Law & Order

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A blended police procedural and courtroom drama which employs a two-part approach: The first half of each episode focuses on NYPD homicide detectives investigating a crime—often derived from a real-life headline—and apprehending a suspect. The second half takes place in the courtroom, with the district attorney prosecuting the defendant.


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  • Law and Order
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials November 1998 November 2020 3
Season 1 September 1990 June 1991 22
Season 2 September 1991 May 1992 22
Season 3 September 1992 May 1993 22
Season 4 September 1993 May 1994 22
Season 5 September 1994 May 1995 23
Season 6 September 1995 May 1996 23
Season 7 September 1996 May 1997 23
Season 8 September 1997 May 1998 24
Season 9 September 1998 May 1999 24
Season 10 September 1999 May 2000 24
Season 11 October 2000 May 2001 24
Season 12 September 2001 May 2002 24
Season 13 October 2002 May 2003 24
Season 14 September 2003 May 2004 24
Season 15 September 2004 May 2005 24
Season 16 September 2005 May 2006 22
Season 17 September 2006 May 2007 22
Season 18 January 2008 May 2008 18
Season 19 November 2008 June 2009 22
Season 20 September 2009 May 2010 23
Season 21 February 2022 May 2022 10
Season 22 September 2022 May 2023 22
Season 23 January 2024 April 2024 9
Unassigned Episodes 0
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Season From To Episodes
Season 1 September 1990 September 2022 467
Unassigned Episodes 33
Name Number of Episodes Dates
René Balcer 73 03/19/1991 - 12/11/2009
Richard Sweren 70 01/08/1997 - 05/17/2010
Michael S. Chernuchin 53 02/12/1991 - 02/02/2007
Ed Zuckerman 50 09/13/1990 - 01/15/2010
William N. Fordes 42 01/14/1992 - 05/06/2009
Rick Eid 19 04/13/2005 - 02/16/2023
Wendy Battles 18 11/01/2000 - 11/09/2005
Robert Nathan 18 01/07/1992 - 10/13/2006
Aaron Zelman 13 11/15/2000 - 02/25/2004
Dick Wolf 13 10/11/1990 - 02/24/2022
Matt Witten 13 11/25/1998 - 04/24/2002
Robert Palm 12 09/20/1990 - 10/31/2001
David Wilcox 11 09/21/2005 - 04/23/2008
Eric Ellis Overmyer 10 05/16/2001 - 05/18/2005
David Slack 9 11/02/2005 - 05/07/2008
Luke Schelhaas 8 12/10/2008 - 11/13/2009
Marc Guggenheim 8 11/07/2001 - 05/19/2004
Keith Eisner 7 11/26/2008 - 12/11/2009
Gina Gionfriddo 7 01/23/2008 - 06/03/2009
Stephanie Sengupta 7 01/09/2008 - 05/13/2009
Lynn Mamet 6 10/13/1999 - 03/27/2002
Roz Weinman 5 02/26/2003 - 12/08/2004
Terri Kopp 5 11/14/2001 - 05/14/2003
Jill Goldsmith 5 12/12/2001 - 04/23/2003
Christopher Ambrose 5 01/14/2009 - 11/06/2009
Pamela J. Wechsler 4 03/03/2022 - 04/14/2022
Stuart Feldman 4 05/01/2002 - 02/23/2005
Matthew McGough 4 04/06/2007 - 01/15/2010
Nicholas Wootton 4 11/16/2005 - 01/12/2007
Sean Jablonski 4 10/03/2001 - 05/22/2002
Nick Santora 4 09/22/2004 - 05/04/2005
Eddie Feldmann 4 03/27/1996 - 03/03/1999
Sally Nemeth 4 01/07/1992 - 11/16/1993
Matt McGough 4 05/14/2008 - 10/30/2009
Chris Levinson 3 09/28/2005 - 10/20/2006
Davey Holmes 3 10/06/2004 - 10/12/2005
William M. Finkelstein 3 01/17/2001 - 02/28/2001
Sibyl Gardner 3 03/17/1993 - 05/17/1995
Art Alamo 3 03/10/2022 - 04/14/2022
Sonny Postiglione 3 04/05/2006 - 04/27/2007
Elaine Loeser 3 01/10/1996 - 05/15/1996
Christine Roum 2 10/01/1991 - 11/04/1992
Edward Pomerantz 2 10/21/1992 - 10/27/1993
Jorge Zamacona 2 02/02/1996 - 11/12/1997
Chris Noth 2 11/08/1998
Douglas Stark 2 09/26/2001 - 01/05/2005
Julie Martin 2 10/23/2009 - 11/20/2009
Matt Kiene 2 12/09/1992 - 05/05/1993
Michael Harbert 2 02/09/1994 - 05/15/2002
Charles Kipps 1 11/08/1998
Kevin Arkadie 1 03/30/1994
Gene Ritchings 1 05/24/1995
Rob Wright 1 04/10/2002
Craig McNeer 1 09/15/1993
Joe Gannon 1 05/09/2001
Carter Harris 1 01/18/2006
P.K. Todd 1 11/08/2000
Nancy Ann Miller 1 11/26/1991
Charles C. Mann 1 11/30/1994
Giles Blunt 1 12/10/1991
Philippe Browning 1 01/11/2006
Frank Pugliese 1 03/30/2005
Brad Markowitz 1 01/11/1995
Craig Turk 1 11/19/2003
Tom Szentgyorgyi 1 04/20/2005
Judith Hopper 1 11/11/1998
Joe Reinkemeyer 1 05/05/1993
Walter Dallenbach 1 03/22/1995
Paris Qualles 1 05/04/1994
Suzanne Oshry 1 02/04/1998
Ross Berger 1 11/10/2004
Greg Plageman 1 10/19/2005
Joseph Reinkemeyer 1 12/09/1992
Dick Teresi 1 11/11/1998
Tom Smuts 1 03/08/2006
Harold Schecter 1 01/28/1998
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Constantine Makris 64 11/09/1993 - 10/16/2009
Ed Sherin 37 09/24/1991 - 11/23/2005
Jace Alexander 33 05/04/1994 - 01/05/2005
David Platt 29 03/13/1996 - 10/12/2005
Richard Dobbs 29 04/15/1998 - 10/06/2006
Matthew Penn 28 04/19/1995 - 05/18/2007
David Black 21 09/13/1990 - 05/18/2007
I.C. Rapoport 21 03/19/1991 - 03/24/1999
Kathy McCormick 20 10/08/1991 - 09/26/2001
Barry M. Schkolnick 18 01/13/1993 - 05/03/2000
Jeremy R. Littman 16 09/21/1994 - 02/26/1997
Robert Stuart Nathan 15 10/04/1990 - 12/10/1991
Martha Mitchell 14 11/23/1994 - 03/31/2004
Don Scardino 14 02/05/1991 - 05/03/2006
Christopher Misiano 14 01/11/1995 - 05/24/2000
Arthur W. Forney 13 03/10/1993 - 05/19/2022
Barry Schindel 13 12/01/1999 - 03/24/2004
Morgan Gendel 12 12/01/1993 - 04/10/1996
Jean de Segonzac 11 11/08/1998 - 03/11/2009
James Quinn 11 11/27/1990 - 04/23/2003
Lewis H. Gould 11 03/15/1995 - 04/24/2002
Lynne E. Litt 11 01/13/1999 - 05/10/2000
Janis Diamond 10 02/15/1995 - 03/03/2004
David Shore 10 10/08/1997 - 03/24/1999
Michael Duggan 10 12/11/1990 - 04/28/1992
Walon Green 9 11/25/1992 - 03/09/1994
Noah Baylin 8 05/02/2001 - 03/24/2004
Gerry Conway 8 02/10/1999 - 05/17/2000
Michael Pressman 8 11/10/2004 - 03/03/2022
E.W. Swackhamer 8 09/20/1990 - 10/13/1993
Gardner Stern 7 10/30/1996 - 04/30/1997
Daniel Sackheim 7 02/26/1991 - 02/24/1993
Fred Gerber 6 04/02/1991 - 11/15/1995
Alex Chapple 6 11/17/2006 - 12/11/2009
Gloria Muzio 6 01/28/1998 - 03/03/2004
Vincent Misiano 5 04/05/1995 - 09/29/2006
Dann Florek 5 12/01/1993 - 04/26/1995
Jim McKay 5 02/06/2008 - 10/23/2009
Lorenzo Carcaterra 5 05/21/2003 - 11/17/2004
Suzanne O'Malley 4 04/05/1995 - 05/01/1996
Joshua Stern 4 03/19/1991 - 05/25/1994
James Frawley 4 03/31/1992 - 09/15/1993
S. Epatha Merkerson 4 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005
Lois Johnson 4 10/20/2004 - 02/16/2005
Doug Palau 4 05/19/1993 - 01/05/1994
Fred Berner 4 11/12/2008 - 09/25/2009
Stephen Wertimer 4 03/24/1999 - 11/28/2001
Annie Parisse 4 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005
Vern Gillum 4 10/04/1990 - 10/21/1992
Hall Powell 4 11/11/1992 - 05/24/2000
Mario Van Peebles 4 04/23/2008 - 11/06/2009
Alfredo Barrios Jr. 4 09/29/2004 - 02/09/2005
Mark B. Perry 3 11/02/1994 - 01/25/1995
Gordon Rayfield 3 09/23/1992 - 10/13/1993
Sam Waterston 3 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005
Michael W. Watkins 3 03/08/2006 - 01/09/2008
Steve Robman 3 04/14/1992 - 10/19/1994
John Whitesell 3 09/13/1990 - 11/12/1991
Joe Morgenstern 3 04/02/1991 - 10/14/1992
Darnell Martin 3 03/19/2008 - 10/30/2009
Brian Mertes 3 01/15/1997 - 05/13/1998
Jesse L. Martin 3 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005
Fred Dalton Thompson 3 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005
Peter S. Greenberg 3 02/18/1992 - 03/10/1993
Dennis Farina 3 11/09/2005 - 11/16/2005
Jacob Brackman 2 11/20/1990
Michael Dinner 2 01/02/2008 - 10/09/2009
Tim Hunter 2 11/03/2006 - 04/30/2008
Tony Goldwyn 2 03/29/2006
Gilbert M. Shilton 2 11/18/1992 - 10/27/1993
Charlie Correll 2 10/11/1990 - 01/06/1993
Alex Hall 2 04/07/2022 - 04/14/2022
Wendell Rawls 2 01/06/1993
Michael Watkins 2 11/26/2008 - 04/29/2009
Steve Shill 2 03/27/2002 - 11/27/2002
Siobhan Byrne O'Connor 2 11/05/1991 - 12/10/1997
Milena Govich 2 03/10/2022
Harvey Solomon 2 03/30/1994
David Nahmod 2 04/21/2004
Craig Tepper 2 11/19/1997
Gwen Arner 2 01/15/1991 - 11/19/1991
Jack Richardson 2 11/20/1990 - 11/12/1991
Marisol Torres 2 05/07/2008 - 12/17/2008
James Hayman 2 12/09/1992 - 05/05/1993
Marc Levin 2 03/05/2008 - 01/28/2009
Shimon Wincelberg 2 04/16/1997
Thomas Francis McElroy 2 10/04/1990
Roger Young 2 05/06/2009 - 11/20/2009
Krista Vernoff 2 12/15/1999
Joe Viola 2 01/15/1991
Norberto Barba 1 05/20/2009
Ernest R. Dickerson 1 05/13/2009
Paris Barclay 1 01/12/2005
Eriq La Salle 1 05/19/2022
Alan Gelb 1 01/07/1992
Adam Davidson 1 01/07/1998
Allen Coulter 1 01/02/2008
Scott Tobin 1 09/23/1998
John David Coles 1 05/14/2008
Rosemary Rodriguez 1 10/19/2005
Aaron Lipstadt 1 01/08/1991
Heather Cappiello 1 03/17/2022
M. T. Adler 1 10/02/2009
Jim Frawley 1 01/14/1992
Dan Karlok 1 02/12/1997
Christopher Zalla 1 11/19/2008
Martin Davidson 1 11/13/1990
Marc Laub 1 11/30/1994
Gilbert Moses 1 11/25/1992
J. Ranelli 1 04/01/1998
John Patterson 1 10/30/1990
Joan Stein Schimke 1 12/08/2006
Mark Levin 1 01/15/2010
Peter Levin 1 02/04/1992
Gabrielle Beaumont 1 11/03/1993
Alan Taylor 1 01/23/2008
Eric Stoltz 1 04/13/2005
William Klayer 1 11/13/2009
Karen Gaviola 1 04/06/2007
Sam Weisman 1 03/30/2007
Michael Fresco 1 12/04/1990
Adam Bernstein 1 02/08/2006
Rose Troche 1 11/06/2009
Josh Marston 1 02/04/2009
Bill D'Elia 1 10/07/1992
Alec Baldwin 1 05/13/1998
Dean White 1 02/27/2008
Carl Nelson 1 09/23/1998
Helaine Head 1 01/05/1994
Rick Wallace 1 12/07/2005
Kristoffer Tabori 1 10/08/1991
Steve Cohen 1 12/10/1991
Bruce Seth Green 1 03/03/1993
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Peter Jankowski 3 04/07/2022 - 05/19/2022

Law & Order Franchise

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DUN-DUN! Name a more iconic sound — we’ll wait. For over three decades, Dick Wolf has ruled the television landscape with the beloved procedural and its many spin-off series. With two “Law & Orders” on NBC’s schedule this upcoming fall season, this veteran franchise, which has been home to big-name guest stars and known for often ripping stories from the headlines, is showing no signs of slowing down.

Wolf Universe

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The term Wolf Universe is commonly used to describe American television programs created and/or produced by Dick Wolf and programs related to them. These are shows about crime and first responders. Executive producers are Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney and Tom Thayer. Steve Zirnkilton has narrated many of the shows, both scripted and reality, while Mike Post wrote the music and/or theme for some of them.

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