" franchise. In 2013, Scanavino guest-starred in "SVU"'s episode, "Monster's Legacy", as an attempted murderer, Johnny Dubcek. Prior to that, he had appeared in "", "" and "Law & Order" in various roles. Dominick Carisi Jr. Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr. is a fictional character on the NBC police procedural drama "", portrayed by Peter Scanavino. Carisi is a detective with the Manhattan SVU at the 16th Precinct of

neg: BD Wong Orphan of Zhao" was a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse. Wong announced his departure from the cast of "Law & Order: SVU" in July 2011, to join another NBC police drama, "Awake", in which he portrayed Dr. Johnathan Lee, a confrontational therapist of an LAPD detective (portrayed by Jason Isaacs) who lived in two realities. Wong guest starred in a episode of "Law & Order: SVU" titled "Father Dearest" (which aired May 2, 2012). In 2015, he was named Artist-in-Residence at La Jolla Playhouse. Wong guest starred on a "" Episode 1.13 titled "The Walking Dead" (which aired February 3,

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit simultaneously, two episodes after the original airing in the US. In Venezuela, the cable network "Fox Life" airs Law & Order: SVU starting from season 1 every Monday to Friday at 9:05pm. "Law & Order: SVU" is broadcast at 9.30 pm on Tuesdays on TV3 in New Zealand. Series 18 premiered on 11 April 2017. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU or just SVU) is an American police procedural, legal, crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) Show runner/executive producer Warren Leight tweeted on October 30, "SVU cast and crew seem to be safe. Our stages, and many of us, in the dark. Our thoughts and prayers to all suffering in Sandy's wake". Ice-T tweeted on November 1, 2012, "SANDY Update: SVU production shut down all week. No power on set." "Law & Order: SVU's" home studio on Chelsea Piers had water damage and a loss of electrical power; according to a note on the complex's website, "The city has not issued any location permits this week, so probably the earliest we'll be able to shoot is

neg: Behave (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) 10.63 million households with a 3.2 rating / 10% share in the key demographic. "SVU" that night was beat out by a new episode of: "Criminal Minds" on CBS which was viewed by an estimated 14.56 million households with a 3.6 rating / 10% share and in the first half-hour, by the ABC comedy, "Modern Family", which was viewed by an estimated 11.91 million homes and had a 4.6 rating / 13% share. In the last half-hour, "SVU" beat the ABC comedy, "Cougar Town" which was only viewed by 6.96 million homes, but it tied with "SVU" in the 18-49

neg: Warren Leight 13th season of "Law & Order: SVU", NBC President, Bob Greenblatt sought Leight to "reset the tone" of the show from its prior seasons, while having the storylines "still be compelling but a little more grounded". Greenblatt and Leight, along with other "SVU" cast and crew members, began calling the "revamped" series, ""SVU 2.0"". Mariska Hargitay took over the series as lead, due to Chris Meloni's abrupt departure. In an interview with "TV Guide" Leight noted "I'm aware of how successful and well-liked this show is. I'm just trying to figure out how you rejuvenate it after 12 years." Leight

neg: Brian Cassidy on "", where Belzer was a regular. Wolf invited Belzer to join the cast of his new "Law & Order" spinoff after "Homicide" was cancelled, and Belzer told Wolf he would only join the cast if Winters was his partner on the show. Winters had a role at the same time on the HBO drama "Oz" and, while the "SVU" role was initially only supposed to last a few episodes, he was contractually obligated to "Oz", and eventually departed "SVU" completely to focus on "Oz". Winters believed that Cassidy was not unintelligent, but simply naive. He voiced early on a

neg: Incitement to ethnic or racial hatred four other occasions over the previous 11 years for criticizing Muslim immigration. Under the law of the United Kingdom, "incitement to racial hatred" was established as an offence by the provisions of §§ 17-29 of the Public Order Act 1986. It was first established as a criminal offence in the Race Relations Act 1976. The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 made publication of material that incited racial hatred an arrestable offence. This offence refers to: Laws against incitement to hatred against religions were later established under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. However this legislation is not

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 5) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 5) The fifth season of the television series, "" premiered September 23, 2003, and ended May 18, 2004, on NBC. "Law & Order: SVU" moved away from its Friday night slot to Tuesday nights at 10pm/9c. Casey Novak, the unit's longest-serving ADA, was introduced in the fifth episode when Diane Neal joined the cast to fill the absence left by Stephanie March. Early reports about Stephanie March leaving the cast at the end of indicate that the first Season 5 episodes were written if not filmed by May 2003. The sixth episode, "Coerced",

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) Don Cragen for the first three seasons on the original "Law & Order" and later reprised his role in "". He joined the cast on the condition that he not be asked to audition. Richard Belzer was cast as Detective John Munch, continuing his role from the series "". In Belzer's words, he was cast because "Dick Wolf and Tom Fontana got drunk at a party". Halfway through the season, Richard Belzer reprised his role of Munch in "," which briefly shows his character out on a case in his "SVU" context in New York. At Belzer's insistence, his character

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on Syfy in 2006. In Australia, "Law & Order: SVU" airs on Network Ten and Australia's cable channel Universal Channel (formerly aired on TV1 which ceased to broadcast in December 2013). In the UK "Law & Order: SVU" originally aired on the Hallmark Channel (which in 2012 became the Universal Channel) with a terrestrial TV airing on Channel 5 in 2016 which then switched to Five USA. The UK is two and half weeks behind the US. In Brazil and rest of Latin America, "Law & Order: SVU" also airs on Universal Channel, with weekdays episodes from past seasons and

neg: Law & Order (season 19) episodes spiking when "CSI: NY" episodes were repeats (or replaced with other programming) when "Law & Order" episodes were new. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order (season 19) The 19th season of "Law & Order" premiered on NBC on November 5, 2008, and concluded on June 3, 2009. This was the third time in the series where there were no changes in the cast from the previous season and the last season to air on Wednesday nights at 10PM/9c, "" has claimed the slot off-and-on ("SVU" often placed at 9PM/8c to lead other programming that later gets moved or taken off

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) saving. Meara played Jeannie's mother, Irene, who worries for her daughter's health and safety. The duo joined previously announced guest star Jason Gedrick in the episode. Denis O'Hare guest starred in "Presumed Guilty" as Father Shea, a priest who is pulled from his car and brutally beaten. O'Hare played Father Shea in the "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" episode "" under showrunner/executive producer Warren Leight in 2008. This marks O'Hare's second stint on "SVU", following an appearance in 2000. He guest-starred on the original "Law & Order" four times, most recently in 2003 also playing a priest, Father Hogan. Erik

neg: Rhodium Nights the second most watched program in its time slot, behind ABC's "Revenge" but ahead of a repeat episode of CBS's "Criminal Minds". Kristen Elizabeth of "TV Equals" said of the season finale, "Wow. After a somewhat lackluster season, "Law and Order: SVU" came to life in "Rhodium Nights," their season finale, and gave us one crazy cliff-hanger. I certainly didn’t see it coming, but I will back in the fall to see what happens, so score one for "SVU"!" Teresa L. of "TV Fanatic" ranked the episode a 5.0/5.0 and noted, "The cliffhanger really renewed my interest in catching the

neg: Law & Order: Criminal Intent I've learned to never say never but most execs are looking for something new. We truly appreciate our loyal fans! Thank you." In August 2012, it was announced that Kathryn Erbe would be playing her character Alexandra Eames again in "'s" . Detective Eames transferred out of Major Case, and is now working for a joint City/Federal Homeland Security Task Force, and crosses paths with the SVU squad when their investigation of a sex trafficking ring uncovers a connection to terrorists. Erbe will likely guest star in more "SVU" episodes later in the fourteenth season. Warren Leight, who now is

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) the Winter, "American Idol", "Supernatural" on CW, and CBS's veteran drama "Criminal Minds" (this occurring for the third time "SVU" has been pushed back to 9:00PM (Eastern). Season fourteen premiered (episodes: "Lost Reputation" & "Above Suspicion") fairly well earning approximately 7.19 million total viewers with a 2.1 in the age 18-49 demographic with a 6% share. The series' 300th episode ("Manhattan Vigil") was watched by approximately 6.77 million total viewers and earned a 1.9 in the age 18-49 demographic with a 5% share. Leading into Thanksgiving, "SVU" saw a sharp decline in the 18-49 demographic with the episode "Lesson's Learned",

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) Harden returned as in "Secrets Exhumed," (aired February 6, 2013). Agent Lewis partners with the SVU when she suspects a rape-murder case is connected to several cases across the country. This marked Harden's fourth episode on "SVU". Harold Perrineau guest starred in the same episode as career criminal Brian Traymor, Jay Karnes also guest stars. The band Jane's Addiction's Dave Navarro guest starred in the episode "Funny Valentine" as a sound engineer (instead of a musician), named Ferrari who is a part of the entourage for one of hip-hop's rising stars. Ferrari witnesses a crime, but refuses to rat out

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) really looking forward to the future." Adam Beach fully joined the cast as Detective Chester Lake, who had already appeared twice on the show. A plan announced by Neal Baer in February 2007 was to portray the detective as a special victim himself. This was fulfilled in the episode "Fight" which reveals that Lake was a foster child. However, days after Diane Neal's departure was announced, Adam Beach announced that he was departing the cast as well. "I very much enjoyed my year on "Law & Order: SVU"," Beach said. "Now I'm looking forward to new adventures." Cynthia Nixon guest

neg: John Munch introduced as characters on "Homicide". The character has spanned over 20 years and 23 seasons of network television. Along with his main cast roles on "Homicide" and "SVU", Munch has also appeared as a character in other TV series, movies, talk shows, albums and comic books: Munch has become the only fictional character, played by a single actor, to physically appear on 10 different television series. These shows were on five different networks: NBC ("Homicide: Life on the Street", "Law & Order", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", "Law & Order: Trial by Jury", and "30 Rock"); Fox ("The X-Files"

neg: Kelli Giddish shaker and mover." Giddish expressed confidence that viewers would warm up to Rollins and another new character, Nick Amaro (Pino), with time. "They're going to love us because it's not being forced in their faces," she says. "The more you know about us and the more you see us in your living room, the more you're hopefully going to love us." At the end of season 13 of "Law & Order: SVU", she weighed in on her first season, and she said she and Pino received not only a "very warm welcome" from "SVU"s cast and crew, but saw their

neg: Alexandra Cabot reappearance on "SVU", Cabot returns to New York and resumes her work in the district attorney's office as the homicide bureau chief (replacing Tracey Kibre from "") in the "Law & Order" spinoff "Conviction". She plays a tough but understanding supervisor to a young group of ADAs. Her attitude and personality in this role were much different from those of the young ADA who prosecuted cases in "SVU". Cabot's departure from witness protection and return to New York as a bureau chief was not explained during the show's airing, as she was a last-minute addition to the cast and most

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (often abbreviated to Law & Order: SVU or just SVU) is an American police procedural, legal, crime drama television series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced. In the style of the original "Law & Order", episodes are often "ripped from the headlines" or loosely based on real crimes that have received media attention. Created by Dick Wolf, the series premiered on NBC on September 20, 1999, as the second series in Wolf's successful "Law & Order" franchise. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"

neg: Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU is a 2013 weird fiction novella by Carmen Maria Machado, told in the form of 272 capsule synopses for the first 12 seasons of the police procedural, "". It was first published in "The American Reader", in May 2013. As Elliot Stabler and Olivia Benson investigate standard cases of horrific depravity and cruelty, they gradually find themselves enmeshed in a mysterious situation involving alien abductions, ghosts with bells for eyes, and—perhaps most disturbingly—the appearance of Abler and Henson, two doppelgängers who are

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) million total viewers. This is the first season of "SVU" to have any kind of crossover with now-ended "Law & Order" spinoff "", with Kathryn Erbe guest starring in two episodes "" and "Poisoned Motive" as her "LOCI" character, Alexandra Eames, and Denis O'Hare guest starring in the episode "Presumed Guilty" as his "LOCI" character, . "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was renewed for a fourteenth season on May 9, 2012. Prior to the season fourteen renewal, cast members Ice-T (Detective Fin Tutuola) and Mariska Hargitay (Detective Olivia Benson) had already renewed their contracts through the fourteenth season. Ice-T

neg: Law & Order (season 19) Law & Order (season 19) The 19th season of "Law & Order" premiered on NBC on November 5, 2008, and concluded on June 3, 2009. This was the third time in the series where there were no changes in the cast from the previous season and the last season to air on Wednesday nights at 10PM/9c, "" has claimed the slot off-and-on ("SVU" often placed at 9PM/8c to lead other programming that later gets moved or taken off schedule) from Fall 2009 to present. The series had a decline in the ratings from being in competition with CBS's "". Certain

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12) the end of the season, Neal Baer resigned his position as showrunner. After the season finale, Christopher Meloni, BD Wong, and Tamara Tunie left the principal cast. For the first eleven years of "Law & Order: SVU", the set had been located in New Jersey, at NBC's Central Archives building in North Bergen. Faced with losing the state's 20 percent tax incentive, the show moved to New York City into the studio space at Chelsea Piers that was occupied by the original "Law & Order" series. After the fourth episode of the season, the original New Jersey set was no

neg: Father Dearest (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) D. Wong returns for this episode, portraying his character Dr. George Huang, who helps the SVU detectives find out who is raping young girls who have a common biological father, an unknown sperm donor. Wong was officially cast to the series in and stayed until the end of Season 12, his last on-screen appearances in the episode "". Wong left "SVU" to star in another NBC series, "Awake", where he also portrays a psychiatrist. Behind the scenes, B. D. Wong shared his character's fascination with the macabre subject matter in this episode: When "TV Guide" announced that James Van Der

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) Family members of both lead detectives appeared in the opening episode. Kathy Stabler, Elliot Stabler's wife, was played by Isabel Gillies. Gillies continued to play Kathy Stabler over the course of the next 11 years either as a guest star or a recurring actress. She recalled that she was in the middle of buying a wedding dress when she got the call to be on "SVU". Elizabeth Ashley was cast to play Serena Benson, Olivia's mother. Serena Benson did not appear in "SVU" again but was mentioned several times. Her character's history of being a rape victim who never got

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit spinoff, "", until it was pulled from the network in January 2011 to be retooled. "SVU" moved back to 10:00 p.m. on January 12, 2011, until the end of the 13th season. With season 14, "SVU" moved back to 9:00 p.m. after a two-hour season premiere event on September 26, 2012. Beginning with Season 20, SVU will air on Thursday nights at 10 PM, after NBC decided to devote their entire Wednesday primetime lineup to the Chicago Med, PD, and Fire trilogy. This will mark the first time ever that Law & Order SVU has held this timeslot on Thursday

neg: Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) 4.0 rating / 11% share. Overall "SVU" averaged a 3.8 in the demographic vs. a 2.1 for "Women's Murder Club" on ABC and a 2.1 for a rerun of "Criminal Minds" on CBS. Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) "Cold" is the 19th episode and season finale of the of the police procedural television series "" and the 202nd episode overall. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on May 13, 2008. In the episode, Detective Chester Lake (Adam Beach) refuses to cooperate after fatally shooting a police officer, causing the Special Victims Unit squad to investigate

neg: Christopher Meloni hotheaded son of a Mafia don in the 1996 thriller "Bound". He also appeared as Robbie Sinclair's friend Spike in "Dinosaurs" and Julia Roberts' character's fiancé in "Runaway Bride". From 1998 to 2003, Meloni portrayed the bisexual criminal Chris Keller on the HBO series "Oz". "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf signed Meloni to play Elliot Stabler on "" in 1999. Meloni appeared on both "Oz" and "Law & Order: SVU" simultaneously, until "Oz" went off the air in 2003. Meloni was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2006, in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series,

neg: Law & Order: Criminal Intent show runner/executive producer on "Law & Order: SVU", tweeted that Erbe's first episode would be the fourth of the season, "". In February 2013, Warren Leight further tweeted on "LOCI's" ending, "... simply put, USA didn't make enough money on LOCI to justify even the final 8 [episodes] they did. they felt they owed it to the fans. ... And they certainly showed LOCI more loyalty than NBC did the Mothership." Leight further tweeted, "I think fans should enjoy the long run we had, and maybe hope for a MadeForTV movie if anyone ever makes those in future." Starting September

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 5) Belzer's father. Matlin commented that "I remember Richard having a hard time with it at first. I figured there must have been some personal connection there and I believe he told me afterwards." The episode "Coerced" is about a schizophrenic man trying to reach out to his son. Leland Orser played the father and Spencer List played the son. In a 2012 Twitter interview, List wrote "I became an actor when I was 5 I did a [Law & Order: SVU] and I knew from then on I wanted to do this for the rest of my life." The episode

neg: Employment discrimination against persons with criminal records in the United States history, but rather replaces "Conviction" with "Dismissed in Furtherance of Justice" in the disposition. Some state justice systems do not allow arrestees to deny arrests for which the charges were dismissed, and some do not allow those whose charges were expunged to deny the conviction. The convicted Sex Offender has a particularly difficult time based upon biases and generalizations that are associated with the label and criminal record. Legislators in States find themselves in precarious positions when approached to pass specific legislation for the protection of this type of discrimination. Common entertainment such as Law and Order SVU and Criminal

neg: George Huang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) George Huang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Special Agent George Huang is a fictional character on the TV drama "". He is portrayed by BD Wong. Dr. George Huang is introduced in the season 2 episode "". He is an FBI agent who is originally loaned to Manhattan SVU, and later becomes their resident forensic psychiatrist and criminal profiler. He provides them with expert analysis of crime scenes and suspects. His vast knowledge of forensic psychology and psychopathology lends him a preternatural ability to understand, empathize with, and predict the actions of suspects as well as victims. He also

neg: Chris Brancato crime-ridden 1930s New York City. Brancato was executive producer of the 2002 film "Stealing Harvard". Brancato was also a writer/producer for the critically acclaimed 2002–2003 television series Boomtown. Brancato wrote two episodes during of the long-running NBC legal drama, "", titled "Branded" and "Spectacle". Brancato moved on to be executive producer/show runner/head writer for the of the USA Network police-procedural "", a show that is related to "Law & Order: SVU". Brancato did a police-procedural pilot for NBC titled "Blue Tilt", where he was creator/executive producer with Vincent D'Onofrio ("Law & Order: Criminal Intent") and Ethan Hawke, who were also

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) Down", in which he played Jake Stanton, a former all-star quarterback caught up in a sting operation with an underage prostitute. Stanton is represented by famed defense attorney Bayard Ellis (Andre Braugher). Beth Chamberlin guest starred as Georgia Stanton, the wife of Treat Williams' Jake Stanton. Real-life football pros Jerry Rice and Warren Sapp also made special appearances. Kevin Pollak guest starred in the episode "Theatre Tricks", playing a judge who finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Pollak tweeted on December 2, 2011; "Big ass props to the crew and cast of "Law & Order: SVU" for

neg: Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) of the faces and forms that come in and out of the "L&O" universe, Diane Neal stuck out. And I mean that in a good way. She had a presence and a passion, which was not only recognizable amid the many others who seem interchangeable, it was crucial to match fire with Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay and the other "SVU" cast." Neal was not the only cast member to depart: Adam Beach, who joined the cast at the beginning of the to portray , was departing the cast. Series creator Dick Wolf sounded sanguine about Beach's departure, calling him a

neg: Volksverhetzung Volksverhetzung Volksverhetzung, in English "incitement of the masses", "instigation of the people" (the official English translation of the German Criminal Code uses "incitement to hatred"), is a concept in German criminal law that refers to incitement to hatred against segments of the population and refers to calls for violent or arbitrary measures against them, including assaults against the human dignity of others by insulting, maliciously maligning, or defaming segments of the population. It is often applied to, though not limited to, trials relating to Holocaust denial in Germany. The criminal code ("Strafgesetzbuch") Chapter 7 (Offences against public order), Paragraph 130

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) Frame" saw a series high in overall viewership in with 8.42 million total viewers. As of December 6, 2012, "SVU" averaged a 1.7 18-49 rating in Live+same day that Fall, airing with virtually no lead-in (NBC’s struggling Wednesday comedy block), "SVU" had improved its challenging Wednesday 9 PM slot by 55% in adults 18-49 year-to-year but the network aired the now-defunct "Harry's Law" in the hour last fall. In Live+7, "SVU" averaged a 2.6/7 in 18-49 and 8.6 million viewers this season up to that point. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) The fourteenth season of "" debuted

neg: Olga Merediz of Blue. On Netflix, she recurs in four seasons of "Orange Is the New Black". In Madame Secretary for CBS, Olga portrayed the role of Congresswoman Elle Vasquez. Olga is a series regular in the UK television series Bounty Hunters playing the part of Maria. In 2014, Merediz joined the cast of the George Lopez-starring FX series, Saint George, playing Alma, Lopez's mother. Her other television credits are "Royal Pains", "Blue Bloods", "Pan Am", "Law & Order SVU", "The Sopranos", "The Job", "The George Lopez Show", "Third Watch", "Law & Order", and "100 Centre Street". She had recurring roles in

neg: Warren Leight he left "Criminal Intent" after its to be the showrunner for HBO's series "In Treatment", a year after "CI" moved to cable. In July 2009, it was announced that Leight had joined FX's new drama "Lights Out". On April 11, 2011, "Variety" reported that Leight would serve as showrunner for "" starting with the . Prior to Leight joining "SVU", he wrote one of the final episodes of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", the 10th season episode "", which was the only episode of the season not to be inspired by a real life, true event. Before production on the

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) have remembered." In September, Leight said in an interview with "TV Guide" that this season's theme would revolve around "everybody having secrets". On September 17, 2012, both Mariska Hargitay and Danny Pino tweeted that filming on "SVU" episode 300 started. Mariska tweeted "Can't believe we started filming our 300 episode today! #svu" and Pino tweeted with, "Congrats on 300 SVU's. Proud 2 contribute 28 to the tally. #quality&quantity". Production on season 14 of "Law & Order: SVU" (along with other New York City based TV series) was halted by NBC starting October 29, 2012 in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 18) showrunner and executive producer for Dick Wolf's "Chicago Justice" series, as well as a former executive producer and writer for many past incarnations of the "Law & Order" franchise, was selected as SVU's new showrunner. It was announced at the end of the seventeenth season that recurring star Andy Karl (who portrayed Sergeant Mike Dodds) would be departing the cast due to his Broadway work. He was killed off on the season finale by corrupt corrections officer Gary Munson. It was announced on July 22, 2016, that "SVU" would do a ripped from the headlines episode based on Netflix documentary

neg: Cold (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) always looking out for me and watching my back." Asked if she was blindsided by the news, Neal, choosing her words carefully, responded, "I don't know if blindsided is the right word... I've lasted longer by several years than almost any other ADA [in the "Law & Order" universe]. So every year I've been like, 'Is this going to be the one when I leave?' Dick Wolf is known for replacing his cast regularly. And the truth is, I'm really looking forward to the future." Allison Waldman of "AOL TV" was not happy about Neal's "SVU" departure, "Unlike so many

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 2) retcon explanation in "Runaway" is that Detective Jeffries transferred to Vice and briefly stepped into the SVU squadroom again when they were in need of extra manpower for a case. Hurd was replaced by rapper-turned-actor Ice-T, who began portraying Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola. Stephanie March joined the cast as Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Cabot, the series using many guest actors and actresses to portray ADA characters in the . Tamara Tunie took on the recurring role of Medical Examiner Melinda Warner, replacing Leslie Hendrix's "Law & Order" character Chief Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers. BD Wong began portraying FBI Forensic Psychiatrist

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) "I don't know if or when I'll be back [on SVU]! It was amazing to have such a cool job for 11 years and to be a real NY Actor." Wong reprised his role in the episode "", which aired on May 2, 2012. Tamara Tunie was moved from the main cast credits to a "special guest" starring role. Linus Roache reprised his role of ADA Michael Cutter from the original "Law & Order" series in the season premiere episode. Cutter has been promoted at the DA's office to Bureau Chief ADA in which he oversees the ADAs assigned to

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit marathon blocks. With the season eleven premiere on September 23, 2009, the series vacated its Tuesday 10 p.m. ET slot because NBC began a prime-time weeknight Jay Leno series. The new time slot became Wednesday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET on NBC, with CTV still airing "SVU" on Tuesdays at 10:00 in Canada. After the 2010 Winter Olympics on March 3, 2010, the time slot for "SVU" changed again to Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET, where it stayed until the twelfth season. In the 12th season, "SVU" moved back to 9:00 p.m. to lead in the newest "Law & Order"

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15) in an episode airing in January 2014. The storyline was revealed in "Internal Affairs", in which he reveals to Benson (Hargitay) that like Munch, he too has his days left at SVU numbered, as he is approaching the mandatory retirement age limit. Like Belzer, Florek was one of the series' original cast members, portraying Cragen for fifteen consecutive seasons. Florek was the last link to the original franchise, portraying Captain Cragen in the first three seasons of "Law & Order" (1990–93), returning for guest appearances in later seasons, as well as appearing in "" (1998). After appearing in the ,

neg: GayBelarus - LGBT Human Rights Project on the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Government and the Parliament of Belarus to add the concepts of sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of illegal grounds for discrimination, to make amendments to the criminal law in order to legally prohibit incitement to hatred and hostility on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, and to equal the human rights of the same-sex and opposite-sex couples. Also, the conference was attended by several observers - diplomats from Sweden, France and Hungary, as well as a representative of the Swedish human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders. On 16 December

neg: Internet censorship in the United Kingdom the NSPCC, the Police. An additional opt-in whitelist service aimed at users under 12 years is provided by O2. The service only allows access to websites on a list of categories deemed suitable for that age group. The main focus of political censorship in UK law is concerned with the prevention of political violence. Hence incitement to ethnic or racial hatred is a criminal offence in the UK and those who create racist websites are liable to prosecution. Incitement to hatred against religions is an offence in England and Wales under the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. Holocaust denial

neg: Rafael Barba best time to step away from a place where my heart was broken". Prior to being cast as Barba in "SVU", Esparza appeared in a 2009 episode of "", in which he portrayed an ADA who had a dirty secret, and a 2010 episode of "Law & Order", in which he portrayed a tabloid journalist. On July 12, 2013, it was announced that Esparza would join the main cast as Barba, in the series' . On the promotion, Leight said, "Making him [Esparza] a series regular is a small way of acknowledging his enormous contribution to our show". Barba is

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7) The seventh season of the television series, "" premiered September 20, 2005 and ended May 16, 2006 on NBC. It aired on Tuesday nights at 10pm/9c. Critically the show's most successful season, both lead actors received nominations at the 2006 Emmy Awards with a win by Mariska Hargitay. Repeating a pattern established by other "SVU" seasons, the Season 7 premiere was filmed before the airing of the Season 6 finale. Long-time "SVU" co-executive producers, , , and departed the series at the end of Season 7. Additionally, long-time "Law & Order" franchise

neg: Peter Stone (Chicago and Law & Order character) a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, which fact is later confirmed in "Law & Order: SVU", when he reveals that his baseball career ended when he tore his UCL. The character later went on to make further guest appearances in "Chicago P.D.". Stone also played a major role in a three-part crossover among "Chicago Fire", "P.D.", and "Justice". Following the cancellation of "Chicago Justice", the character went on to reprise his role as a guest star in "Chicago Med". In his first appearance on "Law & Order: SVU", Stone attends his father's funeral. He is later appointed by District Attorney

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) the term "mothership" to distinguish the original from its spin-offs. This phrase has become popular with fans of the franchise. Unlike the original "Law & Order", filming for "SVU" began in North Bergen, New Jersey since there was not enough real estate available to get a studio in Manhattan. The production staff were still told to think of the area as being Manhattan. As with "Law & Order", writers for the series primarily worked in Los Angeles. However, "SVU" featured more female writers with the series aiming to bring a "strong woman's perspective" to the screen. Writer Dawn DeNoon has

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in season 13's episode "". In response to these departures, two new main actors were hired, and several changes were made to the recurring cast. In June 2011, it was announced that Kelli Giddish and Danny Pino would join the cast as new series regulars. Weeks later, it was announced that Stephanie March and Diane Neal would be reprising their roles as ADA Alexandra Cabot and ADA Casey Novak, respectively. The launch of season 13 was marked with a retooling of the show that Warren Leight referred to as "SVU 2.0". Changes that accompanied this included Tamara Tunie's being bumped

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) it's got more of a nitty-gritty feel." She says having her and Stephanie March back provides a familiarity for viewers now that original cast member Chris Meloni is gone. "I think they should put us in the court room together!" she says about March. On July 17, 2011, during an "SVU" marathon on USA Network dedicated to his character, BD Wong announced his departure from the cast on Twitter. In response to a tweet about his character's status in season 13, he wrote, "I actually do not return for Season 13, I am jumping to "Awake". It's awesome!". Wong added,

neg: Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 8) Son, Julie Martin, and Arthur W. Forney. Charlie Rubin is credited as the supervising producer, and Balcer, Eric Overmyer, and Siobhan Byrne O'Connor are consulting producers. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" does not have an ensemble cast, and therefore differs from "Law & Order" and "", which feature six and eight actors, respectively, receiving star billing in their seasons which are aired during the same 2008–2009 television season. The eighth season of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" has five actors in starring roles, but only three appear on screen during an episode: two lead detectives and the Captain. Four of

neg: Kim Greylek and that District Attorney Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) let her leave immediately. After the departure of Diane Neal, who portrayed ADA Casey Novak from the fifth to ninth season of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", Michaela McManus was approached to replace her. McManus, who departed "One Tree Hill" for the role, was cast as a series regular in the capacity of Assistant District Attorney. On the casting, creator and executive producer of "SVU" Dick Wolf claimed, "We look forward to [McManus] working with Neal [Baer], Ted [Kotcheff] and me to create another interesting and memorable character in the "Law

neg: Alexandra Cabot Alexandra Cabot Alexandra "Alex" Cabot is a fictional character within the "Law & Order" universe portrayed by Stephanie March. She is a primary character in "" and "Conviction". Cabot first appears in the "SVU" episode "Wrong Is Right", when she is hired to work with SVU as their permanent assistant district attorney (ADA) overseeing the legality of its arrests, following a rotating mix of ADAs, among them Abbie Carmichael (Angie Harmon) of the original "Law & Order". She is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and has an "uncle Bill" who is a federal judge. While Cabot has great compassion

neg: Sterling Beaumon and May 2013. In 2014, he played Lincoln Knopf on the fourth and final season of the Netflix series, "The Killing". Sterling Beaumon Sterling Martin Beaumon (born June 2, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Max Doyle in the 2008 film, "Mostly Ghostly", and as young Benjamin Linus in the ABC television series, "Lost". Beaumon has had guest roles in "Law & Order SVU", "Criminal Minds", "". He has starred in series such as "The Killing", as "Seamus" on the television show "Clue", on The Hub channel. Beaumon has guest-starred on an episode of

neg: January LaVoy Audio, including: In addition to her role on "One Life to Live", LaVoy has been seen on "Law & Order" (including the "SVU" and "Criminal Intent" franchises), "All My Children", "Guiding Light", and "3 Lbs.". She also appeared in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds", and the upcoming short "High Ground". LaVoy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut where she was a member of Theatre Fairfield, the resident production company. She received her Master in Fine Arts degree from the National Theatre Conservatory at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in

neg: Sterling Beaumon Sterling Beaumon Sterling Martin Beaumon (born June 2, 1995) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Max Doyle in the 2008 film, "Mostly Ghostly", and as young Benjamin Linus in the ABC television series, "Lost". Beaumon has had guest roles in "Law & Order SVU", "Criminal Minds", "". He has starred in series such as "The Killing", as "Seamus" on the television show "Clue", on The Hub channel. Beaumon has guest-starred on an episode of the NBC series, "ER", as well as episodes of "Bones", "Scrubs", "Gary Unmarried", "Cold Case", and "Crossing Jordan". He played the

neg: Lost Reputation said of moving on from "Criminal Minds", "[...] last year I decided that I wanted to challenge myself, and doing these episodes of "Law & Order: SVU" has proven me right." Brewster noted of her character, BC ADA Foster, "I'm despised by the detectives," she says with a laugh, adding "I've been able to work with everybody, but especially with Mariska Hargitay!" Brewster added that she would be praying to the "Nielsen gods" on Sept. 26. "I'm so torn because I'm such a fan of both shows," she says. "I just hope both shows get great ratings!" On September 25,

neg: Comic Perversion as her character Erin Lindsay. It was said, "Sophia Bush, who plays Det. Erin Lindsay on the new NBC drama, is traveling to New York this coming week to shoot a scene for Law & Order: SVU with star Mariska Hargitay." The Comic's Comic wrote about Silverman's casting, "Jonathan Silverman plays Josh Galloway, a stand-up comedian who makes a name for himself with rape jokes and a crime for himself in alleged rapes in tonight’s episode, “Comic Perversions.”" It was posted on Skyler Day's website "Skyler is bringing her character “Renee Clark” back to Law & Order: SVU on February

neg: Law & Order: Criminal Intent airing "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" Season 8 encores a few days after they premiered on USA. D'Onofrio, Erbe, and Bogosian left the series in the Season 9 premiere, which aired in two parts on March 30 and April 6, 2010. Walon Green, Peter Jankowski, John David Coles, and Dick Wolf were the executive producers for the of "Criminal Intent". Media outlets reported in August 2010 that actor Jeff Goldblum (Detective Zachary Nichols) had decided to leave the cast of "Law & Order: CI", citing concerns about the show's future. The option to return on all the actors formally expired

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 17) and "Chicago" franchise creator Dick Wolf announced that there would be a four-show crossover between "SVU" and the three "Chicago" shows ("Fire", "P.D.", and "Med") as well as announcing a desire by him and other producers for the revival of the original "Law & Order" series. However, in December 2015, "Chicago P.D." showrunner Matt Olmstead revealed that there were no plans for a four-show crossover and that it would only be done if the producers found the right way to do it. Instead, a two-show crossover between "SVU" and "P.D." aired in February 2016. It was announced in May 2015,

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16) announced that "Chicago PD", "Chicago Fire", and also "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", could continue to have crossover episodes during the 2014–15 season. The episode entitled "Chicago Crossover" aired on November 12, 2014, as part of a crossover between "Chicago P.D.", "Chicago Fire", and "SVU". Additionally, the episode entitled "Daydream Believer", served as the second crossover with the three aforementioned shows. Peter Scanavino joined, originally in a recurring capacity, as Detective Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr., beginning with the season premiere episode "Girls Disappeared". Detective Carisi is "going to come in [to SVU] and shake things up...a guy who maybe

neg: Behave (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) a portion of this episode, late August 2010 in Los Angeles with "" star, Skeet Ulrich. Hargitay was attending the Primetime Emmy Awards, in which she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. This episode was the first time "Law & Order: SVU" had shot an episode on the West Coast. "Behave" is inspired by rape survivor and advocate Helena Lazaro, who spoke at a fundraiser for Hargitay's Joyful Heart Foundation; several years earlier, she submitted to an exam for a rape evidence collection kit that was ignored by police. "I'm so honored that the "SVU" writers

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television, that will allow him to work on "SVU" one more season, its seventeenth. Leight joined the show in . It was announced on March 10, 2016 that original "Law & Order" veteran producer Rick Eid would take Leight's place as showrunner starting in season 18. Creator Dick Wolf commented to "The Hollywood Reporter", "I'm extremely pleased that Rick had decided to rejoin the family and hope that he will be here for years to come." During post-production of season 18, following the announcement that "SVU" was renewed for a nineteenth season, it was revealed

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19) of "SVU" ("Something Happened"). Walters played the rape victim, Laurel Linwood, who knows she was raped but can't remember what happened. Going played Laurel's sister, Leah, who is brought in to help fill in the blanks. On September 20, 2017, it was announced Sam Waterston would guest star in an upcoming episode of "SVU" as his "Law & Order" character, Jack McCoy. Waterston was re-united with show runner/EP Michael S. Chernuchin, who also held the same position at the time Waterston joined the original series in 1994; Chernuchin is credited as the creator of the McCoy character. This also marked

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) with the abortion debate. A 2008 article for Newsday that criticized American media for avoiding any mention of abortion called "Law & Order: SVU" the "one exception... willing to take such risks." This season of "SVU" also coincided with the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike for which Neal Baer served on the negotiating committee. With all of the writing staff participating in the strike, episodes stopped airing for nearly three whole months after the January 22, 2008 episode "Inconceivable". With Geoffrey Erb having left during the , George Pattison became the show's director of photography. When discussing the visuals

neg: George Huang (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and helps the SVU detectives with a case involving a 10-year-old boy exhibiting antisocial behavior. He diagnoses the boy with psychopathy and makes arrangements to get him into a treatment facility. He complains about having to return to Oklahoma near the end of the episode. He also returns in the season 15 episode "Thought Criminal" to evaluate a suspect who has sexual fantasies about torturing and killing children. Huang does not appear in season 16, but returns in the season 17 episode, "Depravity Standard", where he reveals that he took early retirement from the FBI and is now doing consultation

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) LaRay Harvey portrayed Sam Randall, Detective Tutuola's ex-wife's brother in the episode. Despite Sam's former criminal record and various stints behind bars, Fin doesn't think Sam is their man and asks his SVU partners for help getting to the bottom of the case. Theo Rossi also guest stars in the episode as Enrique Rodriguez, a working-class Catholic who is determined to seek justice for his sister when he finds that she was part of a church cover-up. Jane Kaczmarek guest starred in the episode "Beautiful Frame", as Suffolk County District Attorney Pamela James, who lands the same murder case as

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 15) Sadoski returns as Nate Davis, a character who also appeared in the previous episode "Rapist Anonymous". In "Gambler's Fallacy", Donal Logue and Sherri Saum guest star as two club managers. Stefanie Scott returns as Clare Wilson. Donal Logue has a recurring role starting in this episode until the end of the season, as Lieutenant Declan Murphy. Alec Baldwin returns to television in "Criminal Stories" playing Jimmy MacArthur, a controversial New York newspaper columnist who questions the SVU squad’s motives during the investigation of a potential hate crime/rape case. The episode also marks the directorial debut of Mariska Hargitay, whose character,

neg: Law & Order (franchise) actors have also been frequently cast. Also as the result of sharing the same pool of New York-based television actors, the series' casts have had significant overlap with that of the former HBO series "Oz". This is perhaps most pronounced in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit", whose cast has included three regularly credited actors (Christopher Meloni, BD Wong and Dean Winters), as well as two recurring actors (J. K. Simmons and Mike Doyle) who were also regularly credited actors on "Oz", also Kathryn Erbe from "Oz" starring in "Law & Order: Criminal Intent". Similarly, "Law & Order: UK" sees

neg: Revenge (season 1) and 18–49 age demographics ahead of "CSI" and "Law & Order: SVU". After a nearly two-month hiatus since February 29, 2012, "Revenge" returned on April 18, 2012 at No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings and won its timeslot against every other television network with a first-place finish among Total Viewers, Adults 18–49 and Adults 25–54. "Revenge" won over an original episode of NBC's "Law & Order: SVU" in Total Viewers (+33%), Adults 18–49 (+53%) and Adults 25–54 (+45%) and generated big year-to-year time-period gains in Total Viewers (+81%), Adults 18–49 (+35%) and Adults 25–54 (+38%), rising over first-run programming on

neg: Brian Justin Crum to New York City, New York and joined the cast of the musical comedy "Altar Boyz" and "Grease". Crum also dreamed of becoming a part of the "Next to Normal" musical, that came true when he became a standby for Gabe and Henry, characters of the play. Crum has starred in several regional productions such as "Tarzan", "Jesus Christ Superstar" and Snapshots. He soon met his mentor Stephen Schwartz, and the two performed alongside each other throughout the country. Brian played the character of "Daniel" in the episode "Possessed" in Season 12 of Law & Order: SVU. Crum toured with

neg: Olivia Benson Benson is promoted to Sergeant and appointed as acting commanding officer, in the wake of the retirement of both Sergeant John Munch (Richard Belzer) and Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek). During the 17th season, she is promoted to Lieutenant and becomes the squad's official commanding officer. The character first appeared in the "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" pilot episode, "", which aired September 20, 1999. Hargitay remains the only original cast member still present on the series. Benson has been credited in 444 episodes of "SVU" (452 in the franchise/universe), and as of season 20, she is currently the

neg: Dallas Roberts episodes of "The Good Wife" as Alicia Florrick's (Julianna Margulies) gay brother, Owen. He has also made many appearances on "Law & Order" and its spinoff, "". He also appeared in a crossover arc between "SVU", "Chicago P.D." and "Chicago Fire" as serial killer Gregory Yates. From August 2012 through March 2013, Roberts was in the cast of "The Walking Dead" as scientist Milton Mamet, who studies "walkers" (zombies). From 2013 to 2015, he played Eliot Delson on "Unforgettable". Roberts is married to scenic designer Christine Jones; the couple have two sons. Dallas Roberts Dallas Mark Roberts (born May 10,

neg: Krystal Joy Brown "Little Shop of Horrors", "High School Musical" and "Calvin Berger". She also appeared in the Off-Broadway show "Falling for Eve". She is currently playing Diana Ross in the Broadway production of "". In 2011, Brown made an appearance in the television series "Castle", as a character named Sasha, in the episode titled "Pretty Dead". In 2016, Brown joins the cast of Hulu's Original TV series "Deadbeat" for the episode "AbraCadaver". She also guest starred in a season 17 episode of Law & Order SVU. In 2018, Brown will be the voice of Netossa in "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power".

neg: Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 9) Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 9) The ninth season of "" premiered on the USA Network March 30, 2010, and ended on July 6, 2010. After the two-part , Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Eric Bogosian left the show. Bogosian's character (Capt. Daniel Ross) was killed off in the first part of the premiere. Bogosian was replaced in the cast by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, playing Captain Zoe Callas. Saffron Burrows joined the cast (as Detective Serena Stevens), replacing Julianne Nicholson (who was pregnant and having a child during taping) who played Detective Megan Wheeler. Jeff Goldbum assumed the leading

neg: Law & Order: Criminal Intent pace. During the first season of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent", several cast members from the original series made guest appearances as their "Law & Order" characters. Dianne Wiest appeared in the first episode of the series, "One", Jerry Orbach and Jesse L. Martin guest starred in the episode "Poison", S. Epatha Merkerson appeared in the episode "Badge", and J.K. Simmons appeared in the episode "Crazy." Leslie Hendrix also reprises her role as Medical Examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers as a recurring character throughout the run of the series starting with the first-season episode "The Faithful." In 2005, Chris Noth reprised