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''[[Law & Order]]'' is an American [[police procedural]] and [[legal drama]] television series created by [[Dick Wolf]] that premiered on [[NBC]] on September 13, 1990. Set in [[New York City]], where episodes were also filmed, the series ran for twenty seasons before it was cancelled on May 14, 2010, and aired its [[Rubber Room (Law & Order)|final episode]] ten days later, on May 24.<ref name="showcancel1">{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Law & Order cancelled |work=The Spy Report |publisher=Media Spy |date=May 15, 2010 |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/05/15/law-order-cancelled/ |access-date=May 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529122032/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/05/15/law-order-cancelled/ |archive-date=May 29, 2010 }}</ref> After its cancellation, [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC Network]] considered reviving ''Law & Order'' for a twenty-first season;<ref>[https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/law_order_amc.html AMC Investigates Reviving Law & Order -- Vulture] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100710132509/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/07/law_order_amc.html |date=July 10, 2010 }} (2010-07-06)</ref> however, in July 2010, [[Dick Wolf]] indicated that attempts had failed and he declared that the series had now "moved to the history books".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Law & Order is dead, says Wolf |work=The Spy Report |publisher=Media Spy |date=July 31, 2010 |url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/07/31/us-law-order-is-dead-says-wolf/ |access-date=September 12, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803195424/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/07/31/us-law-order-is-dead-says-wolf/ |archive-date=August 3, 2010 }}</ref> The series was ultimately revived for a [[Law & Order season 21|21st season]] in February 2022. In May 2022, the series was renewed for a twenty-second season.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/law-and-order-organized-crime-renewed-1235262271/|title='Law & Order' and 'Law & Order: Organized Crime' Renewed for New Seasons at NBC|first=Selome|last=Hailu|publisher=Variety|date=May 10, 2022|accessdate=May 20, 2022}}</ref> In April 2023, the series was renewed for a twenty-third season.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=NBC Renews All Six Dick Wolf Series Including 'One Chicago' Franchise & ''Law & Order'' Trio|url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/nbc-renews-one-chicago-franchise-law-and-order-trio-1235321210/|last=Cordero|first=Rosy|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=March 24, 2024}}</ref> In March 2024, the series was renewed for a twenty-fourth season.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=White|first=Peter|title=''Law & Order'' & ''Law & Order: SVU'' Renewed At NBC, ''Law & Order: Organized Crime'' In Limbo|url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/law-and-order-svu-renewed-nbc-law-and-order-organized-crime-limbo-1235864770/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=March 21, 2024}}</ref> In May 2025, it was renewed for a twenty-fifth season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/law-and-order-law-and-order-svu-renewed-nbc-1236391162/|title='Law & Order,' 'Law & Order: SVU' Renewed at NBC|first=Joe|last=Otterton|publisher=Variety|date=May 8, 2025|accessdate=May 9, 2025}}</ref>

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==Series overview==
<onlyinclude>{{Series overview
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| end4       = {{End date|1994|5|25}}
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| end5       = {{End date|1995|5|24}}
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| end6       = {{End date|1996|5|22}}
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| end7       = {{End date|1997|5|21}}
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| end9       = {{End date|1999|5|26}}
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| end10      = {{End date|2000|5|24}}
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==Episodes==

===Season 1 (1990–1991)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 1}}
*The sixth episode "[[Everybody's Favorite Bagman]]" was the original pilot made by [[CBS]] in 1988. [[NBC]] decided to air "[[Prescription for Death (Law & Order episode)|Prescription for Death]]" as the first episode of the series in 1990, before airing the original pilot later in the season.
* It marks the only release of [[George Dzundza]] who left the cast at the end of the first season. He was replaced by [[Paul Sorvino]].
* [[S. Epatha Merkerson]] guest-stars as Denise Winters in the episode "Mushrooms". She then joins the main cast as [[Anita Van Buren]] three seasons later.
*Thirteen episodes (excluding the [[CBS]] pilot) were filmed between the spring and summer of 1990 before being broadcast. Thirteen episodes were already completed before the show premiered on [[NBC]].
* This is the first season to feature 22 episodes.
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===Season 2 (1991–1992)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 2}}
* [[Paul Sorvino]] joined the cast as [[Phil Cerreta]].
*The episode "[[The Wages of Love (Law & Order episode)|The Wages of Love]]" guest-starred [[Jerry Orbach]] as a defense attorney. He became Mike Logan's new partner the next season as wisecracking detective [[Lennie Briscoe]].
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===Season 3 (1992–1993)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 3}}
* [[Paul Sorvino]] ([[Phil Cerreta]]) left the cast after the episode "Point of View". He was replaced by [[Jerry Orbach]] ([[Lennie Briscoe]]) who came in during that episode. 
* [[Carolyn McCormick]] joined the cast as Dr. [[Elizabeth Olivet]]
* [[Dann Florek]] ([[Don Cragen]]) and [[Richard Brooks (actor)|Richard Brooks]] ([[Paul Robinette]]) left the cast after the episode "Benevolence." Florek was replaced by [[S. Epatha Merkerson]] ([[Anita Van Buren]]), and Brooks was replaced by [[Jill Hennessy]] ([[Claire Kincaid]]).
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===Season 4 (1993–1994)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 4}}
* [[S. Epatha Merkerson]] ([[Anita Van Buren]]) and [[Jill Hennessy]] ([[Claire Kincaid]]) joined the cast.
* [[Carolyn McCormick]] ([[Elizabeth Olivet]]) and [[Michael Moriarty]] ([[Benjamin Stone (Law & Order)|Benjamin Stone]]) left the cast at the end of the season. [[Michael Moriarty|Moriarty]] was replaced by [[Sam Waterston]] ([[Jack McCoy]]) in season 5.
*This season the opening sequence changed to a shorter version with more bass which applies to the rest of the season.
*Beginning with this season, Florek directed several episodes before joining the cast of its 1999 spin-off, ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.
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===Season 5 (1994–1995)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 5}}
* [[Sam Waterston]] ([[Jack McCoy]]) joined the cast. [[Dann Florek]] reprises his role as [[Donald Cragen]] in the episode "[[Bad Faith (Law & Order episode)|Bad Faith]]".
* This is the first season to feature 23 episodes.
* The series' milestone 100th episode has aired in the middle of the 5th season.
* This was [[Chris Noth]]’s final season as a member of the regular cast, as [[Mike Logan (Law & Order)|Mike Logan]]; later, he reprised this role in the TV movie ''[[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie]]'' (1998), and on the series' second spin-off, ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', from [[Grow (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)|2005]] to [[Last Rites (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)|2008]]. (In season 6, [[Benjamin Bratt]] ([[Rey Curtis]]) figured similarly in the cast.)
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===Season 6 (1995–1996)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 6}}
* [[Benjamin Bratt]] ([[Rey Curtis]]) joined the cast; [[Richard Brooks (actor)|Richard Brooks]] reprises his role as former ADA [[Paul Robinette]]; and [[Jill Hennessy]] ([[Claire Kincaid]]) left the cast at the end of the season.
*The season finale episode "Aftershock" was the first and only episode of the entire ''Law & Order'' series not to feature a case and instead focus on the characters' private lives.
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===Season 7 (1996–1997)===
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* [[Carey Lowell]] joined the cast as [[Jamie Ross (Law & Order)|Jamie Ross]], replacing [[Jill Hennessy]] ([[Claire Kincaid]]) from the previous season.
* The three-part episode "D-Girl", "Turnaround," and "Showtime" guest-starred Scott Cohen, who went on to become DA Investigator Det. Chris Ravell in the spinoff ''[[Law and Order: Trial by Jury|Trial by Jury]]''.
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===Season 8 (1997–1998)===
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*This was the first of five different seasons in the series that had an unchanged cast from the previous season.
*This is the first season to feature 24 episodes.
*This is the final season to feature [[Carey Lowell]] in the main cast as [[Jamie Ross (Law & Order)|Jamie Ross]]. She made a guest appearance in an episode in the next two seasons, as well as becoming a judge on the series' third spin-off, ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]''.
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===Season 9 (1998–1999)===
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* [[Angie Harmon]] joins the cast as [[Abbie Carmichael]] in this season. [[Benjamin Bratt]] ([[Rey Curtis]]) leaves the cast after this season but returns in the twentieth-season episode "[[Fed (Law & Order)|Fed]]".
* ''[[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie]]'' was broadcast during this season.
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===Season 10 (1999–2000)===
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* [[Benjamin Bratt]] ([[Rey Curtis]]) left the cast at the end of the ninth season, and was replaced by [[Jesse L. Martin]] ([[Ed Green (Law & Order)|Ed Green]]) this season. [[Steven Hill]] ([[Adam Schiff (Law & Order)|Adam Schiff]]) left the cast at the end of the season; he was the last first-season cast member to leave the series.
*This was also the season that aired with the creation of the series’ first spin-off ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.
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===Season 11 (2000–2001)===
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* [[Dianne Wiest]] joins the cast as [[Nora Lewin]] in this season and [[Angie Harmon]] ([[Abbie Carmichael]]) leaves the series at the end of this season.  Former [[New York City]] mayor [[Rudolph Giuliani]] guest stars in the season opener, introducing Nora Lewin as Interim District Attorney.
*This is the first season not to premiere in September.
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===Season 12 (2001–2002)===
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* [[Elisabeth Röhm]] joined the cast as [[Serena Southerlyn]] (character named after Dick Wolf’s daughter). [[Dianne Wiest]] ([[Nora Lewin]]) left the cast at the end of the season.
*In the aftermath of [[9/11]], the main title voiceover by Steven Zirnkilton was changed for the first few episodes to include the following dedication: "''On September 11, 2001, New York City was ruthlessly and criminally attacked. While no tribute can ever heal the pain of that day, the producers of Law & Order dedicate this season to the victims & their families and to the firefighters & police officers who remind us with their lives & courage what it truly means to be an American''".
*This voiceover was also heard at the beginning of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' and ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'', whose series premiere was suitably altered to reflect the events; the latter became ''L&O’s'' second spin-off.
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===Season 13 (2002–2003)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 13}}
* [[Dianne Wiest]] ([[Nora Lewin]]) was replaced by [[Fred Thompson|Fred Dalton Thompson]] ([[Arthur Branch]]) this season.
* This is the second season not to premiere in September.
*"Absentia" was the first episode in the series to have more than 1 director listed.
*With the October 9, 2002 telecast of its 279th episode, "Shangri-La," ''[[Law & Order]]'' surpassed the original ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' as TV's longest-running crime drama in prime-time, breaking a record that stood for 22 years.
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===Season 14 (2003–2004)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 14}}
* This is the second of five seasons in the series that had an unchanged cast from the previous season.
* [[Jerry Orbach]] ([[Lennie Briscoe]]) left the cast at the end of the season. The character Lennie Briscoe retired from the 27th Precinct and was transferred to the series' third spin-off, ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]'', which premiered with ''L&O'' next season.
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===Season 15 (2004–2005)===
{{Main|Law & Order season 15}} 
* [[Dennis Farina]] joined the cast as [[Joe Fontana (Law & Order)|Joe Fontana]] this season.
* [[Elisabeth Röhm]] ([[Serena Southerlyn]]) left the cast midway through the season; in the episode "Ain't No Love" she was replaced by [[Annie Parisse]] as [[Alexandra Borgia]] in the episode "Fluency".
* [[Michael Imperioli]] temporarily replaced [[Jesse L. Martin]] ([[Ed Green (Law & Order)|Ed Green]]) in the last four episodes as Nick Falco while Martin was filming ''[[Rent (film)|Rent]]''.
*The series' third spin-off was created, ''[[Law & Order: Trial by Jury]]'' this season. It featured [[Jerry Orbach]] reprising his role as [[Lennie Briscoe]], before his death in 2004.
*This was the final season to have 24 episodes.
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===Season 16 (2005–2006)===
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*This is the third season that had an unchanged cast in between seasons, as every principal cast member who finished season 15 returned.
**This is [[Annie Parisse]]'s first full season in the role of ADA [[Alexandra Borgia]]. She joined the cast in the 14th episode of the previous season. In the season finale episode 'Invaders', ADA [[Alexandra Borgia]] is brutally murdered. [[Annie Parisse]] wanted out of her contract, so she quit the show.
*Parisse and [[Dennis Farina]] ([[Joe Fontana (Law & Order)|Joe Fontana]]) leave the cast after the season finale.
* [[Michael Imperioli]] (Nick Falco) reprises his role in the episode "Hindsight".
*''Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' was canceled by the end of the 2005–06 season, only lasting one season. The real-life death of Jerry Orbach had done irreparable damage to the series.
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===Season 17 (2006–2007)===
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* [[Alana de la Garza]] ([[Connie Rubirosa]]) and [[Milena Govich]] (Nina Cassady) joined the cast.
* [[Fred Thompson|Fred Dalton Thompson]] ([[Arthur Branch]]) and [[Milena Govich]] left the cast after the season finale.  Thompson left the show to focus on his upcoming 2008 presidential bid.  In the coming season, Waterson's character (McCoy) succeeded Branch to become District Attorney.  Govich was replaced by [[Jeremy Sisto]] (who guest stars as a defense lawyer in the episode "The Family Hour") who joined the cast as [[Cyrus Lupo]] in the next season.
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===Season 18 (2008)===
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* [[Jeremy Sisto]], Det. [[Cyrus Lupo]], and [[Linus Roache]], new ADA [[Michael Cutter]], joined the cast.
* [[Jesse L. Martin]]'s character, Det. [[Ed Green (Law & Order)|Ed Green]],  retired from detective work under messy circumstances in episode #8 titled "Burn Card". [[Anthony Anderson]], Det. [[Kevin Bernard]],  took his place in the squad room, partnering with Det. Lupo.  Martin played Det. Greene for 9 seasons, from 1999 to 2008, totalling 198 episodes. He is the fifth-longest serving cast member on the show. 
* This is the first season to feature only 18 episodes
* This was also the shortest season in the initial run of the show and the first to air mid season until the show's revival with Season 21 in 2022.
* Production of the eighteenth season was interrupted by the [[2007 Writers Guild of America strike]] when executive producer [[René Balcer]] and the rest of the writing staff participated in the work stoppage, making this season the first to start in January and also caused its original twenty-two episode order to be reduced to eighteen.
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===Season 19 (2008–2009)===
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*This was the fourth season that had an unchanged cast from the end of the previous season, and it was the first season to start in November.
*During this season, ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'' made its debut in the United Kingdom on ITV1.
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===Season 20 (2009–2010)===
{{Main| Law & Order season 20}}
*NBC canceled Law & Order on May 14, 2010. The show ran for 20 consecutive seasons and the series finale aired on May 24, 2010. 
*This was the fifth (and final) season in which the series had an unchanged cast from the previous season.
* [[Benjamin Bratt]], Det. [[Rey Curtis]], reprised his role in the episode "[[Fed (Law & Order)|Fed]]".
*Prior to the show's cancellation, [[S. Epatha Merkerson]], Lt. [[Anita Van Buren]], announced she was leaving the show in the [[Rubber Room (Law & Order)|season finale]]. She had played Lt. Van Buren for 16 years, with season  20 being her 17th and final season.<ref name="sep">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2010/04/01/s-epatha-merkerson-departs-law-order/amp/|title=Exclusive: S. Epatha Merkerson Departs 'Law & Order'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404015436/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/04/01/s-epatha-merkerson-departs-law-order/|archive-date=April 4, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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===Season 21 (2022)===
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*Shows' revival after being cancelled 12 years prior on May 14, 2010, with the series finale airing on May 24, 2010. The show had run for 20 consecutive seasons. 
*[[Jeffrey Donovan]], [[Camryn Manheim]], as Lt. Kate Dixon, [[Hugh Dancy]] and [[Odelya Halevi]] joined the cast in this "reboot", or revival, season.  
*[[Anthony Anderson]] and [[Sam Waterston]] were the only actors from the previous seasons to return. 
*Anderson left the show at the end of this season, deciding not to renew his contract.
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===Season 22 (2022–2023)===
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*[[Mehcad Brooks]] joins the main cast as Detective Jalen Shaw, following the departure of [[Anthony Anderson]].
*[[Jeffrey Donovan]] left the show after the season.
*[[Sam Waterston]] makes his 400th appearance in the season finale.
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===Season 23 (2024)===
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*[[Reid Scott (actor)|Reid Scott]] joins the season as Detective Vincent Riley.
*[[Tony Goldwyn]] joins the season as DA Nicholas Baxter.
*The penultimate episode of the season is the series' milestone 500th episode.
*[[Sam Waterston]] ([[Jack McCoy]]) departed the series in the fifth episode, "Last Dance".
*[[Camryn Manheim]] departed the series following the conclusion of the season.
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===Season 24 (2024–2025)===
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*[[Maura Tierney]] joins the season as Lieutenant Jessica Brady.
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===Season 25 (TBA)===

== Home video releases ==
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! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Season
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! scope="col" | [[DVD region code#1|Region 1]]
! scope="col" | [[DVD region code#2|Region 2]]
! scope="col" | [[DVD region code#4|Region 4]]
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| 22
| {{Start date|2002|10|15}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/201|title=Law & Order - Season One Cover Art|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=August 16, 2002|access-date=August 19, 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214103/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/201|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2003|6|16}}<ref name="Season 1 Universal Playback">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-1-1991|title=Law & Order: Series 1 (1991)|work=Universal Playback|access-date=2002-08-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129080426/http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-1-1991|archive-date=January 29, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2003|4|14}}
| 6
|
* "The Creation of Law & Order"
* Preview of New Law & Order Interactive Game
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 2)|2]]
| 22
| {{Start date|2004|5|4}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/1131|title=Law & Order - The 2nd Year is Here!|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=February 16, 2004|access-date=February 17, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214052/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/1131|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2004|2|28}}<ref name="Season 2 Universal Playback">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-2|title=Law & Order: Series 2|work=Universal Playback|access-date=December 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129080433/http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-2|archive-date=January 29, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2005|1|19}}
| 3
| Law & Order: The First Three Years
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 3)|3]]
| 22
| {{Start date|2005|5|24}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/3104|title=Law & Order - Briscoe Arrives: Official 3rd Season Announcement|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=March 11, 2005|access-date=March 14, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214107/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/3104|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2005|11|21}}<ref name="Season 3 Universal Playback">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-3|title=Law & Order: Series 3|work=Universal Playback|access-date=December 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129075738/http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-3|archive-date=January 29, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2006|3|8}}
| 3
|
* A Tribute to Jerry Orbach
* Jerry Orbach Profile
* Deleted Scenes
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 4)|4]]
| 22
| {{Start date|2005|12|6}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/4106|title=Law & Order - All Rise! The 4th Season Comes To Order In December!|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=September 9, 2005|access-date=September 12, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012214112/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/4106|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2006|7|17}}<ref name="Season 4 Universal Playback">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-4|title=Law & Order: Series 4|work=Universal Playback|access-date=December 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129075744/http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-4|archive-date=January 29, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2006|9|19}}
| 3
| Deleted and Extended Scenes
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 5)|5]]
| 23
| {{Start date|2007|4|3}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/6772|title=Law & Order - Season 5 Coming in April!|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=January 1, 2007|access-date=January 2, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012204655/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/6772|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2007|7|23}}<ref name="Season 5 Universal Playback">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-5-1994|title=Law & Order: Series 5 (1994)|work=Universal Playback|access-date=December 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129080438/http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-5-1994|archive-date=January 29, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2007|7|30}}
| 5
| America's Top Sleuths
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 6)|6]]
| 23
| {{Start date|2008|12|2}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-6/10450|title=Law & Order - Release Date, Details & Extras for Law & Order - The 6th Year DVD|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=August 29, 2008|access-date=September 1, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902061745/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-6/10450|archive-date=September 2, 2008|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2009|2|16}}<ref name="Season 6 Universal Playback">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-6-complete|title=Law & Order: Series 6|work=Universal Playback|access-date=December 21, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228132236/http://www.universal-playback.com/law-order/products/law-and-order-series-6-complete|archive-date=December 28, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2009|3|4}}
| 5
| ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' Crossover Episode "For God and Country"
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 7)|7]]
| 23
| {{Start date|2010|1|19}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-7/12871|title=Law & Order - DVDs Formally Announced for The 7th Year: Date and Early Details|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=October 26, 2009|access-date=October 27, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031010302/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-7/12871|archive-date=October 31, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2010|4|12}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003BYRPJ6 Amazon.co.uk]</ref>
| {{Start date|2010|4|21}}<ref name="Season 7 AU">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/811627|title=Law & Order – The 7th Year (5 Disc Set)|work=www.ezydvd.com.au|access-date=April 2, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220042430/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/811627|archive-date=February 20, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
| {{n/a}}
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 8)|8]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2010|12|7}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-8/14554|title=Law & Order - Delivered to DVD in December, We've Got a Packaging Pic of The 8th Year!|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=September 28, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018052751/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-8/14554|archive-date=October 18, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2011|8|4}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/820279 |title=Buy Law & Order - Season 8 (5 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD |access-date=June 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627105131/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/820279 |archive-date=June 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| 5
| ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' Crossover Episode "Baby It's You, Part 2"
|-
| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 9)|9]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2011|12|6}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-9/15890|title=Law & Order - Date, Details and Package Art for an Individual Season Set of 'The 9th Year'|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=September 5, 2011|access-date=September 6, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926142103/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-9/15890|archive-date=September 26, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2016|8|3}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 9 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
| ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' Crossover Episode "Sideshow: Part Two"
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Exiled: A Law & Order Movie|Film]]
| {{Start date|2012|6|12}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Exiled/17226|title=Law & Order - A DVD Release is Now Available for 'Exiled: A Law & Order Movie'|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=April 12, 2012|access-date=April 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716230643/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Exiled/17226|archive-date=July 16, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{Start date|2011|3|21}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web| url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004Q4XZ5I | title=Exiled | website=Amazon UK }}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| 1
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 10)|10]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2012|2|23}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-10/16213|title=Law & Order - 'The 10th Year' Individual Season Set Announced: Date, Cost, and More|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=November 14, 2011|access-date=November 15, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116171438/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-10/16213|archive-date=November 16, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2016|8|3}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 10 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 11)|11]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2012|11|6}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-11/17370|title=Law & Order - An Individual DVD Release of 'The 11th Year' is Scheduled for Fall|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=August 13, 2012|access-date=August 14, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824232926/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-11/17370|archive-date=August 24, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2016|8|3}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 11 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 12)|12]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2013|2|26}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-12/17784|title=Law & Order - Separate DVD Set is Scheduled for 'The 12th Year'|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=November 22, 2012|access-date=November 23, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128052254/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-12/17784|archive-date=November 28, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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| {{Start date|2016|10|5}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 12 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 13)|13]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2013|11|5}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-13/18842|title=Law & Order - A Separate Season Set for 'The 13th Year' is Scheduled|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=August 12, 2013|access-date=August 13, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815135800/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Season-13/18842|archive-date=August 15, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2016|10|5}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 13 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 14)|14]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2004|9|14}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/1617|title=Law & Order - Season 14 Release Confirmed: Official Announcement Today|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=May 31, 2004|access-date=June 1, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012205621/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order/1617|archive-date=October 12, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2016|10|5}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 14 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 6
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* Profile: Jesse L. Martin
* Profile: Fred Dalton Thompson
* Set Tour with Jerry Orbach
* Interview with Park Dietz
* Profiles Teaser
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 15)|15]]
| 24
| {{Start date|2014|11|4}}<ref name="Lambert">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Seasons-15-and-16-and-17/20163|title=Law & Order - Individual Season Sets Announced for The 15th, 16th and 17th Years|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD|last=Lambert|first=David|date=August 11, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813044208/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Law-Order-Seasons-15-and-16-and-17/20163|archive-date=August 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2017|3|2}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 15 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 16)|16]]
| 22
| {{Start date|2014|11|4}}<ref name="Lambert"/>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2017|3|2}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|title=Law & Order: Season 16 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=December 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230000936/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-9/dp/6174847|archive-date=December 30, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 17)|17]]
| 22
| {{Start date|2014|11|4}}<ref name="Lambert"/>
| {{n/a|TBA}}
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| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 18)|18]]
| 18
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| {{n/a|TBA}}
| {{Start date|2017|4|5}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-18/dp/6179902|title=Law & Order: Season 18 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223003015/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-18/dp/6179902|archive-date=February 23, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 4
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 19)|19]]
| 22
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| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 20)|20]]
| 23
| {{Start date|2015|5|5}}<ref name="tvshowsondvd.com"/>
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| {{Start date|2017|4|5}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-20/dp/6179904|title=Law & Order: Season 20 (DVD)|publisher=EzyDVD|access-date=February 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223003100/http://www.ezydvd.com.au/DVD/law-order-season-20/dp/6179904|archive-date=February 23, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| 5
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 21)|21]]
| 10
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| scope="row" | [[Law & Order (season 22)|22]]
| 22
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==See also==
* [[List of Law & Order episodes#Home video releases|List of ''Law & Order'' home video releases]]
* [[List of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit episodes|List of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' episodes]]
* [[List of Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes|List of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' episodes]]
* [[List of Law & Order: Trial by Jury episodes|List of ''Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' episodes]]
* [[List of Law & Order: LA episodes|List of ''Law & Order: LA'' episodes]]
* [[List of Law & Order: Organized Crime episodes|List of ''Law & Order: Organized Crime'' episodes]]

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060612233143/http://www.nbc.com/Law_%26_Order/episode_guide/ Episode guide from NBC.com]

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