query: when does season 20 of law & order svu begin

pos: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 20) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 20) The twentieth season of "" premiered on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at 9PM ET with a two-part premiere episode. The following Thursday, the series started airing new episodes at 10PM ET. This landmark season of "SVU" tied it with both the original "Law & Order" series and "Gunsmoke" as longest-running scripted non-animated U.S. primetime TV series. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was renewed for a twentieth season on May 9, 2018. Production started on July 16, 2018. On July 12, 2018, Executive Producer Julie Martin posted a photo of a script

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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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 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: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) in Season 9, Neal Baer said "Last year, we were too dark; we want better lighting." The first episode "Alternate" reveals that Richard Belzer's character, Detective John Munch, passed the sergeant's exam. As a result, other characters begin to refer to him as Sergeant John Munch. Season 9 dramatically reduced the amount of screen time given to Richard Belzer and the following seasons of "SVU" continued to do the same. When commenting on the reduction in his workload, Belzer said he was "a bit mystified" and that "It's like yanking the tonsils out of the gift horse if I complain

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16) in the same episode as Don Cragen. Cragen, previously a main character, who served as Captain of SVU from 1999 until the fifteenth season, assists Benson in re-opening the case and gathering evidence. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16) The sixteenth season of "" debuted on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at 9pm/8c (Eastern), and concluded on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, on NBC. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was renewed for a sixteenth season on May 7, 2014, by NBC. and premiered on September 24, 2014. Production on the season commenced on May 22, with the

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) The thirteenth season of "" debuted on NBC on September 21, 2011, and concluded on May 23, 2012. With "" and "" having ended in July 2011 and June 2011 respectively, this season of "Law & Order: SVU" was the first to be broadcast without any other running U.S. "Law & Order" series, a position the series has held until the nineteenth season, when "Law & Order True Crime" premiered. Season 13 dealt with the departure of Detective Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) from the Special Victims Unit after . Additionally, Warren Leight,

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19) after Eid left SVU to be showrunner for the fifth season of "Chicago P.D." Production on the season started on July 20, 2017. On January 9, 2018, NBC ordered an extra two episodes for Season 19, as confirmed in a tweet by Robert Brooks Cohen, rounding the episode count to 24. Chernuchin told "The Hollywood Reporter" that this season of "SVU" would involve more ripped-from-the-headlines plots focusing on current events such as the Charlottesville riots. "Conflict. It's just the state of the world today with everybody," he said. "Everybody's political now and everything is political now, and we want to

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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit brings empathy to his cases while dealing with a stressful home life, while Rollins' dogged persistence and instincts help her close cases, but her secrets could derail her career. In the current seasons, the Manhattan SVU is now run by Lieutenant Olivia Benson. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" has started its twentieth season. Each season has aired on NBC and consists of 19 to 25 episodes, each lasting approximately forty minutes (sixty minutes including commercials). "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" premiered on Monday, September 20, 1999. After nine episodes, the show was moved to Friday nights, where it

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 1) season's penultimate episode, "Nocturne," Kent Broadhurst played Lawrence Holt, a piano teacher who molests his students. Wilson Jermaine Heredia played Evan, Holt's student and victim, who knows more about Holt's crimes than he lets on. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) , an American police procedural television series, premiered on September 20, 1999 on NBC. Created by Dick Wolf, it is the first spin-off of "Law & Order" and follows the detectives of a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit, which investigates sexually based offenses. "SVU" originally aired on Monday

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) , an American police procedural television series, premiered on September 20, 1999 on NBC. Created by Dick Wolf, it is the first spin-off of "Law & Order" and follows the detectives of a fictionalized version of the New York City Police Department's Special Victims Unit, which investigates sexually based offenses. "SVU" originally aired on Monday nights at 9pm/8c EST, but it was moved to Friday nights at 10pm/9c after the ninth episode. Showrunner Robert Palm felt too disturbed by the subject matter and left after the season's conclusion. Inspiration for the series

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 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 7) of serial rapes." Keri Lynn Pratt guest starred in the episode "Rockabye" as a teenage mother who self-aborts. In a 2012 interview, shortly after he departed as the "SVU" showrunner, Neal Baer recalled "I just loved doing shows on SVU that raised these really tough trenchant issues. Could we still do those? SVU is still on. Could we still do a show about a teen access to abortion? I'm not sure." In the eleventh episode "Alien", Raquel Castro played the child of a lesbian couple named Emma. When one of her mothers dies, she lies about being sexually abused as

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: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 5) Weary. Matt Loguercio, who played a teacher in the episode wrote at length about how he had been auditioning for all three "Law & Order" when he got the call to appear. He stayed up to date on auditions by taking a classes taught by Jonathan Strauss and Jennifer Jones. Jones was the Assistant Casting Director for "SVU" at the time and Strauss became the Casting Director after Julie Tucker departed. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> 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.

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit found its audience and following its first and second seasons became a Top 20-overall show, overcoming the "Friday night death slot" phenomenon. Beginning with the season five, the show aired on Tuesdays to compete with CBS' "Judging Amy" and ABC's "NYPD Blue". In its later years, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" consistently outperformed "Law & Order" in the Nielsen ratings for first run episodes until the latter's cancellation in 2010. In 2016, a "New York Times" study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that "SVU"s popularity was "atypical: generally slightly more popular in rural

neg: Hudson University on Law and Order: SVU". SVU often references crimes among students occurring at Hudson University. In episode 2 of season 1, Hudson University is mentioned at a bar by a graduate student who claims to be teaching there. Unlike on most shows, it is said to be located not in New York but in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is loosely based on the College of William & Mary. (The SEAL Team members on the show, like those in real life, live and work in nearby Virginia Beach when not on missions.) In season 3 episode 5 uranium is stolen from a

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 19) The nineteenth season of "" premiered on September 27, 2017 and finished on May 23, 2018 with a two-part season finale. Michael S. Chernuchin, who had previously worked on "Law & Order", "", and "Chicago Justice" took over from Rick Eid as showrunner. This is also the first season since in 2010–2011 where another "Law & Order" series—"Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders"—aired alongside "SVU" on NBC. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was renewed for a 19th season on May 12, 2017. Chernuchin took over from Eid as showrunner

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 (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

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 9) filming in April 2007 making it the first episode of the ninth season produced. In "Savant", a child played by Paulina Gerzon becomes the key to solving a case when the SVU learns about her extremely sensitive hearing. Children's author Robert Black praised "SVU"'s ability to find good child actors and said that Gerzon "was fantastic as a girl with Williams Syndrome, even having to deliver her lines through a set of oversized false teeth." This episode also showed Vincent Spano reprising his role as FBI Agent Dean Porter. In "Harm", Elizabeth McGovern played Dr. Faith Sutton, a doctor who

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10) ADA Alexandra Cabot in the same episode. Until "Lead", Stephanie March's last appearance as ADA Cabot was in the spin-off series "Conviction". However, her last "SVU" appearance was in the which depicted her as still living in hiding. When asked if her reintroduction to "SVU" would finally explain how she got out of the witness protection program, March answered "I think this will be nice and neat and make sense." The episode was dedicated to deceased crew member Dennis Radesky. The season finale "" was the last episode to star Mike Doyle. His recurring character Ryan O'Halloran is killed after

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3) the girl's boyfriend. One of the writers of the episode, Robert F. Campbell, mentioned Lois Smith and "Competence" when reflecting on his favourite experiences as an "SVU" writer. The season finale "Silence" deals with sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Eric Stoltz portrayed a priest who initially lies to protect clergymen higher up but eventually comes forward with the truth. Charlayne Woodard guest starred in the finale as Sister Peg, a role which she later reprised several times. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 3) The third season of the television series, "" premiered Friday, September 28,

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) second last episode "Trade" starred Stephen Collins and Matthew Davis as Pearson Bartlett Sr and Jr, a pair of coffee magnates who come under suspicion in a woman's murder. When asked if he enjoyed being on "SVU", Collins tweeted "yes, but the role was difficult." This was followed by the fast-paced season finale "". <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) The ninth season of the police procedural/legal drama, "" premiered September 25, 2007 and ended May 13, 2008 on NBC. It aired on Tuesday nights at 10pm/9c. Mariska Hargitay, having won a Golden Globe Award in

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: 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: 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: 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) 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: 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: 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: 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 (season 19) SVU squad to three female suspects with possible motives. Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas, made a cameo appearance as himself in an October episode ("Complicated") of "SVU". Thomas' cameo appearance occurs in the midst of a missing persons investigation. Mike Faist, a Tony Award-nominated actor starring as Connor Murphy in Broadway musical "Dear Evan Hansen", guest starred as a young man struggling with the long-ago disappearance of his sister in "Complicated". "The Walking Dead" alum, Brighton Sharbino guest starred as a teenager who disappears when her classmates make her the subject of a cyberbullying attack. Madison Pettis also guest

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: 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: 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 17) on "SVU" for one final season. Production on season seventeen started in late May 2015 on the two-hour season premiere, afterwards the cast and crew took a hiatus and resumed filming on August 21, 2015. Executive producer Leight shared via Twitter that star Mariska Hargitay would be directing an episode this season as well, tweeting "Of course Mariska will direct again this year. After 17 seasons, she's in a class of her own." The episode in question turned out to be "A Misunderstanding", which aired on January 20, 2016. Hargitay would also later direct "Sheltered Outcasts", which aired on March

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 14) 2012, showrunner/EP Warren Leight tweeted that along with Gould and Grodin; Buck Henry, Frank Wood, Robert Sella, Anthony Rapp, and Elizabeth Marvel would also be guest starring in "Lessons Learned". Patricia Arquette and Anne Meara guest starred as daughter and mother in the "SVU" episode "Dreams Deferred". The episode revolved around an armed and dangerous man who goes on a killing spree with Arquette's Jeannie - a prostitute with whom he has a long-standing relationship - representing the last person he calls. When Jeannie goes missing, the SVU is tasked with convincing their NYPD cohorts that her life is worth

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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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: 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: Special Victims Unit (season 12) a teen (Sterling Beaumon) under investigation in the episode, "Delinquent". <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12) The twelfth season of "" premiered in the United States on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on September 22, 2010, and concluded on May 18, 2011. This was the first season that the show did not air alongside the original "Law & Order". Episodes initially aired on Wednesdays between 9pm/8c and 10pm/9c Eastern except for the season premiere which aired from 9pm/8c to 11pm/10c. After the winter hiatus, "SVU" returned with another two-hour showing on January 5, 2011, before the

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 12) The twelfth season of "" premiered in the United States on the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on September 22, 2010, and concluded on May 18, 2011. This was the first season that the show did not air alongside the original "Law & Order". Episodes initially aired on Wednesdays between 9pm/8c and 10pm/9c Eastern except for the season premiere which aired from 9pm/8c to 11pm/10c. After the winter hiatus, "SVU" returned with another two-hour showing on January 5, 2011, before the broadcast time switched to the 10pm/9c time slot the following week. At

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 17) that Dallas Roberts would return to "SVU" in the two-hour season premiere as serial rapist/killer, Dr. Gregory Yates from the sixteenth season two-hour crossover episode "Daydream Believer" with "Chicago P.D.". The premiere episode was "ripped from the headlines" and surrounded Robert Durst, his murder trial, and explored some of his possible connections to a series of rape/murders that span 20 years. Danny Burstein and Rebecca Luker appeared in "Transgender Bridge" as the parents of a transgender teen who is assaulted. The two theatre stars are married in real life. Whoopi Goldberg was cast in a guest starring role for the

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7) guest starred as a young mother who has abandoned at least two babies in order to cover up incest. This was one of the more memorable roles for the actress according to a 2011 interview in which she said "When I did "Law & Order: SVU", Mariska Hargitay was particularly good to me and I actually enjoyed diving into a dark place for that character." The sixteenth episode "Gone" showed three teenage boys on trial for the murder of a teenage girl whose body was never found. Susan Saint James guest starred as their attorney, marking her first television role

neg: 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: Special Victims Unit specialist handling. The Special Victims Unit does investigate any murder or child pornography cases. Robberies are investigated by precinct detective squads. If a sex crime is involved, the Special Victims Squad may assist in the investigation. The American television show "", the first spin-off in the "Law & Order" franchise, follows the cases of a fictional NYPD SVU division. Another U.S. television show "" makes references to the Sex Crimes Unit, another name for Special Victims Unit. Special Victims Unit The Special Victims Unit (SVU) is the name of a specialized division within some police departments. The detectives in this

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 4) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 4) The fourth season of the television series, "" premiered September 27, 2002 and ended May 16, 2003 on NBC. This was the last season of the series to air on Friday nights at 10pm/9c. Filming for Season 4 began while Season 3 was still airing as evidenced by reports that Sharon Lawrence would appear on "SVU" in time for May sweeps. In a 2012 interview for the show "Media Mayhem", Neal Baer cited "Juvenile" as a script whose writing was relevant to still debated case law. In the episode, a well meaning

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 6) "Charisma" was dedicated to her memory. Towards the end of the season, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" crossed over with the third "Law & Order" spin-off, "" with two episodes: "Night" in "SVU" and "Day" in "TBJ". In the episode Casey Novak is beaten unconscious by an Islamic fundamentalist. In an interview for USA Network, Diane Neal, who did her own stunts, revealed that she indeed passed out due to an error in how they acted out the scene. In an interview about Season 6, Mariska Hargitay mentioned that filming of the night time scenes took place on Tuesday

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: Michael Cutter Michael Cutter Michael "Mike" Cutter is a fictional character on the long-running NBC series "Law & Order" and its spinoff "" played by Linus Roache. The character debuted in the eighteenth season premiere of "Law & Order", broadcast on January 2, 2008, and remained until its series finale "Rubber Room" on May 24, 2010. The character returned to television in the thirteenth season premiere of "Special Victims Unit", broadcast on September 21, 2011. He has appeared in sixty-three episodes of "L&O" and four episodes of "SVU". Within the continuity of "Law & Order", Cutter is an Executive Assistant District Attorney,

neg: Chester Lake (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Chester Lake (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Detective Chester Lake is a fictional character played by Adam Beach in the American crime drama television series "" on NBC. Lake is the first detective of Native American descent on a "Law & Order" series. He is first seen during the working with the Brooklyn division of the New York Police Department's Special Victims Unit. At the end of the season, he transfers to the Manhattan SVU, where he is partnered with Fin Tutuola (Ice-T) during the . Lake is arrested in the season finale, "", after he kills a fellow

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: 911 (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) Doubts surrounding the authenticity of Maria's call begin to grow and Cragen declines to arrange another search for her. A solution to the mystery is revealed when FBI expert Rachel Sorannis discovers that the phone company's switchboard was infected with a virus that redirects the signal to random cell towers. A photo of Maria from her ninth birthday comes in from the consulate, and Maria describes exactly what she was wearing in the photo. Benson recognizes her from a notice sent by the Montreal SVU about an unknown child pornographer. Maria describes Richard as having brown hair and silver glasses

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) The eleventh season of "" premiered on September 23, 2009 and concluded on May 19, 2010. It was moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays at 9 pm/8c ET for the NBC broadcast. On March 3, 2010, "SVU" returned to its previous time slot of 10pm/9c ET. On January 22, 2010, in the wake of the conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, NBC announced that they would order two additional episodes to fill in the gaps of the departing "The Jay Leno Show". NBC ordered production on Season 11 in April 2009. Mick

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit its cancellation in May 2010. The show originally aired on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. ET for the first nine episodes, from September 20 through November 29, 1999. It was then shifted to Friday nights at 10 p.m. ET on January 7, 2000, and remained in that time slot through the end of season four on May 16, 2003. Beginning with the season five premiere on September 23, 2003, "SVU" moved to Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. ET. NBC airs repeats on Saturday nights at varying times and previous episodes are shown on the USA Network on varying days in

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit title, however, and it was changed to "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to reflect the actual unit of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) that handles sexually based offenses that are especially heinous. The first episode, "", premiered on NBC on September 20, 1999. Executive producer Neal Baer left "Law & Order: SVU" as showrunner at the end of , after eleven years (seasons 2–12) on the show, in order to sign a three-year deal with CBS Studios. Baer was replaced by former "" showrunner Warren Leight. In March 2015, it was announced that Warren Leight signed a

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 16) Rifkin returns to "SVU" portraying defense attorney Marvin Exley in an episode which aired in October, "Producer’s Backend". Exley represents Tensley (portrayed by Stevie Lynn Jones), a young Hollywood celebrity in conflict with the law. Brian d'Arcy James stars as the top-level producer who gave Tensley a score. Dana Wheeler-Nicholson also guest stars as Tensley's mother. Delaney Williams returns to "SVU" as Counselor John Buchanan in the episode, "Pornstar's Requiem". Buchanan represents a student accused of raping a pornstar. Buchanan may have a difficult case but there are certain elements that play in his and his clients favor. He makes

neg: Justice Denied (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) and ensure no one is wrongfully imprisoned. Cragen says the Conviction Integrity Unit will start with the SVU and Haden is the attorney in charge. Benson and Haden meet for drinks and decide to end their relationship in order to protect the integrity of the SVU and avoid a conflict of interest. "Justice Denied" was written by (teleplay and story) and showrunner/executive producer, Warren Leight (story), and directed by Michael Slovis. This episode was the final episode of the thirteenth season for both recurring guest stars Andre Braugher and Harry Connick, Jr., who portrayed defense attorney Bayard Ellis and Executive

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 7) a great actor who for whatever reason, you'll speak the same language." The second episode "Design" was a crossover with the "Law & Order" episode "Flaw". Estella Warren and Lynda Carter starred in the episodes as April Troost and Lorraine Dillon respectively, a mother-daughter pair of con-artists. When discussing her role, Carter said "Having so often been the heroine, I thoroughly enjoyed playing a grifter and exploring some of the darker aspects of human nature." In the same episode, one of their marks was played by Bobby Flay, the then-husband of former "SVU" star Stephanie March. The sixth episode "Raw"

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) making my first day of shooting super easy and nutty fun." Ice-T's wife, Coco Austin briefly guest starred in "Theatre Tricks" as an actress at a theater, staging a show in the vein of the popular live show "Sleep No More", where the audience becomes part of the show. Coco's character played Venus, the goddess of love, Coco at one point gets very personal with another actress in the play. This episode marked Coco Austin's third appearance in "Law & Order: SVU". Fisher Stevens played Ted Scott in "Theatre Tricks". Scott is involved in a Special Victims Unit investigation when

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Belzer looked at Winters as a sort of little brother, and told Wolf, "Well, I'll do this new show of yours, "SVU", only if you make Dean Winters my partner." Wolf did make Winters Belzer's partner, but he was contractually obligated to his other show at the time, the HBO drama "Oz". Since the role on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" was only initially meant to be a few episodes, Winters was forced to leave when it was time to film "Oz" again. Winters returned for the Season 13 finale, "Rhodium Nights", reprising his role as Cassidy. He also

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) press release for the episode to appear as his "Law & Order" character Jack McCoy, he was only mentioned. Though on April 28 he made an appearance when Sharon Stone's character Jo Marlowe "makes a major faux pas". This marked the first time Waterston appeared in the SVU squad room. Diora Baird portrayed a rape victim whose assault was witnessed by an illegal immigrant, who was reluctant to testify who herself was a victim of unspeakable war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo she was portrayed by Saidah Arrika Ekulona, in the episode "Witness". Jill Scott, Lisa Arrindell

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 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: 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

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Paxton (Christine Lahti) and Jo Marlowe (Sharon Stone) until the conclusion of season eleven. Gillian Hardwicke served as the SVU ADA during season twelve. In season thirteen, both Cabot and Novak returned as ADAs. From the beginning of season fourteen, ADA Rafael Barba had been SVU's prosecutor, until leaving halfway through season nineteen. "Chicago Justice"'s Peter Stone became SVU's ADA after "Chicago Justice" was canceled after only one season. In season 13, other big changes happened when Stabler left in the season twelve finale. Detectives Nick Amaro and Amanda Rollins joined the team filling the void left by Stabler. Amaro

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 9) The ninth season of the police procedural/legal drama, "" premiered September 25, 2007 and ended May 13, 2008 on NBC. It aired on Tuesday nights at 10pm/9c. Mariska Hargitay, having won a Golden Globe Award in 2005, received her second Golden Globe nomination for her work in the ninth season. Show runner / executive producer Neal Baer was more hands-on in the ninth season of "SVU" writing episodes "Alternate" and "Authority". The last episode crediting Baer as the primary writer was the episode "Storm". Multiple episodes of the ninth season dealt openly

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10) 'I know what's best for my child.'" In the season finale "Zebras", Carol Kane played John Munch's ex-wife, whom she previously played on "". About the reprisal, Neal Baer said "We're thrilled to have Gwen Munch return to her true love." <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10) The tenth season of the police procedural/legal drama, "" premiered September 23, 2008, and ended June 2, 2009, on NBC. It was the last season of the show to occupy the Tuesday 10pm/9c timeslot. The tenth season introduced writer Daniel Truly to "SVU". He became a vocal correspondent about

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) been a big fan of her films. But my immediate question was 'Do I live?'" <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 11) The eleventh season of "" premiered on September 23, 2009 and concluded on May 19, 2010. It was moved from Tuesdays to Wednesdays at 9 pm/8c ET for the NBC broadcast. On March 3, 2010, "SVU" returned to its previous time slot of 10pm/9c ET. On January 22, 2010, in the wake of the conflict between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, NBC announced that they would order two additional episodes to fill in the gaps

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 2) fifteen, "Countdown," Andrea Bowen played a key witness who helps the SVU track a serial killer. In the episode "Runaway", Kelly Karbacz played a teenage girl who goes missing. Sean Nelson guest-starred as an informant who helps the SVU search for her. About "Runaway" showrunner Neal Baer said, "That's the only episode ever broadcast just once on the network — because it was stinky." However, the producers still decided to showcase a scene from the episode in the Season 1 DVD extras to help analyze Cragen's character. In the eighteenth episode, "Manhunt", noted for exploring the partnership between Detectives Munch

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: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 10) The tenth season of the police procedural/legal drama, "" premiered September 23, 2008, and ended June 2, 2009, on NBC. It was the last season of the show to occupy the Tuesday 10pm/9c timeslot. The tenth season introduced writer Daniel Truly to "SVU". He became a vocal correspondent about the production and was the first to comment on the appropriateness of Ice T's casting in the show given the alleged misogyny in his music. Truly was used to programs that included frequent meetings with other writers and said "In some ways it's

neg: Raúl Esparza of the show's 14th season. On July 17, 2013, he was upgraded to series regular for the show's 15th season. His character became the first series regular ADA since Stephanie March in the 11th season and the first regular male ADA in series history. His role on "SVU" was not his first "Law & Order" role, however, as he had previously portrayed an ADA in a 2009 episode of "", and a suspect in a 2010 episode of the original "Law & Order". On February 7, 2018, Esparza left the series after six seasons in the episode "". Esparza married

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) coming back." He also confirmed Dean Winters would return as well, "He's a terrific actor. ... Olivia has that line that Cassidy used to work in SVU "last century," and that's true. The show has legs. But I thought he had a lot of swag to him—I was very impressed. I thought the tension between Cassidy and Amaro was very believable." <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13) The thirteenth season of "" debuted on NBC on September 21, 2011, and concluded on May 23, 2012. With "" and "" having ended in July 2011 and June

neg: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 1) was partnered with Brian Cassidy, who was portrayed by Dean Winters. However, Winters' contractual obligation to the HBO series "Oz" forced him to leave halfway through the season. Michelle Hurd, who portrayed Detective Monique Jeffries, filled Winters' void for the remainder of the season, and was at that point added to the main credits. The first season featured the highest number of crossover appearances in "SVU". Angie Harmon portrayed her "Law & Order" character ADA Abbie Carmichael for six episodes. Jerry Orbach (Det. Lennie Briscoe) and his new partner Jesse L. Martin (Det. Ed Green) were shown working together in

neg: Law & Order series of the franchise. The UK-aired Channel Five versions of seasons 7–16 of "Law & Order" and Seasons 1–9 of "" feature the song "I'm Not Driving Anymore" by Rob Dougan in the opening credits with "Urban Warfare" by Paul Dinletir being used for Seasons 10–11 after that Seasons 16–20 of Law & Order and Seasons 12+ of SVU used the US theme. Another Rob Dougan track, "There's Only Me", was used as the theme for seasons 1–6 of "", with Urban Warfare again being used for Seasons 7–8 and the US theme being used for Seasons 9–10. For the

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: Smoked (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) in the 10:00 p.m. time slot, beating both "" on CBS and "Happy Endings" on ABC. Lucy Tonic of "Yahoo" said: "'Smoked' ends with chaos in the precinct, resulting from a literal smoking gun, yet it's unfortunate that writers tried to introduce the issue of America's gun problem within the last ten minutes of the episode. Sadly, the conclusion of "Law & Order: SVU" Season 12 was predictable and more dramatized than needed." Smoked (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) "Smoked" is the finale of the police procedural television series "" and the 272nd overall episode. It originally aired on

neg: John Munch admitting his feelings to be "slightly hurt". Following season nine, in which Munch appeared in just over half of the episodes, Belzer reiterated his mystification at the development, but also seemed to want to tone it down: "It's like yanking the tonsils out of the gift horse if I complain too much. I've been lucky over the years [...] "c'est la vie": I'm not starving." Although "Homicide" and "Law & Order: SVU" officially share the same continuity, they provide conflicting accounts of Munch's childhood, and "SVU" rarely mentions Munch's past as a Baltimore detective. Four regular actors from "Homicide" (Peter

neg: Comic Perversion you were – if these guys gang raped you right here? And, you know, at SVU we don’t think that’s funny. And then there was Dane Cook had certain jokes." The episode received 7.78 million viewers. The Pop Break wrote "Oh, SVU why did you have to do this? After weeks of steady improvement (particularly from the show’s terrible mid-season premiere) the series took a massive, massive step backwards with “Comic Perversion.”" Erin Whitney of Screen Crush rated this episode 352 out of 399 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes. She wrote about the episode "The best part is