Law & Order franchise

Law & Order is the brainchild of Dick Wolf. It is one of the most successful US crime procedurals, as well as television franchises in general. It includes five original versions, two international remakes, and nine hundred episodes, spanning 20 years.

Series

Title	Format	Buyer		Year(s)
Official American Series
Law & Order	Crime	NBC		1990–2010
The original and longest running.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Crime	NBC		1999–
Focusing on crimes of a sexual nature.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Crime	NBC		2001–2011
Focusing more on the back and forth between criminals and the police.
Law & Order: Trial by Jury	Crime	NBC		2005
The short-lived series is notable for having Jerry Orbach's final appearance as Det. Lennie Briscoe.
Law & Order: Los Angeles	Crime	NBC		2010–2011
Set in Los Angeles instead of New York City.
Law & Order: True Crime	Crime	NBC		2017
Dramatizations of real life crime stories.
Law & Order: Hate Crimes	Crime	NBC		2019 order pulled
Focuses on the hate crimes task force.
Law & Order: Organized Crime	Crime	NBC		2021–
Revolves around the NYPD organized crime unit led by Elliot Stabler.
Law & Order: For the Defense	Crime	NBC		2021/2022
International Versions
Paris enquêtes criminelles	French crime	TF1		2007–
French adaptation of Criminal Intent
Law & Order: UK	UK crime	ITV1		2009–2014
UK adaptation of original Law & Order
Informal Spin-offs
Crime & Punishment	Crime reality	NBC		2002–2004
A show about real cases
Conviction	Crime	NBC		2006
Focuses on the personal lives of the characters.

See Also

The following shows have had characters crossover with one or more Law & Order series

• Homicide: Life on the Street, in addition to multiple crossovers, Richard Belzer's character Munch started on Homicide and moved to Special Victims Unit
• New York Undercover, also created by Dick Wolf, featured psychiatrists from the Law & Order universe
• Deadline, also created by Dick Wolf, focused on the people who made the New York Ledger, a newspaper in the Law & Order universe