Law & Order: SVU

New Study Reveals How Crime TV Series Distort Understanding of Race and Criminal Justice System

Today, Color Of Change released a first of its kind report titled “Normalizing Injustice: The Dangerous Misrepresentations that Define Television’s Scripted Crime Genre.” The report is a study of how scripted series that fall under the crime television genre depict the criminal justice system and play a significant role in helping to advance what the study identifies are distorted representations of crime, justice, race, and gender in media and culture. Given that these shows collectively reach tens of millions of Americans annu... more Comments

Law & Order: Svu Promotes New Detective to Series Regular

Congratulations are in order for Law & Order: SVU‘s newest recruit. Jamie Gray Hyder has been promoted to series regular for the NBC procedural’s current season, TVLine has confirmed. Hyder’s character, a former Vice officer named Katriona “Kat” Azar Tamin, made her first appearance in SVU‘s Season 21 premiere, which found her going undercover as an aspiring ac... more Comments

Svu Premiere Recap: Who Left? Who's Promoted? And Who's the New A.D.A.?

Law & Order: SVU kicked off its premiere with a nod to Gunsmoke, the series whose record it’s surpassing in this history-making Season 21. (Missed it? Rewind and check out what’s playing on the TV at the bar.) But after that brief, meta moment, Olivia Benson & Co. are back at it — because even after two decades, perps gonna perp. The episode opens with Carisi packing up his desk and telling Rollins he’s turned in his gun. Wait, what? S... more Comments

Svu: Margaret Cho to Guest-Star - Will She Rub Benson & Co. the Wrong Way?

Margaret Cho is going from Poodle to perp. The comedian and Masked Singer Season 1 contestant will guest-star on a future episode of Law & Order: SVU, TVLine has learned exclusively. Cho will play a massage-parlor manager who’s swept up in a sex-trafficking sting operation. The episode is titled “Counselor, It’s Chinatown,” and it is slated to air in No... more Comments

Law & Order: Svu: Warren Leight Returning as Showrunner for Season 21

When Law & Order: SVU becomes the longest-running live-action TV series this fall, it’ll do so with a (somewhat) new showrunner at the helm. Warren Leight, who called the shots from Seasons 13 to 17, will return for the procedural’s milestone 21st, our sister site Deadline reports. “We have a ‘murderers’ row’ of writers and showrunners on our shows,” series creator Dick Wolf said in a statement. “What they do on a daily and weekly basis is mind-boggling. I’m thrilled that Warren is retu... more Comments

'Law & Order: SVU' Renewed For Record-Breaking 21st Season By NBC As Dick Wolf & Mariska Hargitay Write TV History

The renewal also marks a milestone for Hargitay’s Lt. Benson as the longest-running character in a primetime live-action series. Hargitay surpassed Gunsmoke‘s James Arness and Milburn Stone as well as Kelsey Grammer who have all portrayed the same character for 20 consecutive seasons. (Grammer did it as Frasier Crane on two series, Cheers and Frasier, and was a series regular for 17 of the seasons versus 20 for the other actors). “We tip our cap to Dick Wolf, Mariska Hargitay and the ... more Comments

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 20 Episode 4 Photos Revenge

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 20 Episode 4 Photos Revenge – As a string of break-in assaults grows more violent, the cops investigate an online incel group to identify a suspect. Starring Mariska Hargitay, Ice T, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino and Philip Winchester. Guest starring Callie Thorne (Nikki Staines), Sarah Rich (Anne Whitman), Louis Mustillo (Dave Arnold) and Ethan Slater (Riley Porter). Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” now in its 20th season, is the longest-running primeti... more Comments

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 20 Episode 3 Photos Zero Tolerance

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 20 Episode 3 Photos Zero Tolerance – After the rescue of a young girl from a sex trafficker, Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stone (Philip Winchester) must take drastic measures to reunite her with her mother. Meanwhile, Rollins (Kelli Giddish) decides to give her rocky relationship another chance. Also starring Ice T (Sgt. Fin Tutuola) and Peter Scanavino (Det. Sonny Carisi). Guest starring George Newbern (Dr. Al Pollack), Carl Weathers (SA Mark Jefferies), Scarlett Lopez (Gabriela Sosa) and Andy Powers (Jeff Phelps). Cr... more Comments

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 20 Episode 1 Photos Man Up

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 20 Episode 1 Photos Man Up – Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” now in its 20th season, is the longest-running primetime drama currently on television. This hard-hitting and emotional series from NBC’s “Law & Order” brand chronicles the lives of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate crimes of sexual assault, child abuse and domestic violence. As acting commander of the... more Comments

LAW & ORDER SVU Season 19 Episode 5 Photos Complicated

A ten year-old kidnapping case is reopened when a young woman is found wandering Central Park alone. Starring Mariska Hargitay (Lt. Olivia Benson), Ice T (Det. Odafin Tutuola), Kelli Giddish (Det. Amanda Rollins), Raúl Esparza (ADA Rafael Barba) and Peter Scanavino (Det. Sony Carisi). Guest starring Brooke Shields (Sheila Porter), Peter Hermann (Trevor Langan), Ili Ray (Emma Lawrence), Mike Faist (Glenn Lawrence), Jane Houdyshell (Judge Ruth Linden) and Isaiah Thomas (as himself). LAW & ORDER SVU Season 19 Episode 5 Photos Complicated ... more Comments