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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.

Contents 1 Series 1.1 Official American Series 1.2 International Versions 1.3 Informal Spin-offs 2 See Also

Series

Official American Series

Title	Format	Network	Years	Notes
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.

International Versions

Title	Format	Network	Years	Notes
Paris enquêtes criminelles	French crime	TF1	2007–	French adaptation of Criminal Intent
Law & Order: UK	UK crime	ITV1	2009–	UK adaptation of original Law & Order

Informal Spin-offs

Title	Format	Network	Years	Notes
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