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Law & Order

1990 · TV Show · 45 min episodes · 26 seasons
B

MEANRANK

75/100

Averaged across 7 ratings · 226.9K votes

Where it ranks

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Every rating

IMDb ↗
7.8/10
52.4K votes
Rotten Tomatoes ↗
Popcornmeter
84/100
100 ratings
Metacritic ↗
Metascore
69/100
38 reviews
Users
8.7/10
141 ratings
RatingGraph ? ↗
7.6/10
172.6K votes
Criticker ? ↗
56/100
151 ratings
Trakt ↗
76/100
1.5K votes

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56–87 out of 100

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Two Part drama which focuses on the New York criminal Justice System by showing a violent crime investigated by police detectives in the first half and then the trial of the accused in court by the prosecutors in the second half.

Details

Created by
Dick Wolf
Studio
Wolf Entertainment, Universal Television, Universal Media Studios, Studios USA
Released
13 September 1990
Country
United States
Language
English
Episode length
45 min
Rated
TV-14
Episodes
548 across 26 seasons
Awards
42 wins, 192 nominations

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Cast

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Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Jack McCoy

S. Epatha Merkerson

S. Epatha Merkerson

Anita Van Buren / Denise Winters

Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach

Frank Lehrman / Lennie Briscoe

Steven Hill

Steven Hill

Adam Schiff

Jesse L. Martin

Jesse L. Martin

Ed Green

Leslie Hendrix

Leslie Hendrix

Elizabeth Rodgers

Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

Arthur Branch

Chris Noth

Chris Noth

Mike Logan

Awards & nominations

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10 major awards won · 42 wins from 234 nominations across 31 ceremonies

Screen Actors Guild Awards 2005 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Jerry Orbach (posthumous) Winner
Screen Actors Guild Awards 1999 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Sam Waterson Winner
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1998 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Constantine Makris (for "Stalker") Winner
Writers Guild of America Awards 1998 Television: Episodic Drama René Balcer, Richard Sweren (for "Entrapment") Winner
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1997 Outstanding Cinematography for a Series Constantine Makris (for "Mad Dog") Winner
Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 Outstanding Drama Series Law & Order Winner
Producers Guild of America Awards 1997 Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television René Balcer, Michael S. Chernuchin, Arthur Forney, Billy Fox, Lewis H. Gould, Jeffrey Hayes, Jeremy R. Littman, Ed Sherin, Gardner Stern, Dick Wolf, Ed Zuckerman Winner
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1993 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Series Constantine Makris (for "Conspiracy") Winner
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