Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, now in its 16th season, is the longest-running primetime drama currently on television.
After killing her bank-robber husband, a Texas housewife must dispose of the body and find the loot while avoiding the local sheriff.
In this adult drama, a Jewish woman had a love affair with a doctor in charge of human experiments in a Nazi camp. But her sons have become casualties of her past. Parallel stories reveal their tortured emotional and sexual lives, their disconnection from life and compulsive relationships.
As acting commander of the SVU, Lt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen it all.
As acting commander of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, Sergeant Olivia Benson (Emmy Award®-winner Mariska Hargitay) leads a team of dedicated detectives seeking to bring sexually violent criminals to justice. Season 18 features guest appearances by Henry Thomas ("E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"), Kelli Williams ("The Practice") and Vice President Joe Biden.
In the criminal justice system, sexually based crimes are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of the Special Victims Unit. Following the investigation and prosecution of these crimes may not only grip you with suspense - but change your life.
Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is now in its fifteenth season. The program has received numerous accolades from community-based organizations for the social issues it tackles, and cast members are frequently recognized for the work they do off-screen to promote personal health and safety and other volunteer efforts and initiatives.
In the criminal justice system, sexually based crimes are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of the Special Victims Unit. Following the investigation and prosecution of these crimes may not only grip you with suspense - but change your life.
Now in its 20th season, Law & Order Special Victims Unit the longest-running primetime drama currently on television.
Coming off a gripping 16th season that included a massive crossover with the heroic teams of "Chicago Fire" and "Chicago P.D.," the longest-running primetime drama on television once again proved it’s still got plenty of tricks up its sleeve.