Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

American police procedural crime drama television series
TVSeries television_series Q218567
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Summary

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61,430 views/month, #58 of 21,487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is the creator of Special Victims Unit — creator (P170): Dick Wolf[3].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's instance of is recorded as Special Victims Unit — instance of (P31): television series[4].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's composer is recorded as Special Victims Unit — composer (P86): Mike Post[5].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's genre is Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): police procedural[6].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's genre is Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): legal drama[7].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's genre is Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): crime television series[8].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's genre is Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): thriller television series[9].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's genre is Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): mystery television series[10].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's based on is recorded as Special Victims Unit — based on (P144): Law & Order[11].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Mariska Hargitay[12].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Richard Belzer[13].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Dann Florek[14].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Ice-T[15].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Danny Pino[16].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Kelli Giddish[17].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Raúl Esparza[18].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Peter Scanavino[19].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Adam Beach[20].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Judith Light[21].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Philip Winchester[22].
  • A cast member of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Octavio Pisano[23].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's production company is recorded as Special Victims Unit — production company (P272): Universal Television[24].
  • The original language of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[25].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Commons category is recorded as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[26].
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was distributed by Special Victims Unit — distribution format (P437): video on demand[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Cast members include Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Mariska Hargitay[12], Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Richard Belzer[13], Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Dann Florek[14], Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Ice-T[15], Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Danny Pino[16], and Special Victims Unit — cast member (P161): Kelli Giddish[17]. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is the creator of Special Victims Unit — creator (P170): Dick Wolf[3].

Publication

The original language of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit was Special Victims Unit — original language of film or TV show (P364): English[25]. Genres include Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): police procedural[6], Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): legal drama[7], Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): crime television series[8], Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): thriller television series[9], and Special Victims Unit — genre (P136): mystery television series[10]. It was distributed by Special Victims Unit — distribution format (P437): video on demand[27].

Subject and Themes

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's main subject is Special Victims Unit — main subject (P921): New York City Police Department[28].

Why It Matters

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ranks in the top 0.27% of television_series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61,430 views/month, #58 of 21,487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-order-special-victims-unit
MLA “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 5 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-order-special-victims-unit.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_law-order-special-victims-unit_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Law & Order: Special Victims Unit}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-order-special-victims-unit}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-05}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-order-special-victims-unit (retrieved 2026-10-05)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/law-order-special-victims-unit · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · ~2026-44911-41 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Law and Order SVU.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Law and Order SVU.png"
  2. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P12879]]: 44971, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270103|batch #270103]]"
  3. 5w ago · CennoxX · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 1, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 2, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, season 3 +25
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q141180873]], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788205044807"
  4. 5w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 203259
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14821]]: 203259, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269764|batch #269764]]"
  5. 6w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 48140
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14813]]: 48140, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269251|batch #269251]]"
  6. 10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → Law_and_Order_SVU
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13959]]: Law_and_Order_SVU, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/278980609|LAW & ORDER 性犯罪特捜班 (#278980609)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7657|‎E"
  7. 10w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → Law_and_Order_SVU
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13959]]: Law_and_Order, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/278980608|LAW & ORDER (#278980608)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7657|‎Eiga.com dra"
  8. 20w ago · InMontreal · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of episodes → {'amount': '+594'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1113]]: 594"
  9. 21w ago · Shei98 · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    X (twitter) username → nbcsvu, lawandordertv
    Facebook username → lawandordersvu, nbclawandorder
    Instagram username → nbcsvu, nbclawandorder
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P2003]]: nbclawandorder, Imported Instagram username from TheMovieDB."
  10. 21w ago · Supaplex · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Media franchise → Law & Order
    Rars rating → 16+
    Costume designer → Q136928517
    Aliases → —
    + 42 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8652]]: [[Q99385767]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.